Stories and practical advice for expats living in Kuching
IKEA Malaysia will open a small-format store in Kuching in December 2026 — the first physical IKEA in East Malaysia.…
Kuching’s real public transport: sparse buses, a free electric shuttle and an ART still under construction. What you can ride…
Grab is Kuching’s default ride, Maxim the cheap backup, taxis a fading third. Real fares from the airport, surge patterns,…
Where Kuching residents actually buy groceries — Everrise, Ta Kiong, Choice Daily and Aeon compared, plus which branches stock Western…
Kuching has no IKEA store, only a click-and-collect point. How ordering to Sarawak actually works, what shipping adds in RM,…
The Spring is Kuching’s default mall since 2008: what’s actually in it, whether the food court is worth it, how…
What Vivacity Megamall is actually like: the food floor, the karaoke room, parking reality and the hours to avoid, from…
A resident’s mall-by-mall guide to shopping in Kuching: Vivacity, The Spring, Plaza Merdeka and Aeon compared, plus where Western groceries…
An honest, area-by-area look at where expat families settle in Kuching — the feel of each neighbourhood, rough rents, and…
Kuching is hot, humid and wet year-round, with ~4,000mm of rain annually. Here’s the honest month-by-month breakdown, no sugar-coating.