The population of Kuching is around half a million (that's 20,000 Utopians).

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• The Gallery Arts and Café (mixed)
  Riverbank Suite. Mostly young crowd. Popular on weekends.
• Grappa (mixed)
  Jln Kuching (opposite Café Tray, near the new Batik Boutique hotel). Happening club with gay customers on Sat nights. Music is progressive house. The front end is more local Chinese and the rear is more Malay.

• Khaturistiwa (mixed)
  Kuching Water Front. Crowd mostly young Chinese.

• Planet (mixed)
  3rd Mile, Jln Rock, Sarawak. Crowd is mostly mature Chinese.

• Borneo Traditional Massage
  Muara Tabuan, appointments: 016-888-9956, email. Native traditional massage by well trained male masseurs, helping to ease stress and tension. Call before you go. It's a bit secluded and you'll need directions if you are not familiar with the area. The boss is very friendly. In and outcall.

  Comments from Utopians:

  "The house is quite far from the center. You will have to pay the taxi around R$25. It is dirty. The mattress is on the floor. The two masseurs we had were very gentle, but totally lost. We didn't stay long." -- asiatrip, Dec 4, 2011

• Kuching Waterfront, foreigner cruising area, after 9pm nightly.
• Lake Park
  Kuching Reservoir Park (Jln Taman Budaya). Open T-Su from 3-11pm. A social spot for local gays who hang out and relax with friends. Inexpensive food and drinks.
• Sarawak Museum, back garden, track up hill. After 7:30pm nightly.
• Shopping Centers
  • Sarawak Plaza, ground floor facilities.
  • Wisma Satok, 1st floor facilities.
  • Wisma Saberkas, ground floor facilities
• Swimming Pools
  • KMC public swimming pool
    Padungan area of the city. Mixed crowd (be discreet). Evenings best.
  • Setampak Swimming pool.
  • Starbucks Coffee
    The Spring Mall. At times you will see a group of guys or gals gathering outside the café.
  • Waterworld
    In the housing estate of BDC Stampin area. Formerly Stampark swimming pool. Mixed crowd (be discreet). Very cruisy in the evenings.

• Café Tray
  A gay-friendly café serving various, reasonably price food and beverages. Very nicely decorated place. Friendly staff, chilled-out crowd.

  Comments from Utopians:

  "I was back to Café Tray recently. More plus points now. Very friendly staff which make you feel like home. More variety of food and beverages (I like the OREO crush). It's indeed a nice place to hang out for people like us!" -- younggun80, Nov 16, 2011

• Grand Spa (mixed)
  Grand Continental Hotel. A spa with dry and wet saunas. Some gays frequent the sauna, in the afternoon mostly, but you have to be discreet as it is basically a straight spa.
• Hilton Kuching Gym (mixed)
  Steam Room is great, but be discreet.