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2 February 2023
Above: Orang Ulu mural at the Sarawak Cultural Village. Today, I took my guest to Sarawak Cultural Village for a taste of Borneo culture. It’s a place I always try to take my overseas visitors. Ivan, with peninsular Malaysian origins, would be quite new to most things Borneo as well. We started with a walk […]
1 February 2023
A friend Ivan arrived last night. Due to my upcoming departure to Singkawang, he stayed at a hotel rather than with me. I picked him up for a breakfast of Sarawak Laksa at Lauya Keng, a Teochew temple in old town. He was unsure if his empty stomach would handle the spice, so we tried […]
31 January 2023
The hotel restaurant ran out of all but two breakfast choices this morning. But they had exactly what I wanted, the Vietnamese sandwich. It was light but enough to tide me over till the lounge at the airport. I got to the airport by Ojek this time for a bit less than the ride in […]
30 January 2023
I woke at 0130 after 7h of sleep and continued to doze and sleep till 0600. That’s nearly 12h in bed. I must have needed it after the stress of the last few days. The included hotel breakfast at 0730 was awesome. I chose the Vietnamese style kwayteow with pork steak. I went for a […]
24 November 2022
Above: Some of my dental bills. Coronation Day Today was my Coronation 👑 Day. Sometimes bad things strike at the best times. During my two stays in Kuching this trip, I learnt that I had a tooth decay that had killed the tooth and needed a root canal and then a crown 👑. I had […]
19 November 2022
Above: Inking is a relatively recent measure to minimise allegations of individuals voting more than once. Having lived outside of Malaysia since attaining adulthood, I’ve never voted here. Today, I exercise my constitutional rights by voting for the very first time in the Malaysian General Elections. My brother and I arrived at the nearby polling […]
15 November 2022
I spent about 1h30 in the Kathmandu airport lounge but ate little since we had eaten just before. As our flight had a 40 min delay, I headed to the gate around midnight and cleared security to enter the departure hall. We boarded the Malaysia Airlines B737-800 to Kuala Lumpur and pushed back around 0050. […]
14 November 2022
Killing the day in Kathmandu Without an alarm, we woke after 0700 but slowly readied ourselves for breakfast at 0845 at a nearby café. Straight after breakfast, the shops were open for us to get our last-minute shopping items. We both managed to find everything that we wanted at satisfactory prices. Santosh, the manager of […]
13 November 2022
Ride to Kathmandu We woke at 0530 for breakfast at 0630. Harry had ordered us a taxi for 0700 to take us to Pokhara’s bus station for our 0730 bus back to Kathmandu. At the station, our bus was nowhere to be seen. Locals are helpful and when they see the colour of our bus […]
12 November 2022
Sarangkot Viewpoint Today is our day of rest after the Mardi Himal hike. We slept in without an alarm and took a late breakfast. My calves were sorer than yesterday. [Edit: They remained discernibly sore until 17 November, ie. a week after the hike!] Harry suggested that we take a trip to the Sarangkot Viewpoint […]