Kuching (April 27-29)

Actually we wanted to head directly to Gunung Mulu National Park but some bad reviews we read online made us doubt whether it’s really worth it spending so much money for it. Some of the park's highlights are only accessible by a multiday trekking you have to spend even more money for. You are not allowed to go on your own and need a guide for everything. That’s understandable from an ecological point of view but annoying for travellers who take care of the environment and don’t litter like others do. We somewhat postponed our decision and booked a flight to Miri, a town we will have to pass anyway on our way to or back from Mulu. Around Miri there is loads of other stuff to do so we won’t get bored.

Originally we wanted to continue yesterday but we found a very cheap flight for today (Monday), so we stayed one day longer in Kuching. On Saturday we didn’t do anything special, we just wanted to relax a bit after coming back from Bako National Park. Yesterday we took the bus to a famous beach near Kuching. It wasn’t bad but I have seen nicer beaches. As we arrived at around 11am, it was terribly hot and I got sunburned although I was staying in the shade almost all the time. I guess 15 minutes swimming were enough to get burned under the equator sun. Surprisingly there were only few Westerners and a lot of locals. It was really strange for us to see them swimming with clothes.