Welcome to Limbang
NEW!!
Hmm...what's new in Limbang you may ask?.. It's the same old town with rustic charm. Anyway, I've removed some dead links on this website.. that's something new.
BTW check out my blog "Murmurs from the heart", I write stuff about Limbang every so often.. it's easier to maintain than this website. I am a bit lazy you see.
Check out Limbang's Attraction
and Limbang through pictures.. Photo Album
Hmm..Wonder what is Limbang? Is it something you can eat?
Well, Limbang is basically town in northern town in Sarawak, Malaysia. It is not something you can eat, though it does sound like a good name for a fruit.The town is peaceful and beautiful. It springs into life every Thursday and Friday when you have 'pasar tamu'. Lots of tiny makeshift 'stalls' sprout all over the town.. ermm..ok.. probably 40% of the town. The Sarawak natives come over to the town to sell their jungle products and fruit during these 2 days.. Sometimes you get to see plenty of interesting stuff like their traditional herbal medicine, exotic animals and etc.
Limbang is also the closest town to Mulu National Park (which has the largest cave system in the world) and the newly discovered Buda National Park.
Below is an excerpt from Limbang Today. I think the author described Limbang pretty well.
SITREP on Limbang Today
byCapt (Retd) John Bennetts RLC
One is greeted at the water taxi landing stage by a very large 'WELCOME TO LIMBANG', this is also the area in which the members of the landing force would know as THE CUSTOMS HOUSE, across the road is the market area, which looks as if it has not changed very much over the years.
One is greeted at the water taxi landing stage by a very large 'WELCOME TO LIMBANG', this is also the area in which the members of the landing force would know as THE CUSTOMS HOUSE, across the road is the market area, which looks as if it has not changed very much over the years.
You can see the landing area to the right of the customs house but this has had a pedestrian walkway built along the shore line. The covered walkway is split in two, with the centre piece being the memorial to those members of Lima Company 42 Commando RM and police officers who lost their lives in this action.
The memorial is in a poor state of repair but as I type, it is in the process of being renovated and I hope it is completed by the end of the summer period.
There has been a children's play area to the left of the memorial which is rather poinant. As you stand with your back to the river, the Police Station is just across the road from the memorial, looking very bright and clean (the police on duty the day I visited the site were more than helpful in direction me to the various places within the town).
There have been some new buildings put up around the town (including a rather large pink coloured hotel which is the tallest building in town). The building that Tony Daker and colleagues destroyed has been replaced. Everything else is as much as it was in those dark days.
Across the river from LIMBANG is still a thriving village, with constant water taxi movement to and from LIMBANG. Most of the large trees are still to be seen and the jungle comes down to the rear of the shopping area of the market. The communication masts are still situated on the top of the hill where the lights of Brunei town can be seen, they are still painted red and white for ease of identification.
The people of Limbang are very friendly and are more than willing to talk to you, especially if they know that you are english. They are doing their best to ensure that the memorial is looked after in the correct manner and as long as I am in Brunei , I will also be keeping a close eye on it.
Capt (Retd) John Bennetts RLC
May 2002
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