Off to Malaysia!

I know the title of the blog is the travelling two, but this time Im off without Andrew...

Andrews Mum, Barb, invited me to go with her on a school trip to Malaysia - how could I say no to a cheap holiday! So Thursday night we headed to the airport, where I met the kids (15 of them) and other adults going.

It was an uneventful flight, and I think everyone got some sleep (we left at midnight), and arrived in to KL airport early friday morning. We had a 4 hour wait till our next flight, but that just meant we had plenty of time to check out the airport! Eventually we made our way on to the flight to Kuching.

Arriving in Kuching, we started to feel the heat. everyone was tired, but really well behaved = particularly seeing as the hotel didnt have the rooms we were expecting (It turns out the company we booked with subcontracts a company in Malaysia who in turn subcontracts to a local company in Kuching who stuffed up the booking and missed one room!).

This was soon sorted, and it was out for a quick lunch before heading out on the bus to take a drive around Kuching. this was interesting - the architecture is such a mix, as there are predominently Malaysian and Chinese settled in Kuching, with some other minor races. The city is divided in two - the malaysian section (north Kuching) and Chinese section (South Kuching). There are similarities to Hong Kong and China, but it is so different all the same.

This morning we went to the Kuching Cultural village, where they have replica houses of each of the different tribes from Kuching, as well as a show of the costume and dance. It was all really interesting. The show included some audience participation, and the girls were only too happy to jump up on stage!

This afternoon has been spent catching up on emails, and then a quick trip to the market. All in all, it is interesting, but the heat is exhausting.

The next few days will be even more interesting - tomorrow we head to the jungle, with a trip down the river to a long house where we stay overnight. Should be quite an experience...