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22 August 2020
Above: Day 12 & 13 quarantine hotel food. After yoga and breakfast today, I rang down to the hotel reception to confirm that I was leaving tomorrow. Having arrived on a Sunday, I should check out on a Sunday two week later. There have been reports of people leaving a day earlier, so it seemed […]
19 August 2020
All going well, I have four more sleeps until I’m released. From the Facebook support group, some people get released after 13 nights (14 days) whereas it is typically 14 nights (15 days). I thought I’d give an update on the food situation. It hasn’t been too bad if you accept that the meals are […]
18 August 2020
Big Day Out Today, being Day 10, I had my second swab at the hotel (third if you count the one at Kuala Lumpur International Airport). I was called down to the function room around 1000. It was my big day out, my second time outside of my hotel room in my whole stay so […]
16 August 2020
Above: These are the only people I see each day during my 2 week quarantine. They take my temperature daily. I have my temperature taken daily at the hotel around 1000. [Edit: except for the two days when I go for my swab.] This is done by two people dressed up in hazmat suits; one […]
14 August 2020
With Covid-19 I haven’t been making many new travel arrangements. Instead time was spent checking for cancellations by airlines for existing bookings and requesting refunds. For my long stay in Kuching, I had planned on making a diving trip to Sipadan. It was going to be towards the end of my stay in Kuching, so […]
13 August 2020
Food in quarantine was variable. Sometimes it was tasty. Often the fish or chicken is too boney for someone who has lived in the west too long. And there’s lots of carbo and not enough meat or vege compared to what I’m used too. I’ve seen better fare on Facebook from people put up at […]
10 August 2020
My view I woke this morning and fully appreciated the view that I have from my room. It was dark when I arrived last night. I have a view of the Sarawak River and the Tua Pek Kong temple below me. I’m very happy with my room and the view. Text continues after this gallery. […]
9 August 2020
Landing in hometown I landed into my hometown Kuching around 1600, a few minutes behind schedule. We queued up for temperature checks and you guessed it … more forms to fill. But once they knew I was an international arrival, the form was no longer required. Having applied for and received an approval to return […]
9 August 2020
Arrival We landed a few minutes after our arrival time of 0840. I have 5h25 of connecting time before flying home to see family in Kuching. I had read reports of lengthy waits in the arrival/transfer processing. Seated in the front of Economy I was amongst the first off the plane. I walked briskly towards […]
9 August 2020
Above: Masks must be worn on board at all times. Check-in My Malaysia Airlines flight to Kuala Lumpur departs at 0105 and I got to the airport a about 3h20 prior to departure. A queue had formed already and opened more or less as soon as I joined it, before the usual 3h opening. It […]