Kuching, Sarawak
Orientation, well that's pretty easy as the city, the CBD and touristy parts, are essentially located along the Sarawak river. A quick rough map from Frankie and I'm on my way, to an ATM and some food hopefully. Actually making sense of this map is proving a little difficult, no ATMs around here, not a great deal of food either, looks as though I'm in the wrong direction! A couple of skyscrapers behind with the name of a well known bank on it, so that's probably a good direction to head and yes, soon a plethora of large hotels and a few of those glass skyscrapers are creating long shadows as the sun heads south - this must be Kuching tourist hangout.
Not much food around and by that I mean food the way I like it - self service canteens where I can eat as much as I can possibly manage in one session, and with the owners blessing. That's the way it's been in Malaysia so far, plenty, good and cheap - food of course, I know what some European minds are thinking! The Chinese canteens are closed, no food courts in this area, not even street carts. I'll have to succumb to a Chinese restaurant, small portions and pricey if I know the Chinese, and I do. Yes, exactly as I expected, a small dome of rice to go with my sweet and sour pork, tasty enough though.
For a tourist destination there appears to be a distinct lack of tourists on looking around here. About 3 westerners propping up an Irish bar, a few more looking for somewhere to eat I should think and a handful milling around the waterfront close to their rather expensive looking hotels - very quiet indeed and perhaps that's what some find appealing about Kuching. With Western alcoholics firmly planted in Thailand and Kuala Lumpur this place definitely has a relaxed vibe and I don't mean would be Bob Marley's running around either, hopefully they are all firmly planted in Penang. For now then, back to base, the Nook, situated on floor 2 of a rather mundane concrete block, but at ￡5.75 per night I'm not complaining
Orientation, well that's pretty easy as the city, the CBD and touristy parts, are essentially located along the Sarawak river. A quick rough map from Frankie and I'm on my way, to an ATM and some food hopefully. Actually making sense of this map is proving a little difficult, no ATMs around here, not a great deal of food either, looks as though I'm in the wrong direction! A couple of skyscrapers behind with the name of a well known bank on it, so that's probably a good direction to head and yes, soon a plethora of large hotels and a few of those glass skyscrapers are creating long shadows as the sun heads south - this must be Kuching tourist hangout.
Not much food around and by that I mean food the way I like it - self service canteens where I can eat as much as I can possibly manage in one session, and with the owners blessing. That's the way it's been in Malaysia so far, plenty, good and cheap - food of course, I know what some European minds are thinking! The Chinese canteens are closed, no food courts in this area, not even street carts. I'll have to succumb to a Chinese restaurant, small portions and pricey if I know the Chinese, and I do. Yes, exactly as I expected, a small dome of rice to go with my sweet and sour pork, tasty enough though.
For a tourist destination there appears to be a distinct lack of tourists on looking around here. About 3 westerners propping up an Irish bar, a few more looking for somewhere to eat I should think and a handful milling around the waterfront close to their rather expensive looking hotels - very quiet indeed and perhaps that's what some find appealing about Kuching. With Western alcoholics firmly planted in Thailand and Kuala Lumpur this place definitely has a relaxed vibe and I don't mean would be Bob Marley's running around either, hopefully they are all firmly planted in Penang. For now then, back to base, the Nook, situated on floor 2 of a rather mundane concrete block, but at ￡5.75 per night I'm not complaining
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