Hilton Batang Ai Kuching

... Actually I take that back...in the UK they observe this art form religiously but I digress...<br><br>So you are telling yourself...yeah, yeah...jungles and wild pigs and a monkey is a monkey. Right? I can see all this **** in some worn out National Geographic at my dentist's office...etc... etc... So really...What makes seeing this part of Borneo so unique that it's worth risking carbon monoxide poisoning on a bus, fighting bugs and ...

... I was hungry again and sampled something called Mee Goreng. It's a fried rice dish served with some sort of red chili paste, a fried egg and peanuts. They sprinkle some sort of tiny dried fish on top and I know that sounds nasty but the saltiness from the fish mixed with the spicy paste and creamy egg yolk was enough to make me want to again lick the plate clean.<br><br>We decided to walk around after all and the wandered to the Sarawak ...

... one of the most heavily populated crocodile rivers in the world. Theres a village alonside this river, and lets just say they are not strangers to crocodile attacks and things going missing. So the boat ride is absolutely the worst 20minutes of July so far, and only because i've been to Baco before do i know how worth it it is. In hindsight visiting Baco is also the key to getting rid of our infections as a kindly stranger on the bus (who turned out to be one ...

... young females with babies and a few adolescent ones full of mischief. One of the younger ones dared to steal Ritchies coconut off the feeding platform... he threw a huge tantrum and tried to catch the younger one. When he couldn't he pretended that it didn't matter and started to eat the rambutans instead, all the while keeping an eye out for the rascal that stole his coconut to give him a whack I'm sure. They were amazing to look at. Incredible ...

... to back it up we were very tipsy very quickly. The river bank has a meandering pathway that is lit by coloured lights, dotted with food stalls and there are cat staues that appear all along the way. For 1MR you can catch a boat across to the other side of the river. That adventure is for tonight, after we have found the fresh seafood market and devoured a chilli crab! Must get coffee soon - fading fast.

... working shower/toilet and free wifi. Ahh, heaven.<br><br>As for the town itself, Kuching has a very touristy, Niagara-on-the-Lake of Borneo kind of feel. Everything is clean, pretty, and costs a lot. The sunsets are gorgeous but beyond that it's a bit boring. <br><br>Our next couple of days will be in transit, heading East towards Mulu Park. Small dirty town after small dirty town.. should be fun!<br><br>-M<br>

... Gading is famous for being one of the homes of the Rafflesia (largest flower in the world - wow I hear you all scream) and one of the most accessible in Borneo so we hit the jungles again (my trekking boots are taking a decent pounding at the moment!) some 2 hours away. Having quite some time spare we ignore the 20mins walk sign to the Rafflesia and start trekking off another isolated path uphill. An hour or so later we pop out into a ...

... sit down by the river and see if we could use up a few bottles. Since Frankie was a Christian, he had no problem with drinking alcohol and after he tried some he noted on how it tasted quite similar to a drink that they made in his home village. Although I bought some orange soda to mix with the vodka, he drank a lot of his straight up which was pretty brazen for a man that weighed less than 50 kilograms. Since he was spending his night sleeping outside of the ...

... hay y donde hace más calor pues está despejada y el suelo blanco refleja el sol que abrasa y deslumbra. Hoy el día estuvo muy despejado. Es un paisaje bastante curioso muy en contraste con el verdor, la oscuridad y la humedad de la selva.Llevábamos agua pero con lo que estábamos sudando parecía que iba a ser muy justa, así que decidimos pararnos lo menos posible ya que descubrimos que es cuando uno se para, cuando rompe a sudar de forma salvaje, pero mientras se va caminando a ...