25 May
While we were on Tioman Island we decided to fly to Kuching in Borneo, Sarawak, East Malaysia as we had been unable to get there with the boat due to seasonal time constraints. First we had to take the ferry from Tioman to Mersin then catch the bus to Singapore for a flight to Kuching. It is the capital of Sarawak and lies mainly on the southern bank of the Sarawak River.
It was given it's name by the second White Raja in 1872 and is now known as the "City of Cats." There are cat replicas and statues everywhere and the tourists shops are brimming to overflowing with "cats of every colour shape and size" Fran posed with the cats.
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| Cats |
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| Cats |
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And More Cats
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While Tom posed with the crocodile!
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| Crocodile Dundee eat Your Heart Out! |
The city has many historical buildings, landscaped parks and garden, an intersting waterfront, colourful markets, museums as well as Christain churches, Chinese Temples and Mosques.
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| This is what we Crossed the river in. |
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| The Futuristic Civic Centre |
The Astana was built for Charles Brooke in 1870. During the Japanese occupation, prisioners were interned in the basement of the building, Today it is the Governer of Sarawak's residence.
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| The Astana |
Fort Margherita was built by Charles Brook in 1870 and named it after his wife. It was designed to guard Kuching from pirate attacks during those early years, it is now a Police Museum.
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| Fort Margherita |
As we wandered around town we came across St Thomas's Cathederal and couldn't resist taking Tom's photo with it.
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| Tom and his Church |
When then came to this spectatular bridge and decided to cross it so that we could find out where the music was coming from.
And lo and behold it was from a Friday afternoon exercise class. Well Fran just had to join in!
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| Fran having Fun with the Locals! |
Later we found this entrace gate to Chinatown as well as the esquisite Chinese Temple.
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| This Temple was Spectular! |
Some of the parks were very interestingly laid out. Note another Chinese Temple in the background.
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| Fran in the Craft Market Area |
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Tom Posing with the Police Bikes!
After a very busy day site seeing we were amazed to see a Street Parade passing our Hotel. We had no idea what it was about except the Budha was a bit of a give away, so we assumed it was a religious parade.
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| The View from our Hotel Window |
Kuching is a very interesting city and well worth a few days visit!
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