Ca-ching! – Monday 15th Feb 2010

We were running amazingly on time this morning! May Ling collected us at 10am to take us for a light breakfast… light involved many rounds of food. I would hate to see a heavy breakfast! The place was packed and there were many weird and wonderful things to try. More weird than wonderful. It seemed to be the worse it looked, the better it tasted. May Ling’s husband was eating chicken feet (below)… we passed on that option.

 

We made it back to the hostel by 10:45, for Zaidee to pick us up at 11am to leave for the KL airport. We were gobsmacked at how punctual everyone was today. It turned out it was unnecessary to be so early to the airport as our flight was delayed by an hour due to “technical difficulties.” We were quite pleased when we found out we would in fact be taking a different plane to Kuching, than the one experience problems. The flight was uneventful and the baby sitting behind me thankfully fell asleep soon after take-off which meant it ceased the constant kicking of the back of my seat – greatly appreciated.

We arrived in Kuching to be met by Sujoy (Pritika’s dad). Our accommodation is… amazingwonderfulexcellentdelightful. It is beautifully decorated, air-conditioned, has a fridge, an ensuite and an enormous pool out the back. And it’s free. We did not expect this and after staying in budget hostels and bare dorm rooms, it is a welcome surprise!

 

Kuching seemed like a beautiful city from the air…

and from ground level it’s just a nice so far. It’s so clean (apparently it has won an award for the cleanest city in Malaysia for a few years running), modern and alive looking. I can’t wait to explore it some more!

Walking along the riverfront reminded me a little of walking through Elder Park in Adelaide when there is a festival on, with all the lights and the shimmering water, but maybe that’s just a little homesickness creeping through. Jess had a different version of an ice cream sandwich – not ice cream between wafers, but instead, ice cream in a bread roll. She said it tasted like ice cream. And a roll. Combined. Not entirely bad, but not something she would eat again…

Sleeping time now, in our beautifully cool, free room :) Thanks Sujoy!