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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 […]
27 May 2018
Today, we had an excursion to the Serikin Border Market at one of the border crossings with Indonesia. It is about 1h30 from the apartment and to avoid the heat ,we left at 0545 with a detour to Aunty Margaret’s. We ended up proceeding with a headstart and arrived at 0730 We paid for parking […]
1 April 2018
I had set the alarm for 0745 as we had a windowless room. Combined with the 1h time change from Bangkok it is very easy to oversleep. We headed out about 0930 by train to Pasar Seni and Kasturi Walk. It was just for a wander so that Jo can say that she did something […]
31 March 2018
Breakfast was served around 0800. The steward converted my bed back into seat and I had mine there with the gentleman from the upper bunk. Jo had hers in bed; oh what luxury. We stopped at Hat Yai Junction soon after. With the uncoupling of the Sungai Kolok vs Padang Besar carriages, there was a […]
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 […]