Kuching – cat city!
Kuching, on the island of Borneo, is one of Malaysia’s leading towns and the capital of Sarawak. Located astride the Sarawak River, it’s a vibrant place, boasting ubiquitous shopping malls, modern hotels and an excellent riverside promenade, as well as a range of older traditional buildings, stalls and markets.
It’s also pretty big on cats. They’re everywhere – statues, sculptures and models of the moggies, that is, rather than the real thing. There’s a family of cats dominating the town’s main roundabout (above), there are others keeping guard atop various buildings and on traffic islands (below)… and there’s even a kitsch, tongue-in-cheek cat museum. All because Kuching apparently takes its name from the Malay word for ‘cat’. But more than that, it also shows that the city and its people enjoy a sense of fun.
Kuching – cat city!
Kuching, on the island of Borneo, is one of Malaysia’s leading towns and the capital of Sarawak. Located astride the Sarawak River, it’s a vibrant place, boasting ubiquitous shopping malls, modern hotels and an excellent riverside promenade, as well as a range of older traditional buildings, stalls and markets.
It’s also pretty big on cats. They’re everywhere – statues, sculptures and models of the moggies, that is, rather than the real thing. There’s a family of cats dominating the town’s main roundabout (above), there are others keeping guard atop various buildings and on traffic islands (below)… and there’s even a kitsch, tongue-in-cheek cat museum. All because Kuching apparently takes its name from the Malay word for ‘cat’. But more than that, it also shows that the city and its people enjoy a sense of fun.