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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Articles by James Chee

Easily gets worked up at the mention of nature and travelling the off-beaten path. Passionate about the environment and conservation. Fave motto: "Take nothing but photographs, leave nothing but footprints, save nothing but memories"

Permai Rainforest Resort - Roughing it out in comfort
March 22, 2009 – 9:18 pm | One Comment
Permai Rainforest Resort - Roughing it out in comfort

It is amazing how many people out there who want to trek through a jungle trail, slashing through thick undergrowth, fording streams and make faces at a troop of monkeys at close range, then the next moment

Temple hopping in old Kuching (Pt. 2: The Hong San Si Temple)
March 17, 2009 – 6:53 am | Comments Off
Temple hopping in old Kuching (Pt. 2: The Hong San Si Temple)

 

The Hong San Si Temple, at the junction of Wayang Street and Ewe Hai Street, was originally built by Kuching’s Hokkien clansmen in 1848, and was renovated several times the latest being in 2003. The host …

Temple hopping in old Kuching (Pt. 1: The Tua Pek Kong Temple)
March 17, 2009 – 6:22 am | No Comment
Temple hopping in old Kuching (Pt. 1: The Tua Pek Kong Temple)

There are three temples in the old quarter of Kuching. The famous Tua Pek Kong Temple at the junction of Main Bazaar and Temple Street, the Hong San Si Temple at the end of Wayang …

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 …