Sungai Sarawak

Visiting to Kuching, Sarawak is a very interesting experience. Although the real purpose of coming to work there is on business, but this was my opportunity to share with my family. After all, is not always a chance like this, so there is nothing wrong if the course of work infused with holiday activities.

A visit to Kuching will not be complete without making a stop at the Sungai Sarawak (Sarawak River) which is one of the Kuching City landmarks. Upon completion of all matters pertaining to my work schedule is arranged, we started get around the city from Harbour View Hotel, along several major roads here right up until the Kuching Waterfront. From here we can see the Sungai Sarawak.

Sungai Sarawak (Sarawak River)
Sungai Sarawak is an important source of water and transportation for the inhabitants in southwestern Sarawak. It is also used in water-related sport activities such as the annual Sarawak Regatta which attract tourists from all over the world.

What is more interesting, Sungai Sarawak is not just an interesting place but also has a unique history. Here is the place where the English adventurer James Brooke first landed. Starting with a few leaves of the building roof and then turns into a busy port with warehouses and wharves. Kuching has a number of notable historic buildings which are well worth a visit.

Water transport are among the attractions here. A traditional ‘tambang’ yacht will take you past places of interest like the Kuching Waterfront, Square Tower (formerly a prison), a multi-purpose market, old State Mosque with five onion-shaped domes, a Malay house on stilts and the Satok Suspension Bridge before heading the other side of the river to see the Astana (former palace of the White Rajahs), Fort Margherita (now a police museum) and a fishing village.

Other than the traditional ‘tambang’ yacht, there are also a cruise, another fantastic way to turn a page back in history of Sarawak, through a cruise along the river that brings you past historical landmarks of Kuching. The Sarawak River Cruise - MV Equatorial provide services along the Sarawak River. Travel time 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm (1 hour 30 minutes), 7 days a week. Payment for trips is a RM60 for adults and RM30 for children (4-12 years).

Walk along at Kuching Waterfront the and enjoy the scenery of Sungai Sarawak (Sarawak River).
Kuching Waterfront is one of the easiest places to destination when in Kuching Waterfront Kuching is located in the Tunku Abdul Rahman Street and Sungai Santubong-Sarawak. What is interesting in Kuching Waterfront is not just a view of its surroundings but also from the perspective of design and architecture of the area. Not surprisingly, Kuching Waterfront has received international architecture award in 1994, including:

• National Project Civic Design Award in the Category - 1994 (Awarded by the Australian Institute of Landscape Architecture) 
• Merit Award in the Overseas Category - 1994 (Awarded by the Royal Australian Institute of Architecture) 
• Excellence on the Waterfront / Waterfront Center Annual Award - 1994 (Awarded by the Waterfront Centre, USA) 

History Walk

I'm very interested on history sign that found along the sidewalk on the Kuching Waterfront. On each sign there is the record of Sarawak history. Not sure how much all of them because I only had time to take pictures until the ninth History Walk.

History Walk 5 (left): 1839-1841 - An English traveler, James Brooke arrived in Kuching with Royalist ship on August 15, 1839. Raja Muda Hashim to seek assistance from James Brooke to appease the rebels against the Sultan of Brunei.

History Walk 9 (below): 1941-1946 - Sarawak occupied the Japanese in 1941. The associate members were arrested and imprisoned and the local population suffers. Japanese troops killed when Australian troops landed in Kuching on 11 September 1945. Rajah Vyner Brooke to rule Sarawak back to seventy-five days.

Done travels story about Sungai Sarawak and Kuching Waterfront. I will come to share an interesting experience to visit historical buildings in Kuching City, the Jong's Crocodile Farm and some other interesting places around Kuching.

Posted By Ezzat Roslan

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