Kuching Hotels - Reviews and Rates

After a long, but managable, flight from London to Singapore, I had several hours to kill in Changi airport. Airports used to be such thrilling places, now they're places I can't wait to get out of! Eventually, it was time to board the JetStar flight for the short hop over to Kuching in Borneo. First thing to hit me was the heat and humidity...

We spent a while in the morning just ambling around in the hot hot humid air of the city. We went for a walk by the river and took note of the beautiful coloured temples, buildings and boats. We had learned that there was to be a regatta in town this weekend hence the hive of activity that had emerged by the riverfront, with markets and music, f...

Terveisia kissojen kaupungista (Kuching=Kissa). Lensimme tanne 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 vietimme viikonlopun ja lepaili...

We got the 9:20am bus from Kuching to Bako National Park. An hour later we were boarding a small boat with three other people for the twenty-minute ride into the Park. The boats only held five people and the total price was fixed so we were lucky there were just five of us getting off the bus. The young couple was quiet and we didn't see them ag...

We were picked up from the hostel by Malcolm, a very friendly and knowledgable local who leads various outdoor pursuits including mountain biking and running. He took Natalja, Chrissy and I to a Longhouse about a 45-minute drive out of Kuching. Although the inhabitants were used to tourist visits it was still nice to finally see a genuine longho...

Thieving Monkeys With Mosquito Bites - Bako National Park We're back at the Singgahsana for a quick overnight after four days and three nights of hiking and camping in Bako National Park. We took our first public bus (no chickens or sacks of rice) approximately one hour out of Kuching and then climbed onto a boat with two British kids and a lawy...

Another easy flight with Air Asia (we've cracked the 15k weight limit - you have to wear and carry a lot). Arriving late afternoon was ideal for the sunset river cruise and a parade along the waterfront. A much lower rise city with older buildings than Kota Kinabalu as the Japanese did less damage. That night we then stumbled on (or rather heard...

Kuching, the capital of Sarawak, a waterfront promenade, upmarket tourist shopping centres, old Chinese temples and cultural museums, the guides describe it as a great lace to spend a few days 'exploring'. My verdict, it a nice city and the riverfront is quite pretty but there's not much to see here. Sorry to disappoint you :( Due to being unabl...

Thursday 16th: Having spent the night hours on a night bus it was up and down to the cheap Air Asia airport in KL where the cheap smelly travellers fly from, having been on the bus for hours we fitted right in. This flying malarky is getting rather easy we now have a battle plan, as you will never get in front of a business man on the queue, you...

Our first port of call in Borneo was Kuching which means 'cat' in Malaysian. There are a number of theories attached to this naming, my favouite being that some explorer/settler-type bloke saw the town across the river, pointed at it and said "What's that?". The person he was asking thought he was pointing at a cat and thus replied "kuching". Si...