Tonight We'll Groove to the Beat of the Rainforest

The Rainforest World Music Festival starts tonight, it takes place at the base of a mountain about forty five minutes from our hotel in Kuching. So far they've sold about 24,000 tickets, at a cost of about $77 for three days of music. It's a big, big deal in Sarawak, even the president of Malaysia, Abdullah, will be making an appearance.

The musicians include groups from Colombia, the Philippines, Poland, Guinea, Congo, Sarawak, Palestine, Greece and many others. It takes place at the Sarawak Cultural village in Santubong.

I am sure that there will be some incredible musical moments, since these bands just don't make it to the States that often, and I love hearing a variety of instruments and the grooves that can come out of unknown minds such as these.

Downstairs they are selling bus tickets to get to the festival, and in the airport we saw many men carrying musical instruments, all heading here to perform. We'll find out what it's all about tonight at dusk when Senida, a local band, takes the stage. Pictured: Kasai Masai, from Congo.