3 August, Lime Tree Hotel, Kuching, Sarawak, East Malaysia For the geographically challenged, Sarawak is one of two states of Malaysia located on the eastern side of the island of Borneo, called Kalimantan by the Indonesians. The other state is Sabah. The equator is just a couple of dozen kilometres away, so there is the HOT and humid dry season and the HOT and humid wet season. We chose to visit in the dry season. Why Sarawak? Well, we haven't been here before and we like monkeys. Sarawak is the largest state by area and it has some other major differences from other states. For starters, it is over 50% Christian with around 32% Muslims and the remainder made up of Buddhist and several tribal religions. As well, English is almost universally spoken, and generally, well-spoken. The capital, Kuching, which means cat in Bahasa, has about one million inhabitants, but it has the feel of a large country town. Australia has played a small part in the history of Sarawak. In ...