Jess shares this wonderful view from the sixteenth floor room she shared with Tallis. This is Kuching’s waterfront with the illuminated bridge and Government building

6 am and through Kuching airport smoothly for our flight to Mulu. We have two planes to fly us Kuching to Miri, and then Miri to Mulu.

The highlight of yesterday’s trek up Mount Singai was the wonderful white and yellow form of Aerides odorata. Plants were growing in shade amongst tall trees at 100m altitude. The first photo shows one of several flowering plants with the characteristic long curved spur. we have seen the species before in the Himalayas in Sikkim […]

Apart from Mount Singai, another bonus of plan B is a night‘s free upgraded to the Riverside Majestic Hotel. The Romans here are amazing, none mor than Ed  and Ed’s with two double beds a bathroom each and a lounge and kitchen room! A short break to try out all the bathroom freebies and then […]

We are not yet in Mulu as our flight was cancelled just as we checked in for mechanical problems!!! fortunately we had plan B to explore the rainforest on Mount Singai this afternoon. The photo show us with local guide Elizabeth who’s Bidayuh ancestors lived up on the mountain just Southwest of Kuching. The forest […]