Small and charming, and located on the banks of the Sarawak River Kuching is the capital of Sarawak, the largest city in Borneo and the fourth largest city in Malaysia.
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Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Thursday, January 2, 2014
10D Sarawak: Semenggoh Wildlife Centre
Date: 12/12/2013
The Semenggoh Wildlife Centre is the biggest Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre in Sarawak; established in 1975 as a sanctuary for the injured and orphan Orangutans.
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
10D Sarawak: Sri Aman & Sarikei
Date: 10/12/2013
Sri Aman is located 175km north of Kuching, the capital City of Sarawak. The Sri Aman Division is one of the eleven administrative divisions in Sarawak, east Malaysia, on the island of Borneo. Formerly part of the second Division, Sri Aman Division has a total area of 5,466.7 square kilometers. It is known of its popular Batang Lupar river – the house for the giant legendary crocodile known as Bujang Senang or literary translate as the “Easy Warrior”, and the mighty tidal wave or known as “Benak” by the local people.
Sri Aman is also called Bandar Sri Aman, and was formerly known as Simanggang Sri Aman was chosen where "Aman" means peacefulness and therefore pigeons became the symbol of Sri Aman as pigeons symbolized peacefulness.
Sarikei is a town, and the capital of the Sarikei District in Sarikei Division, Sarawak, east Malaysia. It is located on the Rajang River, near where the river empties into the South China Sea.
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