Kuching-Sarawak

Salamat Datang! The entrance to central Kuching.	Single malt at the "Drunken Monkey"	Dancers at Hong San Temple	Audience at Hong San temple	Hong San Temple	Orangutang at Semenggoh Nature Reserve, Less than one hour drive from central Kuching
Just hangin' around...	Female with child at Semenggoh	Orangutang at Semenggoh Nature Reserve, Less than one hour drive from central Kuching	Masjid Negeri	Sarawak River	Kuching Waterfront
Astana - the home of Sarawaks former rulers, the "White Rajas"	Old pier in Kuching	Street in Chinatown. Sarawak State Assembly on the opposite bank of the river in the background	Main Bazaar. The road running paralell with the Waterfront	Early morning view from my tiny hotel balcony	T-shirt after 10 minutes slow walk from my breakfast restaurant and back to the hotel! It is still early.
Sarawak River and the State Assembly	Sarawak River and the State Assembly at sunset	Torrential downpour while waiting for dinner at James Brook Bistro & Cafe	Laksa! James Brooke Bistro & Cafe	Temple and Petrol station	Now it is proven. The vikings travelled as far as Borneo!
Chinese assembly house	Kampung Bako. The boats for Bako NP leaves from here	The trip to Bako National Park	On my way to Bako NP	Landing in Bako NP	Bearded pig in Bako NP
Sign at the park HQ	The cafe at the park HQ. Watch your food and personal belongings!!	Bako NP	The trail to Teluk Paku. Extremly hot and humid and very difficult terrain. But i made it!	Teluk Paku	I had hoped to see some proboscis monkeys. Saw one quite far away. But this silver-leaved langur seemed to enjoy photographers
Hot, sweaty and soo tired. But still smiling...	Last picture with my Canon. Unlike me, it did not survive this trip.	RIP my my travel buddy for 6 years. Dead as a dodo!	Macaque at the park HQ. One of them grabbed my daypack with phone and wallet. Thanks to a quick thinking tourist it ended well	"Kuching" is supposed to mean "cat" in bahasa indonesia. No shortage of cat sculptures in this city	"Kuching" is supposed to mean "cat" in bahasa indonesia. No shortage of cat sculptures in this city
"Kuching" is supposed to mean "cat" in bahasa indonesia. No shortage of cat sculptures in this city	Iban longhouse in Sarawak Cultural Village	Sarawak Cultural Village	Sarawak Cultural Village	Sarawak Cultural Village. Demonstration of blowpipe, Note the guys shorts. Hardly very authentic...	Sarawak Cultural Village
Sarawak Cultural Village	Sarawak Cultural Village	Damai Beach	Last sunset by the Waterfront	I understand that some people need to know the direction to Mecca. But what's the ting about Singapore?...