Kuching - 2008


	Kuching (2008)

Photos par année (nombre) : 2007 (21) 2008 (89)


A pedestrian street of Kuching	Central Kuching	The slow pace of life in Kuching	Kuching River	Spices in the market	Remnants of colonial architecture	An old Simca car	Colouful lapis cakes on display	An iguana resting	An enclosure of young crocs at John's Crocodile Farm

Young crocodiles	Amusing posture of a resting sunbear	Sleepy sunbear	Mock fighting sunbears	The sunbears give each other a tender gesture after mock fighting	The first croc jump attempt	A failed attempts to jump at some meat	Another miss	Going for the meat	Pig-tailed macaque in a cage

Bidayuh village	Inside the bidayuh village	Putting rice out to dry	Beautiful jumping spider on my hand	And again, this nice jumping spider	A sumptuous butterfly	A red dragonfly	About to play Citadels	The big male orang utan comes down for some fruit	Amazing sight

A last grab before heading back into the trees	Heading off?	Waiting to see orang utans	First view of two orang utans arriving	An aged female comes to the feeding zone	This female wanders amongst the people	The youngsters gather on the platform	Rushing off before the dominant male arrives	Moving away with a horde of fruits	The dominant male

Sheer size of the dominant male	The big male enjoys the bananas	Taking a picture of the orang utans	Youngster moving about close to people	A humid morning in Kubah NP	A glimpse of the magnificent view	A solitary bee	A leech lurks on the path in search of warm blood	Looking back on the trail a the seemingly endless forest	Treetops, desperately empty of hornbills

An ant carries off a bigger one	Full view from the platform	Super view from the top of our trail in Kubah NP	Tree ant nests	Dew on moss	Palm trees of all sorts	Pitcher plants along the trail	A vine grows up a tree	A palm tree unique to the area	Geometry of ferns

A small stream along the path	Sunbear foraging around in the Matang Wildlife Centre	Doris, a young playful orang utan	Spitting water and catching it back	This huge male is trying to break open the door	Playing with Andy's signs	The large male comes against the wall close to us	A hugely impressive yawn!	Meanwhile, a butterfly collects salty sweat from Andy's back	Doris continues to fool around

The big male lies on his back, killing time	A young sambar deer	A captive leopard cat	Ice Bugs Bunny for Easter brunch at the Hilton	Our boatman starts the engine	Distant mountains beyond Kuching	Overlooking Kuching from Fort Margherita	Nice English colonial architecture on top of the river	A mix of old and modern on the north shore	Front of Fort Margherita

Here comes a boat to our rescue	Inside the boat to cross Kuching River	Crossing Kuching River	North bank palace	Dancing to the rhythm	The violinist	Drumming women	Watching time go by in Little Lebanon	Final score of the 3rd round with Andy