Although I must have seen these graceful structures dozens if not hundreds of times on my numerous river trips, I’m still in awe of these amazing single-pole bamboo foot bridges built by the bidayuhs to get across rivers or ravines on the way from one longhouse to another or to the nearest road access. An amazing feat of engineering considering the heights and spans of some of these bridges and they all made out of bamboo commonly available from the rainforest jungles. Functional, economical, eco-friendly, honest and beautiful - qualities we could well emulate in our modern designs and structures.
I wished I could say the same about the fugly footbridges and flyovers I see daily on the drive to the office.
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Those do have a grace and beauty to them as well as being efficient and sustainable.
u go up there take some pic from there lah!
panda - yes indeed.
wuching - yes; one fine day!