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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 […]
2 November 2019
Today I pick up friend Michelle from New Zealand who will visit and stay till my departure. She arrived yesterday morning and will leave five minutes before me next week. I had asked her to stay in town for the first night and given her some sightseeing tips to start off her stay before I […]
13 September 2019
Proboscis Monkeys Breakfast at the Gajah Mada was pretty good local food with two generous big fish (two share) and lots of meaty chicken curry. I left the hotel around 0800 for the Mangrove and Proboscis Conservation Area about 5+ minutes away by foot. The weather was still pleasant and not too hot. Speaking in […]
12 September 2019
Breakfast at the Lucky Hotel was simple with soup, fried small fish and rice. It’s not very often I get a smiley fish for breakfast with chilli. It was actually delicious and I had two, almost went for a third. As I relaxed in my room offered to take me out for coffee, to which […]
11 September 2019
Kuching to Tawau by flight I left home by Grab car at 0830. The driver took an unusually long route directed by Google Maps getting me to the airport around 15min later than I had expected at 0915. I had breakfast at the lounge before settling in to do some last minute work on the […]
1 September 2019
It had been kinda depressing being with aunt. Few years ago, she was still swimming 20 laps in an Olympic-sized pool but now she is barely walking. I try to put it into perspective with the fact that she is 90 years old. Fortunately, my uncle (and aunt) from Christchurch dropped in and we went […]
16 June 2019
Escaping the Kiwi winter in 2020 I woke earlier than I needed to. AirAsia had a sale but I hadn’t prepared myself for it. But I had this rough idea of using my free Air New Zealand ticket from Auckland to Seoul, then Buenos Aires to Auckland. The idea was that from Seoul I can […]
15 June 2019
I woke several times through the night and but I cope quite well with little or interrupted sleep. We set off for the our return journey after breakfast. Our itinerary says that we just go straight to port in the morning but Ita said we had a village visit. Not long after we started, we […]
14 June 2019
Feeding at Pondok Tanggui We set off at 0830 after breakfast for the 0900 feeding session at Pondok Tanggui. It took about 45 mins before a mum and a baby orang utan showed up. She was rather shy, taking some food and then retreating up to the branches above. Back on the klotok, we started […]