| Kuching |
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March 19, 2007
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Capital of the Sawarak region, Kuching has the right mixture of modernity and tradition. New buildings surround a nice historical centre, full of atmosphear. Interesting museums and markets, and the starting point for many day trips to the nearby national parks.
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| Gunung Gading National Park |
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March 22, 2007
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Gunung Gading National Park is home to the world's largest flower, the Rafflesia. The flower was discovered by the 19th century Italian botanist Odoardo Beccari.
The Rafflesia can grow up to one metre in diameter. When in bloom, the flower gives off a nasty smell which attracts flies and other insects. It takes 9 months to mature and flowers for only 4-5 days defore dying.
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| Bako National Park |
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March 24, 2007
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Bako National Park is a treasure chest of flora and fauna.
Long-tailed macaques, silver-leaf monkeys, and the long-nose rare primate, the Proboscis Monkey is found only in Borneo.
Other animals found in Bako include bearded pigs, bats, monitor lizards, snakes,...
Also the vegetation is very varied; unique and strange plant life in Bako include carnivorous plants such as the Pitcher Plants.
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| Semenggoh Rehabilitation Centre |
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March 26, 2007
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The Semenggoh Rehabilitation Centre was established in 1975 to rehabilitate wild animals that have been injured, orphaned in the wild or handicapped by prolonged captivity, with the objective of subsequently releasing them back to the wild.
The centre cares for mammals, birds and reptiles; however it is the orang utan rehabilitation programme that has made the centre famous. Many orang utans have been successfully reintroduced into their natural habitat.
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| Bau City and Caves |
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March 27, 2007
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A few kilometers from Bau town, there are two wonderful caves: Wind Cave and Fairy Cave.
The Wind Cave is a collection of small passageways; the inside of the cave is full of bats.
The Fairy Cave is larger and more impressive; there is a small Chinese shrine in the main chamber and varied vegetation at the entrance.
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| Upper Rejang - Kapit |
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March 29, 2007
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Traveling 4 hours by boat from Sibu, through the Batang Rajang, you can reach Kapit.
The small town is reachable only by river, Kapit is full of life. A small local market, where people of the longhouses come to sell their products. The oldest people still have th body full of tribal tatoos.
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| Kapit and Iban Longhouse |
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March 31, 2007
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Unforgottable day with our Iban friends (Royston, Rudy, Ronald, Mackenzie): visiting their longhouse, listening to their stories about headhunters, skulls, tattoo, and iban traditions... testing rice wine and chicken bamboo... and then a walk in the jungle, to a wonderful waterfall, where we have cooked chicken wings.
Wonderful day!!!
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| Niah National Park |
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April 03, 2007
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The park's main claim to fame is its role as one of the birthplace of civilisation. The oldest modern human remains discovered in Southeast Asia were found in Niah, making the park one of the most important archaeological sites in the world.
A vast cave swarming with bats and swiftlets; the local economy based on birds-nests and guano; ancient cave paintings; a walk in a totally dark cave,... |
| Mulu National Park and the Pinnacles |
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April 10, 2007
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Mulu National Park is Sarawak's premier national park and largest conservation area.
The place currently features 20.000 animal species and 3.500 plant species; beautiful clear rivers and jungle vegetation.
Resting here is the world's largest limestone cave system: 130km long! and most parts of it are still undiscovered.
Mulu is also famous for the fifty-meter high razor-sharp limestone spikes, called the Pinnacles. A really hard trekking to reach the top and view the Pinnacles, but the effort is worth every drop of sweat put into it, for the view that greet you is breathtaking and totally awesome!
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| Marco & Laura |
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Pictures of us in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo.
Nice adventure...
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