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Kuching...Here I am!






It was a short trip to Kuching, an weekend gateway. Grabbed a ticket to Kuching last minutes, just two weeks away from departure. There were too much surprises in Kuching. I never expected Kuching to be so developed, modern yet tradition. I can see huge bridges, roundabouts and roads in the town. Such development impressed me after I seen the poor in states in East Malaysia. I was expecting that condition Kuching will be almost similar to the capital of another in East Malaysia. Mind my jaws and words that I almost speechless when I swift to the town. There were many aborigines and they were helpful just like the other capital. It was a nice and spacious place to stay and to vacation. Just briefly share what I had done there. I've eaten the noodles, the "highly-recommended" ice-cream, the seafood and the local biscuit. I've gone to the boat ride along Sarawak river, cultural village, oldest Chinese temple, famous beach and China Town. I've seen one of the iconic characters of Sarawak, the 'orang-utans'. What I had not done and will be doing in the future is to continue to explore better food as I've not tried the tomato noodles and belacan vermicelli, bring myself closer to nature and perhaps meet the symbol of Sarawak which is the horn bill. Unable to meet horn bill in person, hence I met its statue. Keep my fingers crossed that I able to recognise them if I ever see them.

The panoramic view of Damai Beach

Independent shoot of sunset view

The night view of Kuching town

The must-try seafood along with...

The must-try ice cream

The horn bill statue, located right opposite
Tua Pek Kong temple

Welcoming message by China Town

The wall of Tua Pek Kong temple, oldest
Chinese temple

Second day, breezy and fun with the ethnicity in Sarawak

I've reached to another district of Sarawak, which is Santubong

The map of culture village

Legendary Mount Santubong, the highest mountain in Sarawak 

Trying to be some "ethinical" 

Mummy and baby of orang-utan

Should learn some acrobatics from him!

Places-to-go, food-must eat and Kuching city guide are scattered and  ready for googled a.k.a "GOD" as quoted from my lecturer. My recommendation to travel in Kuching is to hire a car and drive yourself in the town. Driving is easy and parking is even easier with the spacious parking lots. Least important, but the best is public parking is payable up to 5 p.m. and rests on weekends. Thus travelling in weekends one does not need to worry on the parking fee. One reminder is that I couldn't travel much places as most of them closes at 5 p.m.  

Trip to Hatyai

I love Thailand! This statement seriously portraits my travelling behaviour. It seem that Thailand is a never missed country for my annual travel. The only regret is I did not travel to Bangkok in the year of 2013, instead, I went to Hatyai, which was the Southern Thailand. I went there once when I was 10. But I did not have a single picture that I ever went there. And thus, I followed a local bus there. I traveled almost 15 hours to get there. It was a national public holiday at that time, thus traffic and congestion among people was horribly bad. Customs were loaded with heads and noises. That was my first experience with the Northern custom of Malaysia. To my shock, they were not nicely built like the Southern custom. And so, we were caught in the massive human congestion for about two hours. Lucky though because we went in travel groups so we managed to receive priority through groups. Another bad experience was waiting for the toilet. Comparing toilets in Hatyai and Bangkok, they were far different. The same things goes for the rest of the days due to the massive congestion Malaysian. Overall, it was a fairly enjoyable trip for me. At least I manage to eat the food I wanted, to stroll along the streets of Hatyai, experienced Thai massage, and went to the river market in Songkla. Since I went during the peak period, so there must be something that the trip forgone. The trip forgone the hill top Kuan Yin statue. Supposingly, the scenery of whole Hatyai city can be seen from the hill top. Since I did not manage to get up there, I missed the opportunity to look and even capturing the ironic scenery of Hatyai city. Here are some shoots on Hatyai city!

Scenery of Hatyai town in Day 1

Outside the Sakol Hotel

The must-try samurai pork burger

I'm loving it =)

The view of river market in Songkla

The colorful dim sum sold

The colourful cookies sold

Mum first appearing in my blog!

Scenery of Sadao

My favourite shot with the hatred cat!

Tuk-tuk to the market

Porky craze!!

Let's say cheeezzz to the sea of Songkhla

Morning view of Hatyai

Never to forget...reading!!!