Saturday, June 6, 2009

Kampung Sua Dalat

Hi... so the first words... what do we expect? Well, Kampung Sua Dalat is located by Batang Oya banks, somewhere about 40 minutes travelling using 15 hp outboad motor from Kampung Medong. Not so sure on km, but from Dalat town, it will take around 1 hour and 10 minutes, again travelling using 15 hp outboard motor. There is no proper road laid to the kampung at the moment. The nearest possible access by road is only up to government water pump house at Lebachau, about 10 minutes from Medong, if travelling by boat. The road actually linked up from Medong tar road ant its a gravel road all the way to Lebachau.
Sua considered a small sized kampung, with number of villagers likely just over 50. Number of houses in the village just 4 houses shy of 20... or closer to 20, but i doubt there is more than that at the moment. The village spanned from border of Plajau to border of Klid, maybe about 10 km along river banks. Villagers are mostly loggers and farmers. However since the recent economic crisis, most logging camp no longer operating, leaving loggers wondering on their next job... which obviously none... Farmers operate on small scale, often just enough for daily consumption. Mostly housewives will do gardening... so, categorically not fit to consider them as farmer... Fishing are quite difficult as catch is limited to some type of fish and prawn. Except for prawn, fish catch are unlikely to boost anything from economic view as volume is not there. Mostly are just enough for domestic consumption... Sago cultivation become main income generator to most families around. They either depend on their own limited sago cultivation area or working with few wealthy landlords to cut down their sago trees... an option for most ineffective loggers to make a living.

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