BARIO. A village of only 800 + people, this place boasts of the best rice in Sarawak. Sticky like the Japanese rice, the mountain water and the cool environment, esp at night , the Bario rice are largerly owned by very senior citizens living in the inland jungles of Sarawak. We had to take a " Twin Otter " to reach there in 45 mins. Interestingly , all pax had to take their weight before boarding., subject to only 14 pax for the forward journey . The return journey can take up to 20 pax when the fuel has been reduced after the 45mins flight. Limited to 2 flights a day, few tourists visit this laidback village. By road it requires between 12 to 14 hours using the logging tracks, provided you don't get lost
We are among the Barios who are ALL Christians. SIB ( protestants), they have a church at every long house and a main church for special functions and during Xmas. Daily Mass is at 0530. Charismatic in nature, they have a band which are formed by the people from the respective long houses. The Australians were the ones who envangelise these people a long time ago
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