Kuching Stories


Primates, Dance-offs and Jazzy Cake!

Kuching is the capital of Sarawak, the southern state of Malaysian Borneo. We were so glad that we cut our losses in Sabah and spent a few extra days here because it's a very friendly, pretty and interesting city. Although the main draw is the surrounding areas. We used Kuching as a base to visit the Semengoh Wildlife Center to see the orang utangs. ...


Borneo Adventures

Hi All, Greetings from Kuala Lumpur! We just got back from Borneo last night, and are in a funky upstairs internet cafe to upload a few adventures. A few excerpts from our journals: July 25th: After a series of flights leading us through Tokyo and Singapore, we finally arrived in Borneo, in the small city of Kuching which is the capital of o...


Longhouse Tour

Our driver arrived at 8.30am to take us to an Orang-Utan rehabilitation centre, a Bidayuh Longhouse and a crocodile farm. I must say this tour was pretty crap and we paid RM135 each. I wouldn't recommend it. Although our guide was pretty nice, she spoke hardly any English. Whateva we asked a question she would smile, nod her head and say "yah" hehehe i ...


Sarawak Cultural Village

Our first day for exploring in Kuching. We walked around the waterfront (the main strip in town) and decided to visit a travel agent for some day tours. We ended up in Borneo Inbound Tours & Travel, and signed up for the Sarawak Cultural Village tour for the afternoon and also a longhouse tour for the next day. Our tour guide Anna (male) picked us up...