Up and what a start to the day...... our nice German man was on the internet reading about Germany losing to Spain. He was very gracious in defeat and I had to remember before taking the mickey that England, Wales, Scotland and N.Ireland were not there. Explored Kuching which is a city in Sarawak on the Island of Borneo. The city grew from the e...

I got back to Kuching on Thursday afternoon from the national park. That afternooon I walked around the waterfront on the river and visited the Chinese History Museum, which was kind of funny. The guy that works there is really nice and chatted with me about the history of the Chinese community in Borneo. The funny part about the museum was that...

After arriving in Malaysia we flew the very next day to the region of Sarawak on a different island to stay in the capital Kuching which is in Malaysias Borneo. Kuching is quite a developed city again with lots of shopping plazas and food courts. Wo found a very nice guesthouse to stay in with breakfast and air conditioning. Originally we were p...

I'm not usually one to name-drop, but i've just got back from the jungle where I saw proboscis monkeys, macaque monkeys, silver leaf monkeys, wild boar, monitor lizards, flying lemar and a pit viper snake. Was an amazing experience and hopefully i've got some great photos that i'll be able to share with you all at some point!

Borneo Written by Rudi Kuching, 04-07-2005 Warning to all readers: The following story is not very cheering up, light-hearted or funny, so if you are a bit down already, or you just think we're nagging, skip this, and go to the next story. (that is a lot better). Travelling is great... at least, most of the time. Someone said once that a bad tra...

We are approaching our final days in Borneo and we have yet to see the Probiscus monkey close up. Tme is running out and it has come down to one last chance to see this rare species. My husband and I are more determined than ever not to leave this land without seeing one in the wild. We are in Kutching Sarawak one of South East Asia's most attra...