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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 […]
10 February 2019
After a good breakfast at the Kingwood Hotel in Sibu, I used Grab to get to the airport. I could see a long queue for the kiosk and it looked like bedlam in the bag-drop area. With no luggage and a moble boarding pass, I went airside and waited over an hour till the scheduled […]
9 February 2019
Flying to Sibu My cousin in Christchurch was going to be in Sibu for part of Chinese New Year and was hosting a large dinner for my cousins (whom I haven’t seen for a while) and their families. Flying around the festive season doesn’t come cheap but his kind invitation to me was too good […]
17 September 2018
After 12 hours in bed, I woke at 0700. It was a wise move getting a can of coffee and a red bean bun last night to have handy for breakfast. I took a Grab car to the airport around 0815. The last time I was at Bintulu, the airport was in town where the […]
16 September 2018
At Bintulu Sentral, the bus station, I was feeling a little headachey from not eating properly. I asked a cafe if they had Ais Kacang. The said “Yep” and brought me a mug of sweet mung bean porridge with ice on top. Not what I had imagined but correct literally. I took a Grab car […]
16 September 2018
After a breakfast of rusk and milk, I checked out of my hotel. I enquired about transport to Niah Cave National Park HQ as it was a 5km walk according to the map. The receptionist managed to book me a taxi which turned up about 10 minutes later. I got to the park at 0800 […]
15 September 2018
Leaving Bakelalan We had a pleasant change to breakfast today with kanpua (Foochow) noodles. It was a satisfying meal that would keep me going for the day ahead, travelling from Bakelalan to Miri then to Batu Niah. As I finished breakfast before 0800, I could tell the clouds were burning off very nice and early […]
14 September 2018
We had a relatively late breakfast today at 0800, preceded by our usual pre-meal grace. At 1000 Maureen, Badau and I (along with all three dogs) set off for a walk to Sungai Muda, a nearby stream/river. Along the way, we stopped near the apple orchards and was shown the Ice Cream Bean pod. It […]
13 September 2018
Crossing the border I woke around 0700 for breakfast at 0730. My hosts suggested that time despite a departure at 0900 (subject to weather) across to the Indonesian weather. With weather looking favourable, Badau and I walked into town around 0915 where he had his bike parked. The dogs cleverly didn’t come along (whereas they […]