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Who writes this

Muhammad Kashif

Editor, I Love Sarawak

Muhammad Kashif writes and runs I Love Sarawak from Kuching — an independent guide to the state he lives in, written to cover Sarawak the way it is actually travelled rather than the way it is advertised.

The guide keeps in the parts a brochure leaves out: that the last boat back from Bako goes at 3pm, that orangutans stop coming to Semenggoh's platform when the forest is fruiting, that the Pinnacles trek is genuinely hard. Where an article comes from a visit of his own it says so and the photographs are his — as with the Sarawak Science Centre, shot in its opening week. Everything else is credited to the people who made it.

How this guide is researched, and how to send a correction, is on the about page and the contact page.

A ceremonial pua kumbu, its rust-red ikat motifs woven in dense repeating bandsCulture

Pua Kumbu: The Cloth the Iban Dream Before They Weave It

20 Jun 20264 min readA band performing on the main stage at the Rainforest World Music FestivalEvents

Rainforest World Music Festival: World Music Meets the Jungle

17 Jun 20261 min readTraditional ethnic houses set among palms at the Sarawak Cultural VillageCulture

Sarawak Cultural Village: A Living Museum at the Foot of Santubong

12 Jun 20261 min readDaylight falling into the green-lit main chamber of Fairy Cave near BauNature

Fairy Cave and Wind Cave: Bau's Underground Green Light

8 Jun 20261 min readMount Santubong rising steeply above the coastal forest near KuchingTravel

The Legend of Mount Santubong

3 Jun 20261 min readSunset over the Sarawak River from the Kuching waterfront promenadeTravel

Kuching Waterfront and the Darul Hana Bridge

30 May 20261 min readCulture

Annah Rais: A Bidayuh Longhouse an Hour from Kuching

25 May 20261 min readThe Grand Old Lady, Malaysia's first oil derrick, on the ridge above MiriTravel

Miri's Grand Old Lady: Where Malaysia's Oil Industry Began

21 May 20261 min readBoats moored along the wharf at Sibu on the Rejang RiverTravel

Sibu and the Rejang: Life on Malaysia's Longest River

16 May 20261 min readA plate of kolo mee, dry-tossed egg noodles topped with sliced char siuFood

Kolo Mee: Sarawak's Everyday Bowl of Noodles

12 May 20261 min readA pua kumbu cloth spread flat, its rust and ecru ikat motifs in repeating bandsCulture

Inside an Iban Longhouse: Community, Ritual and Pua Kumbu

8 May 20261 min readAn orangutan hanging from a rope in the canopy at Semenggoh Nature ReserveNature

Semenggoh: Where Kuching's Orangutans Come Home for Breakfast

4 May 20261 min read