Flight into Kuching

October 29th (Saturday)

Being that my flight was at 7 in the morning, I had to take a taxi, which set me back a further RM 45. This is quite an expensive flight, with the hotel and taxi counted in. But still a tad cheaper than Singapore.

Anyhoos, the flight is packed with locals going to Sarawak for the holidays. The couple sitting next to me (Adam and Baiedas) are quite friendly and the flight goes quickly. The flight attendents like hawking souvenirs, and I like AirAsia's motto of "Now everyone can fly!" For many of the locals, a flight is a special occasion.

So, Kuching means "cat" in Malaysian. So, there are lots of cat statues around, though no cats. The Islam Museum is quite nice, more informative but less impressive than the one in Kuala Lumpur. The Sarawak Museums are quite interesting, especially the section on the aboriginals. The rest of the day I spent exploring. The tourist information center is really nice and well organized and I now have a great idea of how the rest of my trip through Sarawak will go. I also bought four fantastic travel posters.



The waterfront is relaxing, though I did get caught in a monsoon. So for about an hour, we all huddled under the rain shelters. Luckily, there was this boisterous group of men singing with glee! After getting lost some more through the town, I head back to the B&B (RM25), a pleasant but spare place run by the generous Mr. and Mrs. Chen.