Taking the shuttle back from the Sarawak Culture Village I asked him to drop me in the museum area as there are about five museums all clustered together. The first I went to was the Sarawak State MuseumThis had many types of traditional art including Islamic ceramics and chinese vases

The next part of my visit to the Sarawak Cultural Village was the cultural show at 1130am. There is a second show later in the afternoon but I wanted to the morning show to leave the afternoon clear for city exploringSimilarly I had already visited another aboriginal cultural park and performance show in Taiwan (see earlier blog http://blog.travelpod.com/travel-blog-e ntries/londone7/24/1359811432/tpod.html ) so this was somewhat of the same.The show began with a...

My first full day in Malaysia I had planned to goto the Sarawak Cultural Village outside of Kuching city. The hostel had arranged a shuttle for 20Rm ($8). The minibus stopped at other hotels picking up more passengers and was soon hot, crowded, and very bumpy. They were all European and must have thought I was some local sitting at the back of the vanEntrance to the village was 60Rm ($20) but I was able to pay by credit card to hold on to my cash. There was a var...

Since it was still the month of fasting in Malaysia I had to wait till about 6.50pm before the end of the fast and buying something to eat. As I look Malay it would look very bad if I was to get some food before that even though this is a touristy town and they have ethnic chinese that live here too and are not fasting.My hostel was facing the waterfront so I went for a walk before some rain started. There was a Sarawak Cultural Museum still open which I went in ...

ok, things are falling into place now for my bdaythis is where i'm staying for the same price as that place in singapore!!http://www.accorhotels.com/gb/hotel-545 1-grand-mercure-yogyakarta/index.shtmlthe photos dont do it justiceanyone that comes has to stay in this hotelit is so amazingthey're all in traditional clothingits a period colonial building and the furnishings all have that feel tooi took loads of pics to seethis place is too muchi cant get over iti do...