Kapok Tree

Kuching


Huge and ancient tree on Padang Merdeka (Independence Sq).


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1. St Thomas’s Cathedral

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Facing Padang Merdeka (Independence Sq) and its monumental kapok tree, Kuching’s Anglican cathedral (1954) has a mid-20th-century look and, inside, a…

2. Natural History Museum

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This building, built in 1908 and adorned with Rajah Brooke's birdwing butterfly, so named by famous naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace, is currently being…

3. Art Museum

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Closed at the time of writing and scheduled to reopen in mid-2020. This museum featured an exhibit called Urang Sarawak, which deftly and succinctly…

4. Sarawak Museum Campus

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5. Sarawak Textile Museum

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6. Old Anglican Cemetery

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A number of the gravestones here – there are just a few dozen – go back to the 1840s.

7. Gurdwara Sahib Kuching

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An imposing white building with gilded domes, this is one of three Sikh temples in Sarawak (the others are in Sibu and Miri).

8. Sarawak Museum

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