Gone kayakin’
April 30, 2010 – 10:33 am | No Comment

Spare a day for this most enjoyable of activities. Put on a pair of rubber sandals and sport shorts and a quick dry t-shirt, because you’re going to get wet, wet, wet! Get out your …

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Activities & Attractions

Kayaking, Firefly watching, Dolphin watching, Hash House Harriers, Bird Watching (Malaysia Nature Society), Kuching Heritage Walk, Kuching Waterfront, Gambier Street, Indian Mosque (inside shophouses!)

Celebrations & Events

Chinese Temples

Tua Pek Kong Temple, etc

Cities & Towns

Kuching, Bau, Serian,Kota Sentosa, Siburan, Lundu, etc

Festivals

Rainforest Music Festival, Thaipusam, Chinese temple diety processions, Chinese New Year, Hari Raya Aidil Fitri, Gawai Dayak, Kuching Festival, Orchid & Horticultural Shows etc.

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Wind Caves and Fairy Caves
March 13, 2009 – 1:15 am | One Comment
Wind Caves and Fairy Caves

 
The completion of the tar-sealed road to Serikin, a bustling border markettown famed for weekend bargaining, has made the option to visit the twin attractions of  Wind Caves and  Fairy Caves an attractive side trip …

Sarawak Laksa - Ecstasy in a bowl
March 11, 2009 – 7:36 pm | No Comment
Sarawak Laksa - Ecstasy in a bowl

It is 8.30 am on a typical morning, in the many crowded food courts in Kuching, there is hardly an empty table as the place is swarming with people all facing a very happy dilemma

Sirikin - Shopping On The Wild Side
March 10, 2009 – 4:45 pm | No Comment
Sirikin - Shopping On The Wild Side

If dirt-cheap shopping spree and unabashed bargaining in a rural setting with beads of sweat dripping down your brow sounds like a fun way to spend a weekend morning, then a short hop to the frontier …

Orang Utans - Semonggoh Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre
March 9, 2009 – 4:06 pm | One Comment
Orang Utans - Semonggoh Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre

What is it that cause visitors to travel thousands of miles and ensconced themselves among sweaty Borneo jungle to see some apes peeling bananas and scratching its back for lices?
The iconic orangutan is in fact …

The tambang - Water taxi of the Sarawak River
March 9, 2009 – 7:05 am | No Comment
The tambang - Water taxi of the Sarawak River

 

The tambang or “water taxi” on the Sarawak River beside the Kuching Waterfront is an endearing icon of Kuching for as long as anyone can remember.  Though not as romantic as the gondola of Venice, …

Kuching City Festival
March 9, 2009 – 6:39 am | No Comment
Kuching City Festival

It is 5.00 pm and the oppressive heat of the day has still not subsided, but stall owners are already arriving with their wares and food, arranging them in partitioned stalls lined up in an …