Have you ever wondered that you may not be able to do something that you think is quite crazy? I did something that I never thought I would do or even withstand in doing it. A road trip from Kota Kinabalu all the way to Batang Ai, Sarawak. My colleague Floyd, Richard and myself was scheduled to run a team building programme for the Hilton Kuching and Batang Ai Resort team. We left at 5am on the 25th April. Made it as far as Bintulu only at 10pm the same day. With a one missed of check point and also wrong turn, we turned up in Bintulu so battered, sweaty and of course like a zombie. After a good shower in a newly operated Century Inn, we dozed off like a baby immediately. I believed all three of us snored that night.
The following day, we continued our journey all the way to Batang Ai, through Sibu, some parts of Sarikei and Sri Aman. Again, there were a few missed turns and we had asked a few times for direction. The journey took about 8 hours from 4am. And arriving Hilton Batang Ai Resort felt like arriving a place like they called 'Timbaktu'
The luxury of the resort room helped us to settled in well and without wasting time, we did what we had to do, prepare to run a team building. We did not really explore the resort to have some time for ourselves, but the outstanding view and peacefulness of the area was enough to make us feel it is a wonderful place.
We set back for home on the 28th April afternoon. Journey back to Bintulu took a shorter time now...well, we mastered the route! Spent another night at the same Inn and continued our journey back on the 29th April, all the way to Kota Kinabalu. The sense and feeling of ' It is good to be back home ' is so over whelming.
So, a journey from almost north of Borneo to the south of Malaysia, wow! That was a special record breaking. And thumbs up to my colleague Floyd, the best driver and ' tahan lasak'.
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