Most underrated city in Malaysia?! 🇲🇾Experiencing Borneo culture and wildlife 🦧🌴
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- We did it! We've been to every state in Malaysia 🙌
On this episode we experience one of my favourites so far.. Kuching in Sarawak! Join me as we learn a bit about the history of the area, sample some local food and go on the hunt to see orangutans!
If you haven't seen the last vlog in Borneo then you can watch that here..
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Things to do in Kuching :
- City centre (Borneo Culture Museum, Chinese Museum, old street, local food, waterfront, souvenir shopping)
- Brooke Gallery (Fort Margherita) , Orchid Garden, Malay village, layer cakes (Kek Lapis) tasting and shopping
- Malaysia China Friendship Park
- Bako National Park (wildlife and stunning scenery)
- Semenggoh Orangutan Sanctuary
- Mangrove and wildlife cruise at Santubong River
- Satang Island (snorkeling, turtle)
- Bengoh Valley (Jurassic World Of Sarawak) and Kampung Sting (Village Above The Cloud)
- Semadang River Kayaking
- Annah Rais longhouse and hot spring
- Sarawak Cultural Village, Permai Rainforest Resort/Damai Beach Resort/The Culvert/Cove 55. Choose 1 to stay overnight, depending on your budget and preference
- Bau town, 30 mins from Kuching (Siniawan heritage town, Fairy Cave, Wind Cave, Tasik Biru (Blue Lake), Paku Rock Maze Garden, etc)
- Gunung Gading National Park (Rafflesia flower and Waterfall, check the flower blooming season before visit)
- Kubah National Park (frog pond, jungle trekking, waterfall)
- Tanjung Datu National Park (wildlife, turtle, stunning beach)
- Nightlife: GalaCity, Premier 101 (street food), Saradise, Wayang Street, Carpenter Street
Wow! Thank you so much for the detailed comment, I'll come back to this next time I visit. Hopefully people watching this video find it useful also. Terima kasih 🫶
Sarawak has a white rajah. James Brooke. Sarawak was never part of sulu sultanate.
Hello sir. Thanks so much for revisiting malaysia. Yes sarawak laksa is awesome. The breakfast of gods.
I love Malaysia, its always a pleasure. Like my second home ☺️
Dormani hotel!! I’ve stayed in your exact same room last month April during Eid Mubarak (Hari Raya Celebration). Walking distance to waterfront kuching.
Haha really?! Yes, great location and the staff at the hotel were superb, for the price you can't go wrong. Hope you enjoyed your stay also 🙌
@@cworldwanderer I enjoyed it although the hotel has seen it's best days maybe 10 years ago. I was surprised to see your bedroom viewing the Hikmah Exchange Centre( New modern building). So presently you're back in UK right
Yeah, my account got blocked so haven't been able to upload sooner. This was the last vlog in Malaysia but still got 8 or 9 vids from elsewhere in Asia. Hope you stick around and watch 🫶
Borneo has always been fascinating... It's a world of it's own. Also the third largest island in the world. So much so, that Indonesia is moving its capital there.
Yes amazing! I underestimated the size of it haha my plan was to go all around by bus but didn't fancy the 7 hour journeys 😅
Selamat Datai ke Kuching Tuan Chris 😁✌.
Terima kasih, seneng melawat 😊
Great museum indeed
Quite expensive for a foreigner but it was worth it to be honest, there is a lot to see. You can spend hours there..
9:01 there you go. As if you wanna know, Anthony Bourdain used to taste our Sarawak laksa and he said is the breakfast of the gods😁
I'm not surprised, it was so tasty! Been craving it ever since 😋
Hope that you have had a good time and a pleasant stay in Kuching.
I had a great time, thank you!
@@cworldwanderer Wonderful. 😀
Sulu sultanate do not even own sabah, just small part of east coast. Brunei sultanate was powerful long ago.
