Annah Rais Longhouse

 We all went out together today for a drive towards the highlands and towards Annah Rais Longhouse in the foothills of the Borneo Highlands.






Our welcome drink of Tuak (Rice wine)



We are close to the border of Indonesia again.






Heidi and Linda choosing to use the traditional steps cut out of a tree



These signs were through the village with some information about their traditions


Some of the families were selling souvenirs.







We spent the morning wandering along platforms and paths through the village exploring.



Tapioca chips





Different flavours of Tuak. Linda bought some Ginger Tuak to try while we are here.








Making of their traditional hats























Stopping for a rest and refreshments






Linda's All Trail map of our walk in the Annah Rais Longhouse village


Driving home


Lunch at a Malaysian Indian Restaurant on the way home
Roti Telur and Daal




Mum's All Trails journey for the day



Ann, preparing another yummy dinner, Pumkin leaves and baby corn


After another storm in the afternoon, we headed out to visit Ann's eldest grandson, A, as well as the head of the village, where we signed his visitors' book.











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  1. Ron B23 June 2025 at 17:47

    Would have been a very interesting day today.. Glad your heads didn't end up in the collection.

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  2. BenjiBiBi23 June 2025 at 20:40

    it wasn’t at all what I expected. It was much bigger. Basically it was the one main long house but then lots and lots of other houses that we walked around.
    We definitely needed our heads today to do the jungle walk to the waterfall, so yes glad we didn’t lose our heads

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