As Kuching is located near the equator, potholes have the tendency to develop on the roads during the monsoon season (usually around the end of the year, coinciding with winter in the northern hemisphere). Roads leading outside of Kuching to the interior are of a slightly lower quality but are being upgraded from time to time. The main resort roads (e.g. leading to Damai) and Borneo Highlands are good.

Kuching post office

Kuching CBD skyline from the southern suburbs. The spread of low density suburb sprawls led to the ever increasing dependence on private vehicles.

Kuching International Airport at night

Bus travel is available by either antiquated, smoky, non-air-conditioned buses or newer air-conditioned buses or the 'van sapu' (mini-van converted into mini-buses) which are cheaper.
Kuching is served by several major bus companies. Among others, Chin Liang Long Motor Vehicle Co. (traditionally blue) serving Kuching South, Matang Transport Company (yellow and orange) serving Matang-Kubah and Petra Jaya Transport Company (Black, yellow and red strips) serving Kuching North. The Sarawak Transport Company (traditionally green) and Bau Transport Company (Red) have routes from Kuching to other smaller towns. A large portion of the buses in service are antiquated and not air conditioned. The fares are low. For tourists, the State Ministry of Tourism has provided bus shuttles to transport tourists around Kuching.
Kuching is famous for many large traffic circles or roundabouts. The roundabouts are efficient at handling medium scale traffic. However, as traffic continues to rise in Kuching several roundabouts have given way to traffic lights and over and underpasses. These traffic circles are usually well landscaped.

Kuching is the third capital of Sarawak, founded by the representative of the Sultan of Brunei, Pengiran Indera Mahkota in 1827. Prior to the founding of Kuching, the two past capitals of Sarawak were Santubong, founded by Sultan Pengiran Tengah in 1599, and Lidah Tanah, founded by Datu Patinggi Ali in the early 1820s.

Sir James Brooke, the first Rajah of Sarawak.

Sarawak was a part of the Sultanate of Brunei since the first Brunei sultanate, Sultan Muhammad Shah before it was ceded to the British adventurer, James Brooke by Pengiran Raja Muda Hashim as a reward on helping him to counter a rebellion.He succeeded against the rebellion on November 1840 and on 24 September 1841, Brooke appointed as the Governor of Sarawak with the title of Rajah.The declaration was not made until 18 August 1842 after Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin II ratified the governorship and require him to pay an annual sum of $2,500 to the Sultan.
Since that, Kuching has became the seat of the Brooke government.As the administrative capital, it was the focus of attention and development. Some of it included the sanitation system. By 1874, the city achieved many developments include the construction of hospital, prison, and also the Fort Margherita and many others buildings. Brooke wife also write on his autobiography (My Life in Sarawak) about the development of the town, some of his quotation like:

about kuching

More than 150 years ago Sarawak was essentially Kuching. Kuching was known as Sarawak first, then the word "Proper" was added to Sarawak, thus Sarawak Proper, so as to distinguish it from the larger Sarawak which, in 1841, consisted of only the area between Tanjung Datu, and the Samarahan River. On 12 August 1872 Sarawak Proper was given its present name, Kuching, under the rule of the second Rajah of Sarawak, Charles Brooke.

Kuching was named after a tidal stream called Kuching River (Sungai Kuching) that ran between the present-day Tua Pek Kong Temple, and the Chinese History Museum. The stream originated from Cat's Eye Hill (Bukit Mata Kuching) where there was an abundance of a local fruit called Green Longan (Isau, Dimocarpus longan ssp malesianus), vernacularly known as Cat's Eye (Mata Kuching). The name of "Kuching" also already been used by the time Brooke arriving on 1830s.