Two more flights. Mulu to Miri, then Miri to Kuching. Kuching is very large, around 500K people. Probably lots to do there, but our primary interest is getting out to Baku National Park. We stayed the night in a hotel, then a 45 drive through the city to the docks, and a 30 longboat ride to the National Park. Two ways to enjoy and visit the Park. One is for people to hire a longboat to take them over, they then wander about for the day, a couple of days or for as long as they want. The other, more efficient way, at least for us, is to buy a package which included accommodations (half star), food, cafeteria style and a guide to take you on the myriad of trails. Most packages are 2-3 days. Another perk, at least with this guide, is he surprised us with supper. After we had filled our plates with cafeteria food, he brought this big plate of fish to our table. We had seen that when we came out in the long boat he had a little plastic bag of two large fish, and they were for our dinner! Garnished with ginger, onions, tomatoes, and garlic. Excellent.
Insectivorous plants everywhere!
An interesting mix of sandstone and limestone, beautiful!
Most people were on their own, and wander they did. Our guide had a specific schedule, certain hikes to take us on, and showed us a ton of things that others weren’t aware of or couldn’t see on their own. Birds, insects, snakes, monkeys, and the wild pigs that are tearing up the National Park landscape. (go figure). We went on three-day hikes, and a night hike. Pictures today are some of the critters we saw.
Too many wild boars, they are everywhere. Not dangerous, but they really tear the place up looking for edible roots and grubs. They call them “night tractors”!
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