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10 June 2019
This morning, I took Natalia to town to continue her walking tour of Kuching Old Town . It was basically the Carpenter Street, Tua Pek Kong and Main Bazaar area. In the afternoon, she continued with a visit to the Brooke Gallery while I had a swim at a nearby public pool. From what I’ve […]
9 June 2019
Because Natalia is part-Indonesian, I thought it would be good for her to get to know Bornean culture. After all, most of Borneo is in Indonesia. So we headed to the Sarawak Cultural Village at Damai. The place was a mess as it was undergoing renovations. There was a temporary entrance and the usual walkways […]
8 June 2019
Natalia, my friend from Yemen study days, arrived last night. We didn’t have any commitments for the day except one Raya visit around noon. But as we had some time, we squeezed in a visit to the Darul Hana bridge and a walk along India Street in Kuching’s Old Town. We returned to freshen up […]
6 June 2019
Today is the second of Syawal according to the Islamic calendar. I have my first Hari Raya Puasa (Eid ul Fitr) visit to a friend today. Some of my Muslim friends are away this year so it is rather quiet. Normally it is a time for me to catch them all as they return from […]
2 June 2019
With my Malindo flight from Kuala Lumpur to Kuching at 1705, I had a bit of time to kill. After some muesli in my room, I went for walk and ride in the public transport before returning to rest. I checked out before the 1200 limit and took the bus to the airport. Even though […]
9 April 2019
It was raining when I woke. Better today than yesterday, my sightseeing day! I went downstairs and found that the cook had gone out to buy provisions. He was already due back but was probably stuck somewhere due to the rain. So breakfast wasn’t available in-house. I wandered a couple of doors away and had […]
8 April 2019
Getting ready I woke early due to the previous early mornings I’ve had, and also the one hour time difference. I had suggested an early departure but the petrol station didn’t open till 0800. I killed time with a walk back to the waterfront to catch the view in a different light, before returning for […]
7 April 2019
I woke early again around 0600 and was downstairs at a cafe for breakfast at 0630. I checked out and walked to the nearby Kuching Sentral station after and checked-in for my bus (which really just means having the bus registration place number disclosed to you so you can board). It was a brief wait […]
6 April 2019
I woke around 0600 and walked to the nearby Kuching Sentral Station about 30 minutes later to check on the availability of buses to Putussibau. From previous enquiry, BusAsia (Biaramas) will sell a single ticket to Putussibau but: puts you on their own bus (with destination Sibu) to Jelukong then arranges a pickup truck to […]
10 February 2019
After a good breakfast at the Kingwood Hotel in Sibu, I used Grab to get to the airport. I could see a long queue for the kiosk and it looked like bedlam in the bag-drop area. With no luggage and a moble boarding pass, I went airside and waited over an hour till the scheduled […]