Cat's Walk Street Weekend Market — Local services in Borneo

Tanjong Datu National Park in Sematan , Sarawak is one of the remaining virgin forest in Kuching division. One can walk from Kpg. Telok Melano to Tanjong Datu National Park. Fast trekking takes around 1.5 hrs whereas a slow one takes more than 2hrs. The trek to the park cover mostly the foot hills, some areas involve the need to climb small hills. If one is not interested in trekking, one can take a speedboat at RM300.00 per trip and the boat can accommodate 6 persons. Lots of ground for camping, good supply of piped water. Rest house accommodation n "rest rooms" also available however has to be booked with the Park authorities in advance. The park has a very clean beach, one maybe lucky to occasionally see turtles lay their eggs on the beach nearby. The Park has a few trekking routes within the Park area, one can also see many types of vegetation ranging from palm trees to huge trees along the route. If one us lucky, one may also see a few type of mongkeys in the forest and even wild boars foraging the forest and occasionally walking along the beach in search of food. There is also a small turtle conservation project in the park whereby turtle eggs are collected n placed in built up area for hatching n the hatchlings released by the park rangers with the visitors to witness...

Cute little market with a lot of “ethnic” vegetables and fruits- terung pipit, kulat, engkalak, jering, buah salak etc. some stalls also sell fermented (kasam) veges and pork. the usual offerings of fresh vegetables, pork, chicken etc. There are some other odd stalls selling Dayak traditional accessories, souvenir items, takoyaki, taufufa. Also various sorts of kuihs: nyonya, Indian (vadeh etc), cakoi. Fresh coconut. Come early as it opens as early as 2pm (?) and...

This is not a very big market , but it is a great place to go to visit on a weekend , and can shop completely for your marketing needs of fresh food . At the same time browse the merchandise stalls, ranging from ethnic costumes, plants, and so on, and nibble on the wide array of ready cooked food and tib bits. The major plus point of this market is its cleanliness, tidiness, well organised and managed with an almost festive like...