I polled my friends about Kuching before I went. Orang utans, said one. Caves, said another. Try the laksa, urged a third. Even my mother knew about the cat museum there.

Websites on Kuching returned an impressive list of things to do. "Kuching", which means "cat" in Malay, and "capital city" to people who live in Sarawak, turned out to have an impressive list of attractions for a relatively small city in Borneo, East Malaysia.

The island of Borneo boasts caves and rainforests filled with the Rafflesia, ... (more)