Blogs from Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, Asia - page 21

Left Sacramento at 9:30 yesterday, Here in the Singapore airport (house-sized orchid display surrounding a Koi pond in the middle of the airport... The plants are healthy and real, no plastic here) working till my batteries go. Got a lot of sleep on the ten hour flight from LA to Tokyo and 6 hour fromTokyo to Singapore.. caught up some for the nearly sleepness night getting ready... still have to catch a flight to Kuala Lumpur at 7, then from Kuala Lumpur to Kuching so should be in my hotel by 3.. It's almost fun to feel a little scruffy.. probably nothing like I'll feel on the backpack trip in Kuching. T... read more

Here Kitty Kitty At the western tip of Borneo lies the quaintly modern city of Kuching. Known as the "cat city" I knew I was going to like it before I'd even arrived. We flew in at night, prime prowling time for cats and within minutes of stepping out of the airport taxi we spotted our first cat! A cement block was missing in the sidewalk, exposing the gutter below and here sat a sleek calico peering down, waiting patiently, for tasty rats or mice. Mind you this wasn't really a unique experience, but I remember it vividly being in the "cat city." Daybreak provided more cat sightings: huge cat statues with whiskers made of thick wire were in the middle of round-abouts and intersections. They were hard to miss. We also made a worthwhile trip ... read more

We were met in Kuching by Wesley, one of the owners of a hostel we’d booked into via their website. He gave us a mini tour of the city on the way to the hostel, showing us some great restaurants and giving us local tips- very kind of him! At the hostel we signed in as guests numbers 7 and 8 in their register. The hostel was only 2 months old and we were the only guests!. Wesley gave us the keys, maps of the city (and he marked everything on them we could possibly need) told us he may not be there every day and if we wanted to check out, to just leave our money and keys. Bliss! Our own apartment, virtually! We didn’t have a kitchen but still, the privacy was lovely. ... read more

We landed in Kuching about 10.30am & by the time we had got our bags, got the bus into town & walked to the hostel it was just before midday. We had a shower & then had a sleep as spending the night in the airport never gets you a good night sleep but works out more cost efficient. We ended up sleeping till about 3.30pm, a combination of the heat & tiredness had made us sleep for a good three hours. We headed out to explore Kuching, we had a look around a couple of shopping malls, as Kuching is supposed to be a good place to buy in Borneo, although we didn't buy anything. We went to a bar for dinner & were told of a special promotion, for 25 Ringitt each, (just ... read more

Back from Bako and we went for some Traditional Malay "Steamboat" food, basically a type of fondue. It was yummy! ... read more