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27 March 2018
Jo and I had separate rooms last night, the only night during our travels together. This cheap, well-located and highly-rated guesthouse only had double rooms and it didn’t break the bank for us to have two rooms. We woke early, had breakfast in my room. It was an easy day with a pick-up and […]
26 March 2018
We woke to some birdsong, more like chirping actually, even though we had a windowless room (there may have been a birdhouse for swifts to make nests nearby). We investigated breakfast options around the hotel and decided against walking to the market so that we wouldn’t get too hot and sweaty before the long […]
25 March 2018
We remained horizontal (due to lack of choice), had some pastries and canned coffee for breakfast. The scenery outside was pretty gorgeous living up to the line’s nickname “The Jungle Railway”. There was dense jungle and in sparser areas I could recognise breadfruit, rubber and coconut trees. As we headed further north, we saw some […]
24 March 2018
Our rail adventure begins today for we fly from Kuching to Singapore, train to Johor Bahru and then the overnight train to near the Thai border on Malaysia’s east coast and overnight at Kota Bharu. We woke at 0600 and had a light breakfast at home before using a Grab (like Uber) service to the […]
20 March 2018
I went to the Sarawak Cultural Village about 26 years ago. It is a living museum of Sarawak’s tribal cultures. With Jo visiting, I thought it was good to go and show her what makes Sarawak special. The traditional dwellings were interesting for her and we tried the sago pancake, tumpik which turned out to […]
19 March 2018
With Jo still on New Zealand time, it made sense to go to the Semenggoh Orang Utan Rehabilitation Centre early in the morning. We got there a little before 0900 and were hurried along by staff as the two animals were already hanging around. We observed them for a while before being led to another […]
18 March 2018
Today Jo arrived from New Zealand after a nightstop in Singapore. With an afternoon arrival, it made sense to pick her up at the airport and continue to the Siniawan Night Market not too far away. It was an interesting introduction to Borneo for her. Old buildings there are a rarity as the wooden structures […]
12 November 2017
Well, my adventure finishes today as tonight I fly from Delhi to Kuching to spend time with family again. As one adventure finishes, another one takes shape spurred by AirAsia’s sale for travel till Jan 2019. I had a sleepless night in Delhi thinking about their Auckland – Kuala Lumpur fare for NZD199 and Kuala […]
11 November 2017
Today is a big day travelling back to the national capital Delhi. I was at reception about 0640 using the very slow internet to do my online check-in for my Malaysia Airlines flight to Kuala Lumpur and Kuching. I had been assigned a bad seat and luckily I was able to change it to the […]
10 November 2017
Today I wanted to do very little. After breakfast, I decided to enquire about the bus to Siliguri. Essentials like where it left from how long it takes, whether foreigners are OK on it in view of the checkpoint utilised. Answered varied and but all that was confirmed was that it starts in Lower Pelling […]