The Merlion statue at Marina Bay

Quack, quack… the duck tour

 At the zoo

Kuching City Day Parade 2008

 The Boys Brigade Band ready to go marching

Beautiful maidens and handsome warriors of Borneo

 How can you forget that smile?

Welcome to Kuching!

 Here is a group photo for the camera.

 A Cheerful Drummer Girl

Mr. Lu Kim Yong who never fails to participate in this parade

The Cymbols team

 All Girls Band

 Charming lady in costume

 Lady in waiting

The Rainforest world music festival was held at the Sarawak Cultural Village in Kuching. Visitors from about 36 countries turn up to witness the 11th RWMF.  It was a spectacular musical events.

Hiroshi Motofuji of Japan

Beltaine from Poland

Kasai Masai with their lively performance

Anak Jati Bisaya Sarawak Orchestra

Oikyotaan from India

Tourists buying some souvenirs at one of the many booths at the RWMF

Visitors having snacks at the restaurants

River cruise in the city

A religious ceremony when Hindu devotees perform their thanksgiving in honor of Lord Subramaniam.  These devotees are in trance carrying body-piercing kavadis

Performers getting ready for the Chinese opera

Mulu’s famous Pinnacles sit mi-way up the slopes of Gunung Api. It is about 45 metre high and has razor sharp limestone spikes that tower above the surrounding vegetation. The trek to view them is one of the most popular in the park.

The Canopy walk is one of the longest tree-to-tree skywalk in the world. Linking 15 tress together via pillared platforms and suspension of 304 metres above the forest floor. The 480 metre skywalk is the best place to get a breathtaking view of Gunung Mulu National Park.

The seventh longest caves in the world, Clearwater caves as it’s name implies, is a magnificent labyrinth of underground rivers where crystal clear waters flow. Sculptured walls decorated with scallop marks delightful arrangements of stalagmites and stalactites and a cool clear rive that leads to unknown caverns and passages formed millions of years ago.

Clearwater cave

The Lang’s Cave has masses of beautiful stalagmites and stalactites, delicate and fascinating rock curtains dominated the scenery within. Various rock figures that resemble humans, seashells, jellylfish, birds and other animals can be detected depending on how far one’s imagination stretches.

Dancing has a long history in the Malay culture. The above pictures shows the multitude of traditional dances performed at the official launching ceremony depicts the richness and grandeur of Malay culture and tradition.

A unique dance scene

A colorful mix of dancers at the show. It has about 18 traditional dances of the various races in the country.

A colorful performance featuring dancers wearing traditional costumes

Local favorite Sarawak Kek Lapis also known as a thousand layer cake is the signature product of Sarawak.

Beautiful paintings found in the ceiling at Hokkien Garden

Beautiful cravings on the roof of the temple.

A dancer performing a contemporary dance on the night of S’wakTop Model of the World and Miss Sarawak Model of the World 2008.

 A model performing a lap dance

In Malaysia, we have many pageants, one of them is Miss Cheongsam. Participants must be of Chinese origins, 18 years and above to qualified entry.

Preparing to raise the giant kite during the International Wau (kite) Festival.

Human skulls hanging inside a replica of an ethnic longhouse.  They are real human skull that have been carried by head hunters in the olden days.  In the olden days, deep in the interior of Borneo jungles, warriors collect heads of the victims to indicate their power and status.  The warrior with the most heads collected is usually made the head of the village.  Young men must proved their men hood by collecting head to marry the maidens.

Toothless kangal  or “doctor” fish, nibble at the dead skin of a customer’s feet. This fish spa is the first in Malaysia.  It is popular in Turkish spas where they are used to treat skin diseases.

Hindus celebrating Deepavali. They began the day with prayers either at home or the temple and then received relatives and friends from all races and religions.

The scene from the Panglima Kulow theme played on re-enactment of the Bidayuh legend. It was held prior to the final of Miss Fair & lovely World Harvest Festival 2008.

A scene depicting Panglima Kulow rescuing his people who had been made captives for three years.

Durian - the king of fruits. It a thorny and has ‘pungent’ smell but locals love it.