Country Info
- Kuala Lumpur
- Capital
- Malaysian Ringgit (MYR)
- Currency
- 22,229,040
- Population
- MY
- Country Code
Sibu Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Sibu, Malaysia
batu niah
... wir waren gerettet....... mit einer halben stunde verspähtung fuhren wir mit dem bus nach bintulu, das 200 km von sibu entfernt liegt. nach einem kurzen halt in bintulu, ging die reise weiter richtung miri. kurz nach bintulu auf einer zweispurigen ...
Touts and Tour Guides
... arrived in Kapit we thanked Sina and Thomas for their generous hospitality and started to head for the dock to get a boat back to Sibu. I was disinclined to speak to Joshua as I was very angry with him for sending us to the longhouse with inadequate ...
kapit
2.1.2013, meligai hotel, kapit am hafen von sibu herrschte hektisches treiben, denn hier ist der schiffsbahnhof, so wie bei uns ein busbahnhof. ins landesinnere, richtung kapit fahren zwischen 6.30 und 13.00 uhr alle 30 minuten expressboote den rajang ...
Mt Kinabalu
Having recently reached Makalu base camp in Nepal, we were in the mood to conquer more mountains. So Mt Kinabalu at 4100metres, dubbed as one the easiest mountain in the world to climb, beckoned. Unfortunately that's all it did. We arrived at the ...
kaj je narobe s tem svetom :)
... je bil cisto neinformativen in precej neuporaben. Vlada cista informacijska nevem luknja :) Zjutraj se zbasem na osem ur trajajoc bus (ok, to se cudno slis ane :) do Sibu-ja, kjer sem zdej in morem se odlocit kako naprej. Dost nakladanja za danes ...
Another change of plan
... (even though this was the rainy season) for the boat to clear the rapids. So I had no choice but to go back to Sibu and take a bus to Miri from there Although that was disappointing I did make contact with someone who might be able to arrange for me ...
Friendliest Place Yet
We arrived here in Kapit yesterday evening at dusk after two 4 hour plus boat rides from Kuching. Lots of logging evident on the way here, huge piles of logs sitting outside of factory-like buildings, ships full of logs heading down towards the coast - ...
Up river by express boat
... was quicker. there were not many on board for the 4 hour trip out to sea and then up the Sangai Rijang which is Malaysia's longest river. In addition to the people the boat also took on cargo which included some chicks in crates which would have made the ...
Kapit
... staff was friendly though. In Kota Kinabalu my first assignment was to buy a Lonely Planet South East Asia (or maybe Malaysia), in which I succeeded. Both were unavailable in Manila! I then walked around a bit a was back just in time for a heavy ...
I need a doctor
As soon as I arrived back in Kota Kinabalu, I caught a flight to Sibu, Sarawak, where my mum is from. On the way back to Kota Kinabalu, one of our tour members got sick and vomited and as I was waiting for my flight, I started to feel very sick also. As ...
Into the heart of Borneo
... diary. Check out right on 12, then do some internet. Decide to head out to Johor Bahru (across the causeway in Malaysia) without looking further around Singapore. Dianne has found out from people on the Lonely Planet website about the fairly new airline, ...
Kapit, Sarawak, Malaysia
... 1000R. We felt that was ridiculously high - for 1d/1n that would be approx 100 US+ per person. For Malaysia that is very expensive!! Not sure what to recommend here although I did speak to some people that had done a longhouse stay near ...
Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia
... best restaurant around and recommended in Lonely Planet. A meal for 3 pp. cost 60R. Food was O.K. Nothing great. A visit to Sibu was mainly to get a boat to Kapit so that we could visit a longhouse. There is really not much to visit here ...
Fishing in the river, then near disaster
The river is the only way to travel in this region. Larry, my guide, and I hit it off pretty well and whilst the others had a free afternoon he and I went upriver in the boat to a couple of villages. At one of then they had ...
Caves, bats and luxury accommodation in the forest
About 30 mins by plane is the Gunung National Park which is a World Heritage Area. Of the 250 kms of caves in region just over half have been explored. Only 4 of them are on show to the public by having walkways and lighting within. I had booked ...
Return from the Island
... was a luxury bus with plenty of room to stretch out and even lay down...NEGATORY GOOD BUDDY 7:30am - Go through immigration into Malaysia - there were guards all along the road here with automatic weapons. As our bags went through the 'x-ray' security ...
Up the river without a paddle in Kapit
... ’t good news, no boats were running further up stream due to low water levels! So, that meant we’d have to backtrack to Sibu. Ah well, we’d enjoyed the trip up here and so thought we’d better make the best of it and see if we could ...
Flying out to Sabah
We left Kapit on the 7:30 am express ferry, 2.5 hrs non-stop to Sibu, even colder air-con than when going there and too cool on the river in the morning to sit outside so we were glad it was so fast before we froze solid. In Sibu we only had an hour or so ...
Bintulu Sleeping City
We Departed Kuching Around 10AM And Went Straight To Bintulu. As It Was A Long Journey. We Decided Not To Stop Anywhere Except For Gas Refill. Arrived Bintulu Late Around 10PM. Very Tiring And After Check In We Clean Ourselves And Sleep. Hotel ...
Sibu
Sibu was a 'rough river town' and was the first place we encountered where the people were not so friendly. The only we thing we did of any interest was to visit the chinese Pagoda, where the caretaker gave us gifts and a tour (free) with an ...
Sibu
Van Kuching naar Sibu gevlogen. Hier is niet veel te zien, behalve het échte leven in Borneo. Geen toerisme... Van hieruit hebben we een boot genomen naar ...
Sago Trees and Worms!
This morning's excursion promised to be interesting and it certainly delivered. Today we travelled 2 hours up the Egan tributary to a small village where they process the wood of the Sago tree. This tree provides a flour-like substance which can be ...