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 ...

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My final trip in Asia before I leave Korea after three years was to Malaysia and the destination I ultimately wanted to goto Brunei. I had wanted to goto Brunei when I was in Mindanao in the Philippines just across the ocean in Feb but didnt have enough vacation days. This time I cashed in 20,000 Aeroplan miles for a free return ticket to Singapore, from there I could catch Air Asia low cost flights to travel around.Unfortunately August is peak holiday period plu...