Monday, September 19 – Kuching, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Kuching, Sarawak.  We took off fairly early to get to the Sarawak Culture Village in good time. It was an interesting drive through lush vegetation and new housing estates. At the village, we toured several traditional homes – a long house on stilts, a Chinese farmhouse, a round building used for community and defence purposes. We had an opportunity to try a blow gun and some people did very well. People were practicing traditional crafts such as weaving and cooking, and we heard traditional music and dance. The village is in a lovely setting and it was pleasant walking around, though it became very hot. The morning ended with entertainment in the theatre – music and dancing for a series of the different tribes of Borneo, and a terrific comedy act by 2 young “warriors”. Then we had a large “lunch” before heading back into Kuching. We visited the Cat Museum ( Kuching is called the cat city – kucing without the h means cat in their language ) which was amusing, a Chinese temple, where Kenny explained some traditions to us and returned to the hotel. Since it was raining, we didn’t meet at the pool for a party as planned. Instead, the Wilkes had everyone to their room and we had a “hall party”. Our dinner was at a vast seafood place very near the hotel. Then we were “bad” and stopped at the dessert bar at the hotel for more that we didn’t need.

Photos 19 Sep