Fraser's Hill 250306

Morning, and the whole place is lost in cold, moist mountain clouds.

4,200 feet above sea level.

Glen Bungalow.

Site of Petronas 2006 F1 television commercial. Watch it here. Real snow, huh?

As the Sun arrives, a male Orange-bellied Leafbird makes an appearance. But he is not alone ...

... for he brings his mate along, the female Orange-bellied Leafbird.

Another pose of the handsome lady.

A male Fire-breasted Flowerpecker also tags along.

See the fire on his chest.

The setting Sun is low in the sky and casts its last rays on the high clouds to the east.

While the ma'am tries to finish her reading in failing light.

Christmas Eve 2005 at Fraser's Hill

15 Celcius.

Boeing 787-8

At LIMA 2005, in Langkawi.

KUCHING 26-27Feb2006

Sarawak Museum 260206

The venerable Sarawak Museum, built by the third (last) White Rajah Charles Brooke, for exhibiting the handicrafts of local indigineous people and fauna of Sarawak. It was copied after the town hall in Normandy, France (early 18th century design). Nice pedigree.

Built 1891, this building now houses the Museum of Ethnology.

Splat! I bet this guy's bike's front wheel went into a pothole, which sent him flying into the boulder.

[Sculpture outside the museum.]

The well-tended park across the museum. Great for a stroll.

The Aquarium 260206

Tucked behind the museum, is a pleasant little surprise - an aquarium. At first, I thought it was a seafood restaurant. Well, with all the tanks, it does look like a fancy seafood joint!

The corridor with the fish tanks. Quite a good exhibit.

The Long-house 260203

Here I am, walking along the spooky corridor of a long-house ...

... not really. Well-crafted models of various flavours of traditional long-houses.

In a Long-house 260203

Sleeping quarters, very spartan indeed.

Kitchen area.

Still in the kitchen.

Prized possesions all in a row.

Close-up of the prized possessions.

The Cemetery 260203

I exit the museum, turn right to cross the car-park, and come to this surreal Catholic cemetery, a far cry from Serikin's.

The University 260203

We leave Kuching and head east to Samarahan to check out a brand new campus belonging to Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas), a public institution.