Aside from being a wedding photographer in Sibu, we also went on a sight-seeing tour around town. At that time Kit Yan did not follow us, and my wife was 7 month into her pregnancy with Hui Yan.
7th December 2007
David and his parents came to the airport to pick us up. We stayed in Hotel Tanahmas, centrally located in Sibu town. Being so centre, we had no problem locating the important landmarks in Sibu, such as the Pintu Gerbang Sibu and the famous Tua Pek Kong temple.
View of Sibu from our hotel
Having touched down and nothing much to do, we took the chance to tour around town by foot. Lucky us, the biggest wet market in Sibu is just next to our hotel.
The main pasar in Sibu
There were a lot of quant plants sold in that market that we have never seen before.
Dunno what these are
Indigenous People
Some kinda wild corns?
Now this is what I call the original 纸包鸡 "paper wrap chicken"!
That night we joined David’s family for a dinner get-together. After that we went for a walk around the night town of Sibu. Something we couldn’t help noticing was that Sibu already has the road signs written in Malay and Chinese!
Chinese street names
So why all the fuss in Penang over this matter? Sibu is far ahead of Penang in this aspect.
After dinner we went over to the Tua Pek Kong temple. It’s a beautiful temple even at night, as it is brightly lit
Tua Pek Kong temple at night
8 December 2007
The next day we woke up early to go on a road trip in and outside of Sibu. But not before we had this yummy breakfast along the way.
Yummy breakfast!
We stopped by a bridge crossing Sungai Rajang, the longest river in Sarawak and in Malaysia. Its sheer size humbled me, no river in West Malaysia is compareable to this giant.
Sungai Rajang is huge!
The entire group that went to Sibu, including myself of course
Finally reached the small town of Kanowit, located about 60 km away from Sibu.
Kanowit
The temple beside the river
Fort Emma, Kanowit. It was closed to the public
As we head back towards Sibu, we stopped by the Fuchow Society, where we learnt all about the early history of Chinese settlement, specifically in Sarawak and in Sibu.
Wang Nai Siang statue in the Fuchow Society
This kind lady showed us around the museum, even though it was closed!
9 December 2007
The wedding and the luncheon in Sibu was done in the early part of the day.
The wedding preparation early in the morning
David and Cai Mae in the groom's house
After the luncheon, we headed to the town for more pictures.
Taken in Pintu Gerbang Sibu
We joined in the fun as well!
Later that night we went shopping in the biggest mall in Sibu, in Wisma Sanyan.
Wisma Sanyan which houses Parkson
10 December 2007
Our last day in Sibu. We went to another place for breakfast located in the city centre. This is another yummy treat. It’s actually pan mee, but only much softer.
Very soft pan mee
Check out the authentic grinder to make the noodle!
Check this out! This is so old-school!
We had another one last round of walkabout in Sibu before we took the noon flight back to KL.
Sarawak 4D
The retiree club
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