Blogs from Sarawak, Malaysia, Asia - page 48

so, die letzten 2 Wochen Urlaub sind angebrochen, und inzwischen bin ich schon in Brunei, einem der reichsten Staaten der Welt, aber dazu spaeter. Angekommen bin ich am 14. April abends in Kuching, und hab eine Nacht im Guesthouse, mit 2 Chinesinnen im Zimmer verbracht. Am naechsten Tag hab ich mir die Stadt ein wenig angschaut, aber es war so bruetend heiss, das es kaum auszuhalten war. Bin am Pier entlang gelaufen, hab mir den Sonntagsmarkt angschaut, den Park und das Nationalmuseum. Ganz nette Stadt, dieses Kuching, aber wie ich dort schon feststellte, Borneo ist eines der teuersten Gebiete Asiens, die ich bisher besucht habe... In der Nacht auf den 16. nahm ich dann einen Nachtbus nach Miri, 13 Stunden Fahrt standen mir bevor. Ich musste ueber mich lachen, weil mir am naechsten Morgen wirklich ... read more

04/04/07 - We flew from Miri to Mulu. Arrived at the Park HQ about 2pm and headed straight out for the 2 cave guided tours. Very well set up National Park with well maintained pathways. We had met an Italian couple (Stefano & Elisa) in Miri at the Guesthouse who were also going to Mulu at the same time as us. We did a couple of Caves one of them being Deer Cave which has the largest Cave entrance in the world apparently.. this was the home of millions of bats (im not kidding!), so around 6pm we all waited for the main attraction of the day - which was the bats flying out of the cave to feed at night (see pictures) - we waited and waited and waited - finally they made an ... read more

Hi Im back with an update so far... we've been on a mini adventure to a Longhouse. 31/03/07 - From Kuching we caught a boat to Sibu (5 hours!) and then one straight away to Kapit (3 hours!) This was after our night out drinking Champagne in Kuching so our heads were in pieces! We had read that it was good to visit a Longhouse as far away from Kuching City as possible for a "authentic" experience. We also read to speak to a guy called Joshua who was backpacker friendly and unlikely to rip you off.... 01/04/07 - So we finally track Joshua down and find out he's pretty pricey as we'd been offered cheaper elsewhere. We manage to haggle and knock him down, so we're all set to leave at 3pm. When we ... read more

Bako National Park Asia » Malaysia » Borneo » Kuching » Bako By Sophia CMarch 29th 2007Around the World Got up early this morning to get bus/boat to Bako, now I realise I have definately packed too much. Really struggled running to find the right bus. Fortunately the Malay run on "rubberband time" so the bus hadnt turned up yet and we were early. We met a Swedish couple, Lin and Nick, who were also going to Bako so we decided to share a taxi minibus which was much quicker. After bus we had to get a boat ride to the National Park, amazing way to arriv... read more

So, at last I now have some spare time (trust me this traveling can be quite hectic especially when you visit 7 countries in 6 weeks) to continue my online story.. After leaving Thailand we spent the next 2 weeks exploring a little bit more of South East Asia... We traveled from Thailand by overnight train through to the Malaysian port of Butterworth, just across from Penang Island where we then took a flight to Malaysian Borneo, the home of the Proboscis monkey, the orangutan, Sipidan and some great jungle..well, what there is left of it. We started first in Kota ... read more