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Kuching Slideshow
Kuching
Travel Blogs from Kuching, Malaysia
On hunt for Orangutans
... own while walking in the forest! He could easily kill you if he wanted to. The park was closing so we left and drove back to Kuching where we had dinner and then later went for some drinks at the bar next to the hostel. It is a really nice bar. The ...
More driving on the bikes and getting lost!
... through Kuching again which we wanted to avoid but with our sense of directions it seemed to be the best way after all. After Kuching it was pretty straight forward but we still managed to take the wrong road one time but soon figured it out and turned ...
Accommodation, Carbon Footprints and Dogs
... layer. I do believe I shall take a flight in the next 14 days, in fact why not make that at least 8 flights in Borneo alone… Kuching to Miri, Miri to Mulu, Mulu to Miri, Miri to Bario, Bario to Miri, Miri to KK, KK to Sandakan and Sandakan to Tawau. ...
Longhouse trip with Peter
... . I told the leader that I want just that one because it is from Sweden and he sad that he guessed that. On the way back to Kuching we all sat back in the trunk of the pickup drinking our rice wine. When we got to town me and Kai stood up and Peter ...
Kuching!
... I ended up finding tons of great stuff! I stumbled upon an Indian festival in the middle of the city. Kuching doesn't have a very large Indian population so it was really interesting that they were having this festival. I guess they ...
Singapour -> Borneo (Kuching)
... 2 douannes dans la meme journee pour le meme pays????????? Reprenons le bus et attendons 30 min dans le bus, avant de partir pour Kuching. Chauffeur en pause cafe. Humm! On est arrive a 16:00 et on a trouver un "guest house" sympatique. On a ...
Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia.
... Day 3 Woke up early again. Here, unlike peninsular malaysia, sunrise is much earlier. At 6 am, it is equivalent to 8 am in peninsular. After breakfast at the hotel, we met our cab driver again. This time, we headed towards Mount Santubong and ...
From flash Singapore to a squat in Borneo
I have a touch screen phone... And...the touch screen function on the alarm does not work!! Basically what this means is that when my alarm goes off the whole room wakes up, whilst I struggle to remove the back of the bloody thing and then somehow take ...
First glimpse of Borneo
... purposefully not work out the price of things we were buying (this is quite hard to do because it's almost exactly half), but in Malaysia you review the English price of things every time, so you can smile about how lucky you were to be born in England. ...
Back to Kuching
... some are empty. Apparently the younger people have to leave the village to search for work in towns and cities in Malaysia, but their houses stay available and their families use them at times of Harvest festivals and Easter and Christmas. At these times ...
It's raining, it's pouring...
... , that serves Illy coffee and really does a mean Cafe Latte. It has an amazing collage photo of the different peoples of Malaysia, all wearing modern clothes or variations there-of, applying make-up from either their cultural arts, tribal ceremonies or ...
Don't feed the crabs!
... had a lovely time. Cait and I swam around holding hands under water as PDAs (Public Displays of Affection) are frowned upon in Malaysia. After a while it became apparent that the tide was coming in and so we all clambered back on to the boat and went ...
Broodje-aap-verhalen
... geeft thuis. een beetje bedremmeld sta ik even later de bus op te wachten die me terug zal brengen naar Kuching, Gelukkig heeft de gruwelgroep eigen vervoer. Uitendelijk wint tevredenheid het van mijn teleurstelling: de apen hebben geen mensen nodig en ...
Flying to Kuching
... book so you have to get their first to avoid having to stand for the whole flight? The flight was pretty uneventful. I arrived in Kuching (Capital of Sarawak) just has it started to rain (a lot). I headed for the hostel, checked in and had a quick ...
First travel blog from Kuching
... Borneoon eilen illalla Singaporesta Sirjen kanssa. Kaupunki on kompakti ja helppo, vaikka asukkaita on Helsingin verran. Kuching on myos Sarawakin paakaupunki ja siis reissun Borneon osuuden alkupiste. Singaporesta viela sen verran, etta siella ...
Cat City
Kuching a very beautiful city with a nice river front to stroll along. It's name means cat in Malay which is why there are a lot of statues of common house cats. Here we had fun in the Sarawak Museum. In the new wing there were many interactive puzzles ...
Pollution...ahhh...finally in a city
... a Cat Museum and several cat statues scattered around this city. I should really ask what thats all about. I really like Kuching. Its a mix of all different cultures...chinese, indian, malay, and colonial. The buildings, despite almost falling down and ...
Hot jungletrekking
Sidste hele dag I Kuching tog vi en tur ud af byen igen – denne gang til Damai Beach, som er en halvø vest for Kuching, primært forbeholdt eliten. Vi startede dagen derude med en aktiv trekkingtur I junglen på tre timer. Vi så en sort abe og en ...
Cat City
... our holiday and I have only just eaten my first laksa! I thought I'd be eating them for breakfast. Kuching certainly gives a different flavour to Malaysia than KL. For a start, there seem to be more church buildings than mosques, as well as ...
Second Day in Kuching
Early this morning I made my way to the bus stop to catch a bus going to the Orangutan wildlife reserve. I am so glad I went. At this place, twenty-three semi-wild orangutans live. At feeding time a few of them come down and grab ...
The incredible shrinking woman.
It was still raining when we decided to go to the Cat Museum. Erin wanted an umbrella so we scoured through the shops on our way to the 'teksi' rank. I spied a pink one which on closer inspection was a 'Hello Kitty' umbrella. Well that sold it for ...
4X4 trucks
the 4x4 gangs from Taiyo... using 4x4 trucks, convoy to Puncak Borneo. Visited the hot spring and ...
The Elusive Penis-Nose Monkey
Kuching is a beautiful little riverside town in the Bornean area called Sarawak, owned by Malaysia. It seems pretty well-off, with its high-rise hotels and fancy shopping malls, but it is not without its charm. We spent a day wandering around, walking by ...
Breathtaking Borneo
... of people, encouraging us up on stage to dance and offering to show us round town. I love it here already! Pussy Heaven So Kuching - Cat City. Of course they have a Cat Museum! Clearly the most boring place in the world (oh no, hold on I did go ...
Kuching
... lazy during my time in Kuching, i haven't done that much, just been hanging out in the town with some people from my room. Although Kuching is an amazing place there aren't that many things to do, its more off just a nice place to be. Kuching means Cat in ...
Sarawak - Borneo
... ecosystems. Despite its growth and development, the state of Sarawak still maintains its reputation as the most exotic state in Malaysia and Asia 's best kept secret. Rainforests of Sarawak are among the oldest in the world, boasting the Rafflesia - a ...
Tree Adventures and Lord of the Rings
... at the end - trembling and covered in sweat. Clearly he still has vertigo - despite his brave rock climbing in Thailand! Back to Kuching with Lou and Chris the next day to fly back to KL - but not before we finally braved the karaoke stage together. ...
The Jungle
... shopping centres. theres a nice waterfront, where we're heading out to have dinner after we finish checking emails online. arrived in kuching 3 days ago and got straight on the bus to bako national park which is a couple of hours away by bus and ...
Borneo Or Bust
... up to our departure, we were able to sleep almost the entire way. After short stops in Taipei, Taiwan and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (The coolest airport on the planet) we flew blind through heavy rain clouds, bouncing down on the runway and collected our ...
Kerching from Kuching
... Air Asia) but neither of us were sat next to anyone horrible so the 2 hour flight passed without incident :) Our hotel in Kuching is really cool, only 3 star but feels like more. Our room is pretty big with decent views and it came with 2 ...