Festival day 1

I wake early and as I'm sitting with my morning brew and chain smokinog a get chatting to a guy called Drew. We have a good chat and after a good hour the girls rise and shine and we make our way out for breakfast after half an hour's following Google maps and finding places closed we eventually find a really nice place for a good coffee but when we try to order food they only have cake available and we're all undecided so we each take a different cake and share. We o a grab to the festival and have the nicest of drivers and after a 45 min journey and a little sing along in the car we arrive. As per any festival in the UK it's raining, well I guess we are in the rain forest but it doesn't dampen my spirit. We spend a little time taking the obligutary photos and doing a little window shopping. We enter into the festival and as usual the festival weather rules. It's raining cats and dogs and at this point I wish I'd brought my water proof jacket the rain forest is proving true to its name. We enter the theatre where the show starts at,4pm. The theatre is pretty impressive and just after we sit down the show starts, it's a video of a group from Quebec and they're singing a technoish song in French . After a couple of songs I suggest we should head over to the other stage and enjoy something a bit more traditional. We make our way through the pouring rain and arrive at the the other site where the atmosphere is in full swing we join in with the dancing circle and I'm literally smiling from cheek to cheek.The Rainforest World Music Festival is an annual three-day music festival celebrating the diversity of world music, held in the Sarawak cultural village, Malaysia, with daytime music workshops, cultural displays, craft displays, food stalls, and main-stage evening concerts. This year is the 25th anniversary and it's impressive to see such a we'll set up festival even if the rain is causing a few issues. There are 6 main areas but with the rain persisting The first group due to appear on the main stage have to move over to the place where we already are so we stay put and enjoy watching the show. At 6pm we move to the steps opposite the main stage and dance our little sock off. A little later I decide to make my way to the front which by now is a mud bath so I leave my shoes behind and head in barefooted We spend the rest of the evening dancing the night away. It's amazing to think I'm in the middle of the Borneo rainforest at a full on music festival. Throughout the night I bump into several people I've met along the journey, it's a small world. We get a grab back where Drew is very drunk and I really feel sorry for the poor grab driver but arrive back safe and sound finishing in the early hours eating onion fritters in a cafe around the corner from the hostel.Read more