Kuching, Sarawak: the start of our journey into Borneo

We've been looking forward to getting a chance to explore Borneo for some time - and now we are finally here! Our journey starts in Kuching - the capital of the Sarawak province - and what a great city to begin exploring Borneo.

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Welcome to kuching sarawak

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Sarawak is full of national parks like niah, mulu, bako.

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Headhunting wasn't done only by the Iban and the Murut (pronounced as 'moo-root') but by many of the other Dayak ethnics of Borneo.
Ice cream - pandan is screwpine (the southeast Asians' vanilla), gula apong is palm sugar made from the "apong" palm sap (as oppose to gula melaka which is made from coconut sap).
1602 beer is Sarawak beer and you can't find it in the peninsula. If you are interested, you can also give the local rice wine a try. They're sold at the museum's shop (small bottle) or you can ask at the pubs there is they have some.

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Thank you! We'll have to try the ice cream again now we know what it is!

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It's call BLACK BORNEO during the era of Spice Trade a few hundred years ago. Head hunting, cannibalism, black magic and ritual.