Back down the river

Day 107 - Kuching, Chinese Festival

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March 21st 2006
Slept ok considering the basic accommodation and the constant crowing of cockrels in the morning. Louisa had a morning swig of the rice whisky I had bought, thinking it was water. After a blowpipe demonstration by a village elder we all had a go, though the animals had nothing to fear from me. Said our farewells to the village and set off back down river to a spot where we disembarked for a short ... read more

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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