
Stranded Cabin by the River, Pinggir Siak
A wooden farm-stay house on the banks of the Adis river near Bau, in the Kuching hinterland of Sarawak, that you reach on foot: park, then walk fifteen minutes through fruit farms to the cabin. It is a group house rather than a couple's hideout, with three bedrooms, nine beds and two bathrooms for up to ten people, glass doors opening onto decking above the water. Kayaking starts at the door and a waterfall is a thirty-minute trek away. The host has been on Airbnb for eleven years and the cabin holds a 4.81 across nearly seventy reviews, which mention the mosquitoes at dusk as honestly as they mention the river. Airbnb's search listing showed it at about $137 a night for the whole house at the time of writing.
Bau, Sarawak