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Serikin Slideshow
Serikin
Travel Blogs from Serikin, Malaysia
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Wild orang-utans
This is a top pick! ... Caroline take note) contact the Forest Department of Sarawak at the following address: Forest Department Sarawak, Wisma Sumber Alam, Jalan Stadium, Petra Jaya, 93660 Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. Tel : 6 082 319102 / 319103 Fax : 6 082 ...
Jungle trekking again
This is a top pick! 6th March - Managed to find the right bus from the many at the station and headed out to Bako National Park. The bus fare was only 2.50RM each for the 45 minute journey but when we got to the jetty we were the only ones who wanted a boat so had to ...
Bako National Park
I stayed at Bako National Park for a few days. This is a bus and boat ride out of Kuching and is famous for its wildlife. There are plenty of walks around the park but I soon worked out that the best way to spot animals was to sit in one place and let ...
Diving in Malaysia
... out thrown by the fact that India is the only place in the world that has a 1/2 hour time difference. Clearing customs into Malaysia we were warned to "be aware of the swing flipper" referring to the little automatic gate in the custom area. This ...
Longhouse Luxury
On Sunday we left Kuching and headed for an overnight stay at a Bidayuh Longhouse. The Bidayuh are one of the indigenous peoples (dayak) of Sarawak (or more to the point Borneo, as these tribes are represented in Indonesia too). Their name ...
Borneo Malaysia
As promised the second section of Malaysia is to follow. Borneo is a separate Island on the east coast of Malaysia it consists of two states Sarawak and Sabah. We flew into Kutching which is the capital of Sarawak. It is at the south western corner ...
Man Over Board!!
In our two days of "organising" we had planned an overnight trip out to Annah Rais Long House to live how the locals had 500 years ago. We were picked up by our guide, David, at 7:30am sharp. He was there on the dot and away we went. Half hour into the ...
Second Day at the Nanga Sumpa longhouse
The nights in the lodge were incredibly noisy with the deafening hum of the cicadas and the kissing sound of the small pale lizard that was to be our bedfellow. I made sure that my mosquito net was tucking in under the mattress all the way around not ...
It's Serikin, not Sarikei...
... and get rewarded. That's the thing you cannot get in Sarikei, a place that always mistakenly thought as Serikin. Althought they might sound alike but geographically they were separated about 380 km apart and in Sarikei, ...
Partisipatory Mapping - Sejangkung
Jakarta - Pontinak Pontianak - Singkawang Singkawang - Sambas Sambas - ...
Gunga Din - The Return of Lobster Boy..
Saturday, August 21st, 2010 As usual Wayne and Garth were snoring softly on the couches as we toasted toast; mixed instant coffee and slathered jam and honey on warm pancakes. We crept past them and out the front door to eat our hastily ...
Malaysian Borneo 23 May 2010Our 10-hour return jou
Malaysian Borneo 23 May 2010Our 10-hour return journey on foot... They are tucked in the remote corner of Padawan, one among the cloud-shrouded highlands near the border with Indonesia in the middle of the jungle with no access road. Getting to ...
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