A Picnic With The Penan

The beauty of traveling off the beaten tracks is not only the sense of adventure, but also uncovering untouched gems and meeting locals for first-hand accounts on traditional cultures and traditions. HOLLIE TU finds out, while picnicking with the Penan.

''Quick boss, load up quick, bad weather come very quick"

These are the last words you ever want to hear when you are a passenger in a tiny 20-seater plane flying into the rainforest. As the engines whirred into life, I wondered for a split second whether or not I'd bought enough supplies to last a trek to the nearest village should the plane crash. Risky or not, the flight into the interior of Sarawak only served to highlight the nature of the trip that was to come - remote and, at this point, reckless.

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