Blogs from Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, Asia - page 12

Nous sommes arrivée à Kuala Lumpur avec le systéme un peu "amoché". Après s'être vidé l'estomac en Thaïlande on s'est vidé l'intestin dans les toilettes de Kuala Lumpur. Finalement après 2 jours le tout s'est replacé mais une chose est certaine on a pas engraissé ici. A part les histoires d'intestins, la ville de Kuala Lumpur est très intéressante. La ville est très multi-culturelle, il y a environ 30% de Chinois, 30% d'Indiens, 30% de Malais et autres. Beaucoup de mulsulmans se mêlent au travers de tout ça alors avec les 3 langues officielles que tout ce beau monde parlent ça devient compliqué de reconnaitre un touriste d'un habitant. La ville est moderne et très vivante, beaucoup de restaurants, de boutiques de toutes sortes et des centre commerciaux super luxueux. ça fait changement de Bangkok qui ... read more

After our motorcycle ride around "Cat City", Patrick was anxious to see his sister Gaby again at the Matang Wildlife Center, a holding center for confiscated and surrendered animals, like Orang Utans. If possible, the animals are rehabilitated and released back into the wild or semi-wild. Gaby had been volunteering there for a month, and Patrick was picking her up to travel through Malaysia with her. Gaby was our personal guide through the center, which made it all the more interesting! Orang Utans are impressive animals. Orang Utan is Malay (and Indonesian) for "Jungle People" or "People of the jungle". They seem to be very friendly animals. They can be aggressive and unpredictable though, so we weren't allowed to come too close. Orang Utan "Peter" is known to like T-shirts very much and will rip your ... read more

when we landed in kuching, after a month in peninsular Malaysia we thought we had been crazy to get there. it was so hot... but after a dew days we got used to the hot and humid weather. we liked the city and the beautiful surroundings... read more

as promised more phot0s! Sarawak seems very different from sabah the city of 2half a million people is very very old and the state has some of the oldest virgin rainforests in the world. I am on a five day small group tour but just found out that i;m the only one!!im not too happy as this is not what I booked! They tell me that the tourist trade has really been hit by the recession and they have fewer visitors this year couple with the fact it is the low season. hey ho you'll just get more photos more often ,perhaps not so much drinking will be done or on the other hand perhaps more!! keep the comments flowing!! love only the lonely! xxxxx... read more

Kuching is a pleasant city/town with tasty Laksa (for breakfast of course) for 4 Ringitt about $1.30 it has a chinese/ malay feel with a smattering of Indigenous cultures thrown in. I hesitated about visiting another Orang utan centre but I'm so glad I went because 'Ritchie' the dominant male showed up for a feed of bananas and sugar cane, those animals are awesome up close and personal a little too close at one stage when I decided to make a hasty retreat. I was wondering what to do next when I met up with 3 single women i.e women traveling by themselves, we went to the cultural village for the day and had a hoot visiting traditional longhouses and blowing darts. Some longhouses are as the names suggests ...long with 100 doors, one for each ... read more