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18 April 2019
This morning I fly to the Lion City with the original intention of taking the evening flight back to Auckland. On a standby ticket, I had little chance as it was nearly full already a few months back. I decided I’d stay the night with my aunt in Singapore and take the one tomorrow morning […]
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 […]
5 April 2019
My flight to Kuala Lumpur (connecting to my hometown Kuching) departs at 1345. I had planned on leaving for the airport around 0945 to get there 3h+ before departure. But since I was up early, I left at 0900 getting to the airport about 4h before the flight. Check-in wasn’t open yet. I had trouble […]
4 April 2019
Short outing to Cijin Island This morning, I set off to check-out Cijin Island, a very long island that acts as a natural breakwater for Kaohsiung. It was reached via MRT to the area which I had been to yesterday, followed by a short walk to Hamasen pier. The ride itself on the ferry was […]
3 April 2019
I had my eyes set on fish soup for breakfast yesterday but instead opted for McDonald’s. I made it a point of having it today but the shop was closed! I settled for some local snacks washed down with a lukewarm milk tea. My B&B has a check-out time of 1100 so I continued my […]
2 April 2019
Tainan is historic because it was the first place to be settled by Han Chinese from the mainland, eventually overtaking the native Austronesian population. It is also historic because nearby Anping was where Dutch set up their base and fortification. It seems significant enough for me to check out Anping. While it was only about […]
1 April 2019
I have two full days to spend in Tainan. That’s one day more than what I think is necessary but I allowed a spare day in case I was disrupted coming in from Kinmen due to the airport being closed during fog season. This means that I can do “half-days” instead of the full-day explorations […]