In the sabah museum it said the sultan of Brunei gifted sabah to the sultan of sulu who then gifted it to the British
@cworldwanderer everyone has died. Many documents are lost in translation. Only east coast of sabah was gifted not entire sabah.
@@cworldwandererNo, sulu only own small part of east coast Sabah, big part of Sabah own by Sabahan..*A court in France has handed Malaysia a “decisive victory” in a long-running dispute with the alleged heirs of a 19th-century sultanate Sulu
Welcome to Kuching, Sarawak.
1:54 The Sulu sultanate "rule" was only a small part of the eastern coast of Sabah. The Brunei archive is still the best place to know what actually happened.
2:36 That's a replica of the Iban war boat (headhunting expeditions).
2:52 The burial pole is not practised by all indigenous people of Borneo. Only a few Dayak ethnics (Dayak = indigenous people of Borneo).
You can watch a movie about James Brooke's arrival and founding of Sarawak - Edge of The World starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers. Jason Brooke was their advisor making sure that the story line did not steer to far away from what actually happened.
6:18 I believe every Sarawakian would consider it a good thing. Through his rule, Sarawakians unite under one country. Brooke brokered peace between the warring Dayak ethnics. Why would peace be a bad thing? At least he did not enslave us indigenous people like what happened in many colonies around the world! Instead he incorporated some of our customary land rights into the country's Land Ordinance. Many of us indigenous people still own our ancestral land.
Thank you very much for the detailed comment, I enjoyed my time in Kuching and it was great to learn a bit about the history. I'll have to check out the movie you recommended about James Brooke 🫶
@@cworldwanderer, if you’re in the UK… make your way to Devon and find St. Leonard’s church near the Burrator. You’ll see many Sarawak elements there. It’s like a pilgrimage for Sarawakians who can afford to come and visit. That is also where James Brooke and a few of his descendants are buried.
Love your video! Thanks for visiting Sarawak! Cheers 👌
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed
i went to the borneo museum before. i never thought a museum could be so interesting
Yeah I was a bit surprised by the price but it was definitely worth it, a lot of thought and money has gone into it
congratulation for successfully experiencing Borneo culture in Kuching, Sarawak..U may take a chance to visit Kota Kinabalu, Sabah in some other time👌👍
Thank you,it was a pleasure to experience. The couple of previous vlogs were in KK, I had a great time there also 😄
Keep posting Chris. 🙂
I will, I don't care about views to be honest. If people watch it great but for me it's all fantastic memories, love every minute of it ☺️
Hi lama tiada cerita awak
I know! My account got blocked 😬 All good now though, back up and running 💪
Semenggoh wildlife centre 👍 so amazing to see 100kg big alpha male orang utan so agile swing from tree to tree..some of the saltwater crocodile in Sarawak are monster size n maneaters too
Definitely something amazing to witness in person, Semenggoh do a great job. I was hoping to see a crocodile but maybe not up close 😅
Penang has loads of food to explore...
Yes! Fantastic place for food, last time I visited the oldest Nasi Kandar restaurant 🤌
hello Chris congratulations on visiting every state 🦾
Thank you kind sir, hope you enjoyed the vlog ✌️
I found out because of your video in Birmingham with your 60 ringgit nasi kerabu ....lol your back here! Are you staying for the rainforest festival?
Haha yes definitely alot more expensive compared to Nasi Kerabu in Malaysia
Beautiful city, Tq for visiting 。✌️n🍃。。
It definitely is, thank you for having me. I had a great time exploring Kuching 🫶
I missed my hometown Kuching 😢....🌹
It is a beautiful city, I like it a lot. Where do you live now?
@@cworldwanderer I m staying in Petaling Jaya Selangor. Usually will go back to Kuching during Christmas n Harvesting festival ...
Nice! Yeah, where you live is totally different from Kuching isn't it. KL and surrounding areas are nice though. You've got PD if you want to get away from the city
@@cworldwanderer Yes agreed with you. Here I m living in d apartment where else in my hometown we live in the village surrounded with fruit trees n other greeneries.
