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Kuching Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Kuching, Malaysia
Relaxed in Kuching
... one piece and were immediately surrounded by half a dozen touts from the bus companies, all extolling us to take their bus to Kuching. The price remarkably dropped from 50Rgs to 40Rgs, when I shook my head saying the 50 Rgs too expensive (about ...
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 ...
Some Longhouse photos
Well the last round of partying ended and I figured I better write before the next round begins!! I have sorted thru Jean's and my longhouse fotos and have included some of the most representative in here. A longhouse is a village under 1 roof. There ...
Borneo's City of Cats
Rob and Anjali now fly five and a half hours overnight on Malaysia Airlines from New Delhi back to Kuala Lumpur. After a couple of hours snoozing in the airport, they catch a two hour flight to Kuching, the capital city of Sarawak province in ...
Borneo
... cue more screaming. It would never have survived in my boots, the smell would have been too overpowering! We arrived back in Kuching at about 3:30pm and I managed to sort out a number of pressing issues. Firstly I sorted my washing out and got ...
Sizzling Santubong
... and eating area overlooked the driveway. Yet besides the two housekeepers, the place was empty. The owner, a lawyer, was still working in Kuching and said he'd be home late. We were told to make ourselves at home and use the scooter if we needed to. ...
Prince Outang de Belgique, ami des animaux
L'orang-outang est un animal poilu. Il a le regard perçant. Il mange des bananes. En gros, le sanctuaire des orang-outangs les aide a retrouver une vie normale, après des années de séquestration, et a correctement manger sa banane, regarder les ...
Flight and not too much more
... spent the day using the internet in Singapore, trying to catch up with the blog and eventually leaving to catch a flight to Kuching, Sarawak, in Malaysian Borneo, which is incidentally the Malaysian word for cat. We arrived late and just slept. That is ...
Tours and trips, trips and tours.
... a camel ride with her in Luxor. Anyway, we headed towards the Fort, which had been built by the second white Rajah of Kuching, Charles Brooke in 1879. It was built as a strategic base to observe possible invading forces invading what was then part of the ...
Heroes in a Half Shell!
... 10 seconds later her head popped up some 50 metres away out to sea! As we jumped on our boat into a stormy sea back to Kuching, I couldn't help but wander if the little dudes we'd set on their way to adulthood were fairing any better than us, the boat ...
Aug 23, 2011
Borneo or bust
... I'd say this was a better time than my last one in KL. Today I went to the bird park for a while (one more of Malaysia's claims of "the world's biggest"), then came back to Chinatown for some dinner and a pirated movie in the hotel room. Tomorrow I ...
Modern day bliss...
... Pig and the rare Proboscis Monkey. I had my first (as far as I know) taste of stingray here, I was hungry... Back to Kuching for a final night, and final Sarawak Laksa (my 3rd) at the James Brookes (adjacent to the finest public toilet I have ever ...
Monkey Business!
... called Marianne! Despite the face neither of us really liked the fact that someone else had our name, we travelled back to Kuching together and spent a fun evening at the huge Weekend Market, where we sampled all kinds of sweet treats. I really enjoyed ...
Living in a longhouse
In the entry on Kuching where we went to the Cultural Centre I explained a bit about the longhouses and that the minority people of Borneo live in them. We got to see examples of each one at the centre but we decided that we would like to see a real one, ...
Kuching and Cat statues
... about things to do, good eating places and an interesting history of Sarawak and its Governance by England and then by Malaysia. Sarawak would like to be totally independent but cannot afford to be and need Malaysian funding. Decided to go to the town ...
Happy New year
... it was The Day The Earth Stood Still - the film we saw and paid for on Christmas Day!! Eventually we arrived in Kuching, Cat city - or so the name translates, and after a short taxi ride through the city we passed the never ending cat statues ...
Orang-Utans!!!
... . There really isn't much in Kuching, it's a nice enough Chinese town but one day is enough. Borneo belongs half to Malaysia and half to Indonesia, and Malaysia Borneo is comprised of two states, Sarawak and Sabah. So I'm starting in Sarawak and making my ...
'Top Spot' is tops!
Wow! Just got back from a fresh seafood feast at a natty little food court at the top of a carpark. I read about it in another blog but they didn't mention that the carpark is painted bright turquoise or that there is a rather over the top restaurant ...