A face only a mother could love

Ka-ching!

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August 23rd 2008
We're in Kuching, not Ka-ching!, in Malaysian Borneo. Kuching means cat in Malay and they have taken the theme and run with it. There are several cat sculptures around town, a super silly cat museum, and a cat is even on their manhole covers. Let's hope that it's not because cat is the local delicacy. ;-) BTW, we have only seen one cat in all of Malaysia with a full size tail. We wondered ... read more

Asia » Malaysia » Sarawak

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During the late 18th and 19th centuries, Great Britain established colonies and protectorates in the area of current Malaysia; these were occupied by Japan from 1942 to 1945. In 1948, the British-ruled territories on the Malay Peninsula formed the Fe... ... read more