Pls keep malaysia underrated
More people are finding out.. 😅
@@cworldwandereryup from u tourists n u tuber.. The more u classify cheap eventually, potentially soon $$$ sky rocketing for local traveller's wallet. U know which air bnb does not want to earn good income? Local travellers got to compete with foreign travellers wallet whom enjoy the higher exchange rate.
STop say cheap.... 😅, foreign travellers with hi exchange rate, u feel cheap, but for locals not cheap lo... We earn Malaysia Ringgit. We just waiting for the silver lining on our rising Ringgit, hope to be reality soon in future
Haha you're right, although I don't think the price rises for food etc. has been as bad in Malaysia compared to Europe and the west
Please keep Kuching quiet!
Hidden gem 💎 I'll need to visit Miri next time as well
Mom's Laksa got one of the LOUSIEST laksa of Sarawak !
Laksa is a Chinese traditional food... so you suppose to try the laksa that served by some Chinese old cafe at Carpenter Street, Pandungan Road and some other Chinese food courts and NOT this Malay cafe!
Think you're being a bit harsh there 😂 Maybe there are better ones but my mate at the hotel reception recommended that one and I thoroughly enjoyed it, no complaints from me.
Lovely Dear CHRIS..
Do Check out SOUTH INDIAN Cuisine - Tamil and KERALA CUISINE mate...
Cheers from #pollachi #coimbatore #tamilnadu #southindia
I lovvvvvve Indian food, I will go to India some day 💯
@@cworldwanderer yes Please.. Do VISIT SOUTH INDIA..
I am an AUSTRALIAN Tamil South Indian who lived in Melbourne,VICTORIA - 2007 to 2019.. The Euro and Western immigrants for generations think INdia based on the Capital and HINDI Language.
North India - Bollywood- Hindi- Punjabi CUISINE is not the Western WOrld THinks...
This is not the only INDIAN FOOD here... 1 cuisine for the western world...
Whatever you had the western known North Indian Punjabi Cuisine.. There are lots in California and New York- South Indian Cuisine.. Please do try South Indian cuisine in the US
India has Hindi.. its spoken mostly in North India.. Bollywood is only known for any Indian movie.. RRR movie is from South India.- Telugu State.
Lot of Tamil and Telugu Migrants for generations in the US
We got 22 languages with 24 dialects in 22 states from North to South India.
India is Unity in Diversity..
Please do check out about RRR movie about SOUTH Indians
AR RAHMAN about Tamilnadu.
LOTS Of BRITISH history in SOUTH India - Exclude Pondy- Pondicherry- French Territory and GOA Portugal territory.
1. Tamilnadu- Tamil is the language- CHENNAI Capital.. BRITISH History- GOOGLE - Madrasapattinam in WIKIPEDIA.. Liverpool AMY Jackson was our star in this Movie Debut then she went to MUMBAI- North India- Bollywood.- HINDI region... But each state has it own Language - TAMIL CUISINE
2. Telugu Language Land- 2-a Telangana- Capital Hyderabad & Andhra Pradesh- Capital Vijayawada- SPLIT Recently... TELUGU CUISINE
3. Kerala - Malayalam- the land where you had been already.. But plan and come - Westerners are attracted to Kerala and Chennai. KERALA CUISINE
4. Karnataka - is the land of MYSORE King and TIPU SULTAN.... - KANNADIGA CUISINE
AUSSIE Tamil SOUTH INDIAN who lived in MELBOURNE VICTORIA- 2007 to 2019 .. CURRY is a mixture of MEDICINAL SPICES not THE HEAT RED CHILLIS and GREEN CHILLS...
Cheers from #pollachi #coimbatore #tamilnadu #SouthIndia
Welcome to Sarawak chris
Thank you, I had a great time in Kuching. I will have to explore more places in Sarawak next time 🙏