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12 September 2018
Getting going I had set the alarm for 0600 and asked the frontdesk to call me as well just in case. But I woke at 0430. Realising that there was no phone, I figured that the receptionist would have to walk up two floors to wake me. So I WhatsApp’ed them to say I was […]
11 September 2018
Today I fly to Miri for an overnight before going inland to Borneo’s highlands for my mini-adventure. I ordered a Grab car on the app but none were available in my area. I tried numerous times and it was starting to worry me even though I had three hours till my 1500 flight. Perhaps it […]
28 May 2018
Today we had organised a family at the estuary village of Muara Tebas. It is noted for its fresh seafood but my brother had driven his own fish from a recent fishing trip here yesterday, so it could be nicely marinated for our meal today. What a champion! We had to be ready at 1030 […]
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 […]
9 September 2017
Even though we had all been to Semenggoh to see the orang utans, I thought it would be a nice outing combined with Siniawan Night Market (which my guests hadn’t been to). We left around 1330 and got to the park around 1430 for the 1500 feeding session. After a somewhat lengthy introduction and safety briefing, […]
6 September 2017
The facebook page of Gunung Gading National Park indicated that there was a rafflesia in bloom. I decided that I’d take Paul and Steevie (my guests) there and suggested that my brother take his guests too. They are all in town for my mother’s 90th birthday. We set off around 1000 for the 1h50 drive […]
13 July 2017
We woke before 0700. None of us were hungry so we skipped the muesli which we had brought. Rosli took us back to the mainland Kuching at 0800. I had a few bites from the night. Some turned into huge hemi-spherical blisters. I never respond well to sandfly bites; my last exposure to them in […]
12 July 2017
A relative had organised for us to visit one of two turtle hatcheries accessible to Kuching. We are going to Pulau Satang Besar, as opposed to Talang-Talang (which is expensive and available to those doing a 4 day volunteering). We set off at 0830, grabbed some breakfast before driving to Telaga Air to meet […]