Roger and Stephen in Singapore: A weekend in Kuching

Kuching is the largest city on the island of Borneo and is also the capital of the state of Serawak. Being about an hour and 15 minutes flight from Singapore it made an interesting weekend getaway for us.
Kuching means cat in Malay and throughout the city of Kuching are various statues of cats and well as a whole museum devoted to felines. Many of the souvenirs also are cat related.
The Sarawak River winds it way through the main tourist centre of the town and sampan operators will take you from one side of the river to the other. The waterfront has a few hawker food stalls and sunset the river takes on a red glow.
Across the other side of the river is the rather impressive State Legislative building which was built in 2009. It is also lit up at night and certainly dominates the Kuching waterfront. Also on the same side of the river is a Orchid Garden open to the public and had a large collection of orchids.

A large hawker centre specialising in seafood was certainly interesting as there would have been at least 1000 people dining when we went for dinner. As it was Hari Raya time in Kuching and when we went it was about the time when the fast is broken for the day so many families were out having dinner.
We picked out some prawns, crayfish and a snapper from the fresh seafood to be cooked for us and with two side dishes the total came to about 35 Singapore dollars!

Ramadan bazaars were very busy and very colorful Kek Lapis layer cakes were on offer as well as many biscuits for the Hari Raya festive season.
The city of Kuching also has many Chinese Buddhist temples as there is a large Chinese population and a large and very noisy street procession was held on the Saturday night with many Chinese Dragons and Lions making their way through the streets.