| In Sarawak, the artists saw Orang Utans being fed in a rehabilitation centre at Semengoh. In Kuching, they had a successful meeting with the Chief Minister of Sarawak who kindly offered them a book on development in Sarawak. |
| From Kuching, a 255 kilometres drive through virgin and secondary jungle and lovely little villages took them to the beautifully situated Batang Ai resort. A trip in a longboat on the Lemanak River took them to Serubah longhouse where they were met by the Iban inhabitants who performed a welcoming dance and offered them their rice wine. In Kampung Benuk, they met a friendly elderly lady who had set up a small museum with the objects her husband had collected while he was alive. There, they also saw the skulls the Iban took from their enemies in former times when they were still head hunters. The Sarawak longhouses fascinated the artists. |
| This visit was followed by a visit to the Petronas Art Gallery, a gallery inside the incredibly tall Petronas Twin Towers that displays photo art. Then the journey took them by coach from KL to historical Malacca with its colourful trishaws, busy Jonker Street and the ruins of St Paul’s Church. After an overland journey passing many a palm oil plantation they arrived at Penang where they enjoyed a sumptuous dinner at Gurney Drive. |
| In Penang, they paid a visit to a Batik Factory and the spectacular Kek Lok Si Temple. The last two days of the journey were spent in the eastern states of Kelantan and Terengganu where they arrived after a journey through fascinating countryside passing padi fields. The Kota Bharu city tour took them to Central Market where all sorts of vegetables, meat and fish were sold mainly by women.
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| In Kuala Terengganu, a water taxi drove them to the picturesque fishing village of Seberang Takir. The drive and the tour of Malaysia ended at the Floating Mosque. |