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( 085-419337;
www.borneotropicaladventures.com
;
Lot 906, Shop 12, ground fl, Soon
Hup Tower, Jln Merbau)
Runs the Benarat Inn at Gunung Mulu National Park.
Festivals
JAZZ
Borneo Jazz Festival
(
www.jazzborneo.com
;
Jln Temenggong Datuk Oyong Lawai; weekend in mid-May)
Features an eclectic assemblage of international talent. Formerly known as the Miri Inter-
national Jazz Festival.
Sleeping
Miri has some of Sarawak's best backpackers' guesthouses.
If you're on a tight budget, choose your bed carefully - at the cheapie dives catering to
oil-rig roustabouts (eg on and east of Jln South Yu Seng), many of the dreary rooms are
windowless and musty, and Miri's brothel business booms at some of the shadier bottom-
end digs.
GUESTHOUSE
Dillenia Guesthouse $$
( 085-434204;
https://sites.google.com/site/dilleniaguesthouse
; 1st fl, 846 Jln Sida;
dm/s/d/q incl breakfast RM30/50/80/110; )
This super-welcoming guesthouse,
with 11 rooms and lots of nice little touches (eg plants in the bathrooms), lives up to its
motto, 'a home away from home'. Incredibly helpful Mrs Lee is an artesian well of useful
travel information and tips - and leech socks. All rooms have shared bathrooms. Served
by local bus 42.
Minda Guesthouse $
( 085-411422;
www.mindaguesthouse.com
; 1st & 2nd fl, Lot 637, Jln North Yu Seng;
dm per person incl breakfast RM20, d RM50-60; )
In the heart of Miri's dining
and drinking district, this comfy establishment offers 13 clean rooms with colourful bed-
clothes, a small kitchen, a DVD lounge, unlimited tea and coffee and a great rooftop sun-
deck. Dorm rooms are pretty packed, with eight or 12 beds. Two rooms come with private
bath. Light sleepers be warned: the nightclub across the street pumps out music until 2am.
GUESTHOUSE
