Kuching, Malaysia Travel Blogs

This is Joseph Conrad territory
Jul 10, 2005 (11 photos)

... my trip even earlier. Well... a concrete jungle and a traffic jam were my first impressions. It got better fast though. Kuching is a beautiful riviera town full of great cafes, gardens, bars and friendly locals. The towering hotels and offices on one side ...

"Meow" Museum
Jun 13, 2003 (15 photos)

Where else would you expect to visit a Cat Museum than in Kuching. Although my guidebook described it as a little kitsch I couldn't resist seeing the place for myself, especially as the building itself is quite interesting. The museum is north of the ...

Sarawak
Apr 3, 2006

Been to Sarawak numerous times. I would recommend it. Kuching is a great city.

Cat city
Jun 9, 2003 (10 photos)

... As far as backpacking goes Kuching has not really embraced the concept as well as places I have already visited in Peninsular Malaysia. Accommodation is more expensive here and facilities such as laundry service seem to be rather pricey too. There is a ...

Kuching (Sarawak, Borneo) - Day 151-152
Jul 23, 2008 (24 photos)

... of their enemies, which they collected as souvenirs of their battles and triumphs. I'm sure this doesn't happen anymore, hopefully! Kuching means cat in Malay. Cat statues are scattered around the city, loads of real cats wandering around too. Not sure ...

Whose Idea Was It To Come To Borneo?!
Jan 16, 2004 (25 photos)

... myself "Whose idea was it to come to Borneo?!" After another night with the Iban we were back down river headed toward Kuching for a final night with our group before heading to Kuala Lumpur. We had a farewell dinner to say goodbye to all the friends ...

Enjoying The City Life
Feb 1, 2006 (4 photos)

Arrived in Kuching at 5am, after a reasonable journey, still asleep and in the middle of nowhere. Got ripped off by the taxi driver before checking into the hostel and sleeping until 10:30. Grabbed the top bunks to be as close to the fans as possible as it ...

Suffering from incompetence
Aug 22, 2005 (3 photos)

Rainforest World Music Festival
Jul 13, 2008 (14 photos)

... I was a week too late to get here for it. It's held at the Touristic Sarawak Cultural Village grounds about 45 minutes out of Kuching. It's a bit of a trek to get out there and back, but with the shuttle buses, it's doable in a very long day. During the ...

The Tortoise and the (Beard) Hair
Aug 24, 2005 (2 photos)

Cat statues
Jun 11, 2003 (6 photos)

... cooler air is very welcome. Although I originally thought I could avoid all forms of foreign fast food whilst travelling in Malaysia I have succumb to the Royal Masala Veggie Pizza available at Pizza Hut. I hope this variety spreads to New Zealand's ...

The Friendly Face of West Malaysia and Sarawak
Oct 13, 2003 (23 photos)

... and have breakfast and then spend the rest of the day sorting out our 1000+ photos (on CD) and uploading India, Thailand and Malaysia photos onto the travelogue. We have a treat at night when we go to "Beccaris" Italian restaurant where we have, you've ...

Borneo pictures
Dec 18, 2004 (23 photos)

Hi, I have recently got some pictures from last year in Borneo put on CD. Here they are. Paul

Malaysia - Sarawak
Feb 22, 2007 (78 photos)

... we sadly gave up the hope of seeing any 'wild men' in Borneo!     From Seminggoh we headed back towards Kuching and to the obscure attraction that is the Cat museum. The museum, dedicated to the feline species, came about because of the city ...

Still Chinese New Year, Everythings Closed!
Feb 1, 2006

Today was basically a repeat of yesterday. Lars had disappeared when I woke up so I assumed I'd find him in the coffee shop and joined him for a couple before hitting the net cafe for 5 hours for some serious diary catchup! Decided 5 hours was enough ...

Chilling in the nicest city in Borneo
Jun 14, 2004 (12 photos)

... on the town. The Sarawak Cultural village is definitely worth a look. The Holiday Inn has the best deal on tickets and transport. Kuching was also my first chance to see a Chinese temple and I was blown away by the riot of colour and the detail of ...

A week in paradise
May 4, 2008 (17 photos)

... us out.  They graciously offered us a week in their timeshare resort, with the option of a couple locations in Malaysia and Israel.  Erin, who had been complaining about a vacation from our vacation for a while, immediately jumped on the ...

Forting About
Aug 23, 2005 (4 photos)

Big, ugly, Ritchie
May 10, 2008 (23 photos)

"Please, everyone listen up," pleaded one of the staff at the Orangutan Wildlife Rehabilitation Center outside of Kuching.  "It is now mating season and the orangutans, they are not very happy.  They may look happy, and they may do funny things, ...

Chinese Bureaucracy!
Jul 14, 2008

... *rds chased my family out of China and took their fortune. As a result of their stupid new visa rules, I've been trapped in Kuching searching for a way to get a visa without having to go anywhere or send my passport back to the States. The main problem ...

Monkey's galore
Sep 29, 2007 (43 photos)

... , so off i went. The pictures of this crazy, scary place speak for themselves.       Having said Kuching isn't that great, i is an ideal place to base yourself for a visit to Bako national park, my itinerary for the next few days ...

Borneo Encompassed
Mar 18, 2006

Expecting men with loin cloths and spears on every street corner - we were shocked by Kuching. It is a very affluent business orientated city with a lovely river front with fascinating markets and museums. We met our sole trekking companion - Andrew ...

Bites and Longhouses
Mar 10, 2003

10th March - Up early this morning to be picked up for our trip to a longhouse. Our guide was Osman (worryingly he said some people called him Osama) and he collected us in his car that looked like a 25 year old Ford Cortina. Our first stop was a real ...

Return of my Passport
Jul 22, 2008

When we got back to Kuching, I found out that my passport had already arrived in Jersey and was on it's way to DC with the necessary documents compliments of Beth at JnJ for a 1 day express processing. I'm not sure of her position at JnJ, but I think this ...

First days in Kuching
Mar 4, 2003

... and when we look blankly at him he says it louder and slower - and we thought it was just us English that did that! Kuching itself is very pretty and we were instantly struck on the way there at how different it was to KL. Cleaner, greener and slower ...

Cats and Steamboats
Mar 8, 2003

... that we realised that this was the cat museum. The museum is basically a collection of everything that is remotely connected to cats (Kuching is known as the cat city). To us as cat lovers it was quite interesting although there were a large number of ...

Exploring Malaysian Borneo
May 21, 2008 (15 photos)

... struck by how affluent it was, big houses with row upon row of new ones being built and big cars hardly a motorbike in sight. Kuching had quite a few large hotels - the Hilton being one of them but we stayed in back packers favourite - Borneo B and B, ...

A Luxury Homestay
Jul 26, 2009 (7 photos)

We decided to head over to Santubong mainly because L.P. (our guide book) gave a good recommendation to a homestay accommodation there. So, we found the minivan (typical of local transport for the rural areas) that went out that way and which set off ...

Orangutan Hunting in Borneo
Jun 19, 2009 (31 photos)

... back to our guide, hot and sweaty and looking forward to the nice cool A/C in the minivan! The driver drops us off in Kuching city centre. We have a look around local market shops, get some supplies from a supermarket and head off to eat at a seafood ...

Bako-land of the super shy animals
Sep 26, 2008 (11 photos)

We had been looking forward to Bako for a long time. We had read that there were several walks in the national park (30mins to 8 hours one way) so we booked a trip through Permai. Again just us on the speedboat which was nice. When we got there the boat ...