Tua Pek Kong Kuching

Breakfast was in the bar on the rooftop - toast, jam, fruit, and brewed coffee :). Looked over the railing to see the Tua Pek Kong Temple and a street of shophouses... much more familiar to me than the fancy hotels we drove by last night.

The guesthouse is at the east end of Main Bazaar so I started off walking before most of the shops …

When I was preparing the trip (from home) I checked many blogs (specially from Tripadvisor) to find the way to travel from Melaka to Penang by bus. I was getting a little bit anxious as I couldn't find any info... oh well, the day arrived and I/we arrived in Melaka... I went to the tourist info desk and they told me where to go and what bus line to …

... City, in a great location only 20 steps from the famed Kuching Waterfront and 15 steps diagonally across from the oldest Chinese Tua Pek Kong Temple, all very nice unless you happen to be here on a Sunday evening when they are singing over the ...

... mit ihrer goldenen kuppel wurde innerhalb von 16 jahren gebaut und ist somit das aufwendigste bauwerk der geschichte sarawaks. tua pek kong tempel, dieser 1876 erbaute chinesische tempel gehört zu den am reichsten verzierten der stadt. diese alten ...

... south of the city.    The afternoon consisted of a quick tour of the city. The first stop was the Taoist temple Tua Pek Kong, that was built over a hundred years ago. Then it was a visit to the Sarawak Museum. It contained a lot of ...

... I took a leisurely stroll down Kuching Waterfront was to take in the sights, which comprise of the ancient Tua Pek Kong Temple, the colourful row of conserved shophouses lining main bazaar (now mainly catering to souvenr-hunting tourists), the ...

... if you want to get a feel of the city for the first time. Walked around the streets near our hotel and found a Tua Pek Kong Temple, some handicraft & souvenir shops to keep us occupied for the day. Souvenirs included the famous hand woven pua-kumbu, ...

... in the bar on the rooftop - toast, jam, fruit, and brewed coffee :).  Looked over the railing to see the Tua Pek Kong Temple and a street of shophouses...  much more familiar to me than the fancy hotels we drove by last night. The guesthouse ...

... the wild, but also, hopefully, the first of many wild-life sightings of the trip. On our return to Kuching a quick visit to Tua Pek Kong Temple, the oldest Chinese Temple in Kuching, built in 1876, although much modernised since, and there is evidence ...