Travel Guide Kuching

Never been inside a 19th century British fort before? Well, this is a good chance for you to step inside one, and to learn about a good part of Sarawak’s history. Built by the 2nd Rajah Charles Brooke in 1879, Fort Magherita sits on a  strategic riverside hilltop across the river directly opposite the old  [ Read More ]

 The Sarawak Museum Often touted as one of the finest of its kind in South East Asia, this museum was built in 1891 by the second White Rajah, Charles Brooke, who commissioned the building along the style of a Normandy town house of that period. Allegedly the famed naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace, who himself had  [ Read More ]