Friday, April 27, 2007

Sarawak's longhouses - safe and healthy hospitality


HEALTH Tourism involves people travelling to an appealing holiday destination and getting some medical attention while they’re there. This concept includes spartan detox regimes, high-altitude resorts, mineral springs, thermal spas with hot mud packs thrown in. It includes surgery like ‘nose jobs’ or more serious procedures, even fertility treatments.

And then there’s Healthy Tourism.

On a recent trip up the Lemanak River in the Sri Aman Division, a group of German tourists settled down for the night in a hospitable Sarawak longhouse.

Dinner was followed by a bit of gong music and dancing and visitors were invited to join the fun. Eventually, they decided to seek the shelter of their mosquito nets, tired out by an eventful day, a wealth of new impressions and experiences, and maybe a glass or two of tuak rice wine.

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