Four Points Sheraton Kuching

... walks through so many different types of vegetation and got really hot. Also a night walk where I was a bit concerned to be shown Mr and Mrs pit viper snake sleeping very close to my bedrom window- apparently they only move every45 days or if it rains-it rained and moved even closer. I hate snakes. Next aftenoon I walked over to the others to be confonted by a long slim fast moving ...

... path in front of us. Unfortunately, I was too excited and didn&#8217;t take a photo. But she looked at me straight in the eye as she past! It was a great Orangutan moment! <br><br>We were fairly disappointed that we couldn&#8217;t spend over night in Bato National Park. There is very limited accommodation within the park and the cheaper hostel beds get booked up well in advance. We still decided to go for a day trip as its only an hour out of Kuching. Again the ...

... fat in the middle of the Malaysian equivalent to Macys or Dillards and now need to find the Malaysian version of the big man's store. I wanted to laugh back at her because she was wearing some stupid sticker showing she had to get her temperature taken but of course being the polite American I am, I refrained. <br><br>Another fever free sales girl came out of nowhere and produced a pair of shorts with an elastic waistband and told me, "This for big ...

... s a city of 600,000 in the southern part of Borneo in a part of Malaysia called Sarawak. Though it is in Malaysia we had to go through immigration control to enter this part of the country. No idea why. It's called the Cat City since the word Kuching is close to Kucing...which your guessed it...means cat in Malay. Now I haven't seen the first cat wandering around this place yet but have probably eaten some without knowing it. Who knows. <br>

... on the map!! Then I come to some shopping centre and cool off in there with an iced drink before continuing in my quest to find Suntec City!! Christ it sounds like some kind of Harrison Ford film...The Quest for Suntec City!! I can see it!! I CAN SEE IT!! It's pretty far though but hey...my attention is soon caught by Subway!! Wow I forget that place even exists!! Then I see chairs lined up along side the main road, lots of them!! Hmmm...then I see a Gate 3 sign...oh yeah it's Grand ...

... three turtles, placed them near the waters edge and watched them flipper their way into the water and out to sea. Amazing. Erin's one was off and racing; it knew exactly where it wanted to be and it strong flippers quickly pulled it to the water and out into the wide sea. We saw it bob up once or twice for air and then vanished. Cait's one was reasonable hardy, knew where to go, not quite as fast but hopefully canny enough to get by for the time needed. Venetia's ...

... the town and there is a really nice waterfront with lots of little cafes and bars on, its a cool place to chill out for a few hours. Seems as i hadn't really been up to much i decided i should do something a bit more active so the other day i went kayaking. It was a really great day, their were seven people in our group and becasue of the odd number i had a kayak to myself and the others all had 2 seater ones. I prefered the single one, me and tiley tried sea kayaking once in a two ...

... meal because I was starving. The only thing open was McDonalds and Burger King, I don't to the King so we headed to McDonalds a couple of blocks away. In front of us was a group of 3 young guys, the one in the center was being assisted by the other two. He promptly turned around and exclaimed "Hi, Im drunk" His friends weren't so amused, because they had to keep rounding him up, we of course thought it was hilarious. I got fries and an ice cream cone and ...

... These longhouses are far away on rivers in the jungle and so to visit all the different types of longhouses would take weeks of travelling through the middle of nowhere. At the cultural centre they have all of the longhouses together. They are all built around a lake and are actually inhabited by people from the tribes who rotate every month. We looked around the houses, saw examples of the crafts and food that the people make, and met some of them in ...

... would be playing later that day. If you have never seen the sport of takraw, it is a really fun event to watch. It is sort of like volleyball, only players are only allowed to hit the ball with their feet and heads. Good players are able to slam the ball over the net, which requires a great deal of acrobatic skill as they kick the ball from well above their heads. I asked Frankie if we could tag along to watch the game and he was happy to have us join him. The ...