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Asia » Malaysia » Sarawak » Kuching May 27th 2014

Hej igen Så har vi fået den første smagsprøve på Borneo vilde natur. Vi tog en tur til Bako, nær Kuching, på en trekkingtur gennem junglen, og her fik vi at mærke hvordan temperaturen og luftfugtigheden tærer på én. Det er som at være i en dampovn! Vi var lige ved at miste modet, da vi ramlede ind i et lille vandfald med tilhørende basin, af med klunset og i. Helt fantastisk at ligge der og plaske rundt midt i junglen! Vi så en Probiscus abe komme svingende (dem hvor næsen ligner en .........) og forskellige kødædende planter. Det er fedt - men hårdt pga. varmen, det er svært at forestille sig det kan blive varmere, men en guide fortalte at i august sniger temp. op på 40c og luftfugtigheden rammer 99% - tag aldrig til ... read more
Med båd fra Bako
Probiscus i Bako
Junglepoolen

Asia » Malaysia » Sarawak » Kuching February 3rd 2014

Off to Semenggok today to track some Orang Utan. Big day and the main reason for visiting Borneo. There are only two places in the world where Orang Utans can be found – Borneo and Sumatra. Semenggok occupies 740 acres and is a temporary home for displaced Orang Utans before they are let back into the wild. It’s essentially wild rainforest where they relearn the skills needed to survive in the wild. Saffi our guide picked us up after an early breakfast to arrive for feeding time at 9am. Feeding time lasts for an hour – we waited, and waited and waited but no hungry OUs – what a disappointment! Travelled to Batang Ai, a bit of fishing and a visit to a tribe of head-hunters to look forward to tomorrow though!... read more
Gone fishing

Asia » Malaysia » Sarawak » Kuching February 3rd 2014

Early start to head back to Kuching today and again visit Semenggok on the way – would we see some Orang Utans this time? Saffi, our guide was hopeful provided the weather held good………..only one word for it – awesome – mission accomplished, we have had some fantastic days but difficult to better that. What a way to celebrate the Luner New Year!... read more
Baby
Richie
Sad

Asia » Malaysia » Sarawak » Kuching February 2nd 2014

Day 22 Kuching city tour today with Eddie. If Top Spot was a must do yesterday, the Cat Museum is a must not do – they must be having a laugh! A whole museum dedicated to cats, including cat food! More interestingly we think we met an important soldier, the Chief of The Malaysian Armed forces this morning at our hotel, a very nice man trained at Sandhurst, also had two daughters and wanted to chat! Off in search of orang utan tomorrow - v exciting.... read more
Cool for cats!

Asia » Malaysia » Sarawak » Kuching February 2nd 2014

Early breakfast and speedboat to catch a flight to Kuching in southern Borneo to go in search of Orang-utans! We are leaving a hot sunny morning behind……….Flight to Kuching was good with stopover at Bintulu. If you are ever in Kuching you must go to the Top Spot, fantastic sea food for 111 ringgits (£22). Don’t be put off by the lift to the top of a car park! Also time for a haircut - 8 ringgits (£1.60) - and with a scary cut throat razor!... read more
After haircut!

Asia » Malaysia » Sarawak » Kuching January 2nd 2014

After the mandatory visit to Malaysia's capital, it was off to neighbouring Borneo (or put simply the east island of Malaysia). We chose Kuching (a 90 minute flight from KL) in the largest Malaysian state of Sarawak as the reviews of all of the Orang Utan sanctuaries seemed to be more focused on keeping the animals wild and away from humans, rather than kept in cages as a tourist venture. You can only imagine my delight when Matt told me Kuching meant 'cat' in the Malay dialect - and what's more, there was cat statues all across the city (even the world's only Cat Museum). After seeing hardly any ACTUAL cats in the city (and mentioning it to our lovely taxi driver Hamitaf) we actually found out the city was more likely named from the Chinese ... read more
Cat Statues
Top Spot
Ling Loon at Top Spot

Asia » Malaysia » Sarawak » Kuching December 29th 2013

Another yummy breakfast with something to please each of us. Eggs to order for Wayne, traditional Vietnamese for me, pancakes for Nic and lots of fresh fruit for Tash including a little lime salads in shot glasses. A city walk to replenish Tasha's Choki Choki supplies (tubes of chocolate goop that she apparently first discovered back home but can't get any more - she was very excited to find some yesterday in one of the supermarkets). We got some giant pretzels, booked a sunset cruise then after Starbucks Nic headed back to the hotel while Wayne Tasha and I went to the museums. The private museum that charges for entry is not worth the time or money to see a few chunks of petrified wood in mouldy rooms. The museum of Natural History and the Cultural/Ethnological ... read more
Sunset Cruise
Sunset Cruise
Sunset Cruise

Asia » Malaysia » Sarawak » Kuching December 28th 2013

Taking it easy was the plan considering the damaged toes. Wayne suggested a quick walk to get some lunch and take photos of some of the cat statues around the city and the kids were pretty agreeable to the idea. After a wander around we ended up down at the waterfront where Wayne's notorious bargaining skills got us a trip across the river that divides the city for MYR8 (usually 40 sens each). The revised plan was to visit Fort Margarita although we had been fairly clearly told the fort was closed for some restoration work. Not surprisingly when we reached the fort the site was closed. Rather than returning to the jetty and heading back to the hotel to continue the promised rest day Wayne led us a 'better way'. After roaming around what appeared ... read more
Kuching = cat
Meow!
Don't pay the ferry man

Asia » Malaysia » Sarawak » Kuching December 28th 2013

We planned to head out to Bako National Park today but injuries combined with poor weather conditions for the boat crossing to the park mean I will get time to update the blog and maybe even book flights home.... read more

Asia » Malaysia » Sarawak » Kuching December 27th 2013

Delicious breakfast at Lime Tree then collected by Rainforest Trekking for a visit to Semongoh Orangutan Conservation Centre. It was a bit rainy and as there is loads of fruit around at this time of year we only saw 2 orangutans - the Matriach of the group, a 44 year old grandmother and her newest offspring. They were enjoying some fruit and mum decided to make a hat out of a few handy leaves. Bub tried to follow mum's lead but with limited success. So cute and we felt happy to see these and even happier that the others in the program must be doing well enough in the jungle not to have any need for the prepared fruit provided. We saw some groovy pitcher plants and headed to a local village to embark on the ... read more
Seduku with her youngest
Rainforest Kayaking
Hanging around in Semonggoh Rehabilitation Centre




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