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 Kuching, Malaysia travel tales
Our customers share their travelling experiences in Kuching, Malaysia.
Read about first hand stories on travel tips and guides, events, entertainment,shopping, food, business and transportation.
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| Y Lim |
17 May 2004 |
Stayed at Holiday Inn Resort Damai Lagoon - Kuching, Malaysia.
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Getting to the airport from Damai Lagoon was expensive, 60 RM per trip. I went to Bako on 17/7/2004 on a tour by CPH travel. The jungle trail was fantastic and taxing, see many species of plants and animals, blue color crabs, orange color crabs, green color snakes, proboscis monkey, wild boar. Rehman was a good guide.
Saw the Sea-Stack (Rock) by boat in the afternoon, sea was rough. Saw small fishes jumping out of the water. The mangrove-swamp trees were covered by the sea up to the tree-trunks, a great sight!!I will come back again.
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| J Kelleher |
06 May 2004 |
Stayed at Hilton Kuching - Kuching, Malaysia.
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Kuching is a nice town - Bako National park is a real treasure. Learn about the snakes in Borneo before you go into the jungle a lot.
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| T Loy |
03 March 2004 |
Stayed at Crowne Plaza Riverside Kuching - Kuching, Malaysia.
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Steak house at Hilton hotel is good value for money.
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| A Hg |
11 September 2003 |
Stayed at Crowne Plaza Riverside Kuching - Kuching, Malaysia.
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On the night of our arrival, we quickly checked in and unpack our things then we quickly went out to wander around the hotel (as the time was 1900hrs). We walked along the river bank and see the wonder of the night. We are lucky...on that night, something happened. We see the Malay Festival, Chinese Festival and there were also lots of food stalls along the way. We just wandered around until we got hungry. We have our dinner at TopSpot Seafood Center (just behind our hotel). We ordered seafood and the price is reasonable (cheaper than our own country). The next day, we woke up early and have our breakfast at the hotel. Then we walked our way until we reached one called Satok. We never felt tired of walking. Along the way we went to Masjid India area, then passed Museum and some government building. After reaching Satok Center we wandered there for a while and then we go back again but this time we used different route. Along the way back to our hotel we saw lot of scenery but something happened...we lost our way...we misinterpreted our map. But we didn't panic. We just continued our way and at last we found our way back to the hotel at 1400hrs. We took our lunch and back to our room to have a rest. At night we had our dinner at the same place as we have the previous night. And we caught our flight home the next day. Overall we had good adventure the whole day.
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| P Peranovic |
25 July 2003 |
Stayed at Holiday Inn Resort Damai Lagoon - Kuching, Malaysia.
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I had only two days, so tried to get rest after two days spent in KL. I visited Semenggoh Wildlife Reserve (took a cab from the city, RM45 for 3 hours visit and drive) and saw an orangutan family coming from the jungle to the centre for feeding. Sarawak Cultural Village visit was also very good, organized, although maybe bit overpriced (RM45).
Also made sunset cruise on the river (6.30pm-8.00pm) for only RM30, bookings directly at the waterfront.
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| A Ward |
10 July 2003 |
Stayed at Holiday Inn Resort Damai Lagoon - Kuching, Malaysia.
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Very close to the cultural village which is a must, the Rainforest Festival of Music held at the Cultural Village. A stone's throw away from the Damai hotels made it a good choice.
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| C Bauer |
08 July 2003 |
Stayed at Crowne Plaza Riverside Kuching - Kuching, Malaysia.
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Kuching is a very developed city - compared to other locations in south east Asia. There are very few tourists traveling around so that some attractions (like Semenggoh Orang Utan Rehabilitation Center) were not busy. We went by public bus to Semenggoh and we didn`t see any orang utans. I assume it would be better to join an organized group tour.
The Sarawak Cultural Village is really worth a visit. There is a shuttle bus from the Crowne Plaza running several times a day.
Another nice trip is to the Bako National Park. During a nice jungle walk you can see several animals and plants.
For dinner I can recommend Top Spot Food Court. You can get excellent sea food for good prices. We never paid more than 100MR for all of us (including some beers).
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| Z Syeed ali |
29 June 2003 |
Stayed at Holiday Inn Resort Damai Lagoon - Kuching, Malaysia.
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Extended my stay in Kuching City in a different hotel. All in all, the city is an excellent holiday destination.
Lots of places to visit within and away from the city area (parks, museums, short river cruise).
Plenty of shops within the vicinity of hotels that sells souvenirs and local handicrafts. Excellent customer service and workmanship, good prices offered. Could still bargain for better deal. Also lots of eating places (esp. if you love seafoods).
Easy to move around town or to the outskirts: worth taking the public transports (any kind!).
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| C Saraiva |
19 June 2003 |
Stayed at Holiday Inn Resort Damai Lagoon - Kuching, Malaysia.
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Very nice area. Good hiking trails nearby. Good restaurants in Buntal. Unfortunately no public transports available.
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| H Ireland |
14 May 2003 |
Stayed at Crowne Plaza Riverside Kuching - Kuching, Malaysia.
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Kuching is a lovely city and we took a number of tours to see orangutans, Bako National Park and the Cultural Village. Our favourite restaurant was The Mandarin Restaurant which serves excellent Chinese food.
Sarawak is a wonderful place to visit with many things to do and see. The highlight of our trip was going to Gulung Mulu National Park in Mulu. We stayed at the Royal Mulu Resort on a package tour which cost $157.00 U.S. per person for 4 days/3 nights including all meals, an English speaking tour guide and tour of the 4 limestone show caves in the park.
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