Liwah Hotel Kuching

... decided he needed to come sit next to me. Here's a riddle...what happens when you put 400 pounds of Americans plus three 120 pound Malaysians on one side and a couple hundred pounds of Malaysians on the other? Yep...The boat went 70 degrees to the right again and somehow the old man managed to stay standing yet again at the front without losing the oars. He must be used to dumbass Americans capsizing these things.

Entering and ...

... from Indonesia who used to call out...'taxi?' and when you smiled and shook your heard a chorus of...'room...internet...food...?'!! I would happilly take anything of those things right now...but instead I am lumbered with a heavy bag and little phone credit!! I eventually come across a shop with 2 very helpful locals inside who direct me to Singgahsana Lodge, but not before very kindly topping up my phone after a ...

... we hadn't have noticed the poor bear cat seemed to have a broken leg which it was dragging around its cage and we thought appropriate to mention to a worker we found, who seemed very grateful and was sending someone over to investigate. He must have hated us when we came back about ten minutes later to inform him that it seemed the baby orangutan was eating glass.

Niah Caves National Park

We are geting very attached to living in National parks, we ...

... phobic. Now those of you who know me well know that I am not a very good swimmer and I'm not very confident in the ocean at all. I psyched myself up, placed the mask over my face and the snorkel in my mouth, breathing heavily through it. In fact I reckon I could have been a heavy breathing double for a porn movie I was breathing that hard and fast. I placed my face under the water and tried to concentrate on how lovely it was down there but all I could think about ...

... since the park opened in the 50s. There are over 24 residents here today, of which we see three. A single female, and a female and her baby who gorge on the fruit, hard boiled eggs and coconuts that the guides leave out for them at specific times, twice a day. The guides are extremely happy that not many come each day, as this means that the majority of the apes are getting food from the wild, and are therefore fending for themselves.
Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia stephanie813

... run into a couple that had stayed there and indeed they did say that the accomodations were quite "scarry" with smells ...) It was very hot and some of the trails are not shaded at all so anyone sensitive to the sun will need to protect themselves. As well, bring lots of water as there are none along the trails (only at park headquarters!!) The only wildlife we saw were some Proboscis monkeys and really not ...

... to roam in a large reserve. We arrived in time for the afternoon feeding session; as this was the dry (non-fruiting) season the sanctuary leave fruit out twice a day for any orang utans that need to rely on the food station. Sure enough, shortly after 3, a small group of orangs dropped in out of the trees, literally as if from nowhere, mother and baby, an assortment of young females, and then finally the star of the show, Ritchie, a 27 year old ...

... 8 people. There was nobody for us to share with so we had to pay the whole amount for just the two of us. Anyway we arrived and had some lunch because we had to wait an hour for our room to be ready. At lunch we saw a huge wild pig and four little ones wandering past the cafe. The pigs were incredibly ugly, with long snouts and white beards, but also quite cute in a strange way. After lunch we checked in to our cabin which was a bit ...

... Office and the First Ministers house (a gigantic mansion), we took another 0.40 RM boat ride to the south side of the river again. By the time we arrived back to our hotel we had spent the entire day in the hot sun and we were cooked and tired. We went back to our hotel rooms, grabbed a quick nap and then headed out of the food court downstairs for some Mee Goreng (3 RM/plate). We later went to a movie in the mall next door because it was "cheap day" and the ...

... comenzamos uno de los numerosos senderos que se adentran en la selva: el "Lintan Trekking". Nos llevó unas 4 horas. Vimos varias clases de plantas jarro (que es uno de los atractivos de este parque).

Había dejado de llover y el sol fue asomando tímidamente hasta que finalmente brilló en toda su intensidad. Pasamos de un agradable frescor dentro de la selva a un sofocante calor en la parte más alta y despejada del camino. Durante la ruta el paisaje cambió varias veces: de selva ...