East Malaysia 2000

Home | Travel Diary

On 4 March 2000, I left London for Malaysia. I had a one day stopover in Kuala Lumpur before flying to Kuching, the capital of the east Malaysian state of Sarawak.

I was based in Kuching for a week, during which I visited Bako national park, Semongok Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre and went on a three day longhouse tour to the Skrang river.
After this, I flew to Gunung Mulu national park, which is Sarawak's largest and most impressive national park famous for it's huge caves, rainforests and abundant wildlife. I spent five days here before flying to Kota Kinabalu (KK), the capital of Sabah. A popular destination is the nearby Kinabalu national park, home to South East Asia's highest peak, Mount Kinabalu.

Because I only had three days I decided to spend them at Tunku Abdul Rahman marine park instead, five coral islands 15 minutes from KK.