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24 September 2018
Crossing over Today we move from Nusa Lembongan to Nusa Penida, the island we had snorkelled or dived nearby. At 0930 after breakfast, we were chauffeured to the Yellow Bridge boat station on the back of a truck. It was a little earlier than what we would have liked but being the full moon tonight, […]
23 September 2018
While at Nusa Lembongan, I made an attempt to seek out the elusive mola-mola over in Nusa Penida (which we would move to anyway, but we had time while on Lembongan). The morning’s dive comprised of Crystal Bay (where the mola-molas present themselves to the lucky) and also Manta Point (where sighting is nearly a […]
23 September 2018
Diving After a lazy relaxing day yesterday, we had to wake up bright and early. Actually, to our surprise many so-called holiday-makers have breakfast as early as 0700. The reason for our early rising today was because Kim had an 0700 departure for snorkelling and I have an 0730 report for diving. Both at the […]
21 September 2018
We had our breakfast at 0830 again. I went to reception around 0930 to advise them of our impending checkout at 1000 but found our driver already waiting to take us to the Nusa Lembongan ferry. We had made arrangements for the boat from Sanur to Lembongan, Lembongan to Penida, Penida to Sanur and then […]
20 September 2018
We woke surprisingly early at 0700 and had breakfast served on our patio at 0830. I had opted for the selection of Balinese cakes which were nice and not over-sweet. Today would be a relaxing day with no specific agenda. We didn’t have a pool for this hotel and there was no pressure to swim […]
19 September 2018
Leaving Kuching With a 1050 departure to Kuala Lumpur, connecting to Bali, we left our apartment around 0815. Traffic was bad and Wayz directed our Grab driver through some rather unusual routes. We got to the airport around 2h prior to departure. Kim’s bag was tagged all the way to Bali and for such connections, […]
17 September 2018
After 12 hours in bed, I woke at 0700. It was a wise move getting a can of coffee and a red bean bun last night to have handy for breakfast. I took a Grab car to the airport around 0815. The last time I was at Bintulu, the airport was in town where the […]
16 September 2018
At Bintulu Sentral, the bus station, I was feeling a little headachey from not eating properly. I asked a cafe if they had Ais Kacang. The said “Yep” and brought me a mug of sweet mung bean porridge with ice on top. Not what I had imagined but correct literally. I took a Grab car […]
16 September 2018
After a breakfast of rusk and milk, I checked out of my hotel. I enquired about transport to Niah Cave National Park HQ as it was a 5km walk according to the map. The receptionist managed to book me a taxi which turned up about 10 minutes later. I got to the park at 0800 […]
15 September 2018
Leaving Bakelalan We had a pleasant change to breakfast today with kanpua (Foochow) noodles. It was a satisfying meal that would keep me going for the day ahead, travelling from Bakelalan to Miri then to Batu Niah. As I finished breakfast before 0800, I could tell the clouds were burning off very nice and early […]