Cat City and local tribes

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February 3rd 2012

Published: March 7th 2012

The longest journey of our lives so far - Tongatapu-Auckland(overnight in airport)-Melbourne(re-routed)-Singapore(stayed for one day/night)-Kuching - ended with minds and bodies intact and all bags present and correct, remarkably enough. A new country (Malaysia), a new landmass (Borneo), a new (old) hemisphere (northern, just) was the reward for over thirty hours in planes and airports. Kuching m... Read Full Entry

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Smoke and sunlight

Our guides, the local children, had a few problems starting up a fire and after several attempts we had to give them a hand.

Woman coming back from the fileds

View of the village, where there is always a football pitch

Ricewine on us!

Lady in charge of the community centre/guesthouse

Nursery pupils looking outside the window

Model of Barud "headhunters" tribe traditonal home

We were invited into a house for drink and noticed an amazing collection of home-made models of traditional homes from different tribes in Borneo. This is one of about eight.