Travel > Sarawak
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Orangutang in a Sarawak reserve
The orangutan, indigenous to Sarawak
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My Sarawak family
My present-day Sarawak family -- my surviving uncles and aunts (my father's siblings), my cousins most of whom I met in 1962 when we were kids, and their families. My father's older brother, 93, seated sixth from left, has 12 children.
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Sarawak's capital, Kuching, sits on the bank of the Sarawak River
Some modern buildings adorn the river bank of Kuching
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Kuching's Chinese commercial districts
Kuching is densely populated by Chinese, descendants of immigrants to Sarawak from China in the nineteenth century. Today, the Chinese community still dominates the economy of Sarawak.
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St. Thomas High School, where my father studied in Kuching
It meant a lot to trace my father's footsteps inside his alma mater, where he finished his high school years.
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Siniawan, on the road to Buso
Siniawan is a dying town, but a busy stop in its heyday, before motor roads were constructed between Kuching and the bazaars up the Sarawak River. Today, most shops have been shut down, and the population has greatly dwindled.
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Buso, the bazaar where my father grew up
Buso, where I first visited in 1962, and again in 2006 and 2008. Time stands still in this one-street bazaar. The people who were here over forty years ago are gone. The children have grown up and most of them have moved to the cities.
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In front of my grandfather's shop in Buso, with a few cousins
Grandfather's grocery store is still there. It looks the same now as forty plus years ago, including the staircase and the rooms above the shop, where I stayed on my first visit as a kid.
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Native dance of Sarawak
A native dance by Dayaks at the Sarawak Cultural Village
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