Santubong

Finally managed to find time for another update. Here is my new page about Santubong (click the name

Changes

First sorry to those who follow the Blog and probably got quite a lot of “new page” notices today. Actually I was separating the Laksa page into smaller individual fragments because it was way to big to edit. Basically after I switched it on it would hang up for a couple of minutes each time I tried to change anything.In a way of apology I have added a small new page from a trip towards the Matang area recently.

Sungai Rayu

And there is going to be more material coming up soon since I have just found out my contract will be done in December, so I guess I will have a lot more time on my hands for a while. By the way if you are coming to Borneo and need someone to show you around now is the time to ask

More guests…

Heterometrus longimanus or the Malaysian forest scorpion...I think.

Found this guy in the back of my garden, I took the picture after I returned from the house, this time with flip flops on . They are beautiful animals but I do have a problem with having them in my garden. Especialy since my 2 year old son tends to walk around bare foot like me. I had a brilliant and noble plan of taking the scorpion out of the garden and letting it go in some more appropriate spot in the neighbourhood. Alas when I came out of my drive way with it in a box, an idealic scene straight from a movie played out in front of my eyes, imagine: sunshine, greenery,  sevaral small childeren playing with a ball and their favorite pet labrador. I thought “I cant release a scorpion here and so the story ended for it right there…

Wet season is over.

Last couple of months I have been stuck in Kuching. With the rain it was difficult to find the right time to go out of the city. This weekend I managed to finally get out of the city. Took a short trip to our longhouse near Saratok to clean up before the Gawai Dayak festival at the end of this month. Saratok it has to be admitted is not much of a tourist place though in itself the town is quite nice. I have found something I did not expect there though. A good laksa Which I am adding to the list of Laksas from Kuching.

Ps: I promise to get back to some more useful and interesting sites and topics than the laksa list soon.

Sirikin Market

Finally had time to put in something new, though the Sirikin marjket is not exackly a big topic. It’s interesting to see once for tourists who are free on the weekend and don’t know what else to see.

Sirikin

Best Laksa in Kuching

Update: A few places have been checked now, so far my favorite remains the “sunday market” laksa served in a food court behind Banquet in 3 1/2  mile. I suppose the original Sunday Market laksa should be just as good or better, just not sure which part of the Sunday market to look in

LAKSA

Bengoh Bamboo Bridges

Very pretty and unique place to visit. Deep valleys, quick mountain rivers and awesome bamboo bridges, what more could you want?

The full story here.

Forth Margherita

An easy and short trip to take if you are in Kuching, well worth doing, as i discovered last week end…after being in Kuching for 3 years.

For the full description click on the name in the list on the left side of the screen, sorry still haven’t figured out hoe to link this port th the page, not very good at technical stuff.

Kalimantan Barat

Just finished, it was a trip I took earlier this year but never had the time to describe and edit for the blog. So here it is Kalimantan Barat (should spell Barrat if you were to go with the pronunciation).

Ps: sorry still haven’t figured out how to link this short post to the actual page so you still have to click on the page to the left side of the screen.

Trip to Bukit Sadok

Just finished uploading the page about Bukit Sadok, the Iban “Holy” mountain.