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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 […]
5 August 2020
Should I go or should I stay? I had been toying with the idea of going back to Kuching to see my 93 year old Mum. I had already missed two trips, one in April and another in June, due to Covid-19. And my next trip to see her is booked via Taiwan, Japan and […]
27 May 2020
Pretty soon, it was time to head to Queenstown airport for Jo and I to fly back on the 1505 flight to Auckland. While distancing was in place at the airport and on board, normal inflight service of coffee, tea, water and cookie had returned since our flight few days ago. It had been a […]
27 May 2020
Kim seems to have a revolving door stream of visitors. As we leave today, David is flying down to join him here. After picking up Dave at the airport after 0900, we called by A J Hackett’s bungy jump site at Kawarau Bridge. They had said on the phone yesterday that they were fully booked […]