2022 - Malaysia (Part 2 - Kuching)
Back over to Borneo to visit the orang utans.
Monday 15 August 2022 - Wednesday 17 August 2022
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Monday 15 August
An early start in order to catch our flight over to Kuching. The flight was fine bur was slightly delayed.
The Waterfront Hotel is large ugly building on the waterfront, right behind the textile museum. This did not exist in 2010 when I was here previously.
The textile museum and our hotel behind it.
Time for lunch.
Waterfront.
Covered walkway along Jalan Carpenter.
The view from our hotel.
The view from our hotel.
Evening view from the hotel.
The Kuching waterfront.
The Sarawak State Assembly Building.
Dinner was at James Brookes on the waterfront and was very tasty indeed although we did get chased inside by a tropical thunderstorm that did not last very long.
Tuesday 16 August
Another early start as we had booked a tour to visit various places.
Our first stop was at the Semenggoh Wildlife Centre. We arrived in tiem for breakfast and saw a few coming down to the feeding station. This included a large alpha male.
Orang utans at Semenggoh.
Us at Semenggoh.
After that we went to a long house at Kampung Annah Rais. Is is an odd mixture of traditional building materials (basically bamboo) and modern concrete with aluminium joinery. It was interesting to see how the Dyak people live.
The long house at Kampung Annah Rais.
More of Kampung Annah Rais.
From there we went to the Fairy Caves. Theese are huge caves cut into the cliffs. We started to walk in but there were too many stairs so we gave up after a few minutes and rested outside in a small shop with a cold drink.
The entrance to the Fairy Caves.
Countryside by the Fairy Caves.
Inside the Fairy Caves.
From there we went back to the hotel for the customary afternoon nap. The pool was very cold as it sits in the shade all day.
Dinner was in a small place recommended by the tour guide. It was okay, nothing special.
Wednesday 17 August
A day of wandering around the town. We crossed over the new bridge but couldn't get very far as there are significant builing and road works just over the bridge.
The mosque.
The waterfront.
The Sarawak River from the Darul Hana Bridge.
The Astana.
We found the old market just around frpom the bridge and had coffee in the Heritage Centre.
A collection of colourful buildings.
Sunset along the Sarawak River.
Sunset along the Sarawak River.
Dinner was back at James Brookes. No rain this time.
Kuching is a great place to visit. Samll enough to walk around and with decent food options.
Posted by nzhamsta 00:00 Archived in Malaysia Tagged wildlife orang_utans
