October 21, 2010

Orang Asli Actors

The rapids ride takes us to the local village for a snoop at the Orang Asli – the native people. I could have skipped this part of the day as it first felt like a bit of an intrusion and then it felt very staged – and a couple of us commented that the Orang Asli were probable a bunch of actors - we did spy their new shoes, Marlboro cigarettes and mobile phones... We are a cynical bunch!

Some bits were quite cool – like the boy who could start a fire using just wood (I’m easily pleased) and making the darts for the blow pipes – which were then used to shoot at the Winnie the Pooh target!

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