I'm currently standing in the lobby of the Holiday Inn, Kuching, using their free internet access terminal. We arrived from Singapore with out a hitch earlier this afternoon. Kuching is a funny looking place, the guide bok reckoned it was a really nice place, but what we've seen of it it looks a bit run down and forgoten about...
The Hotel is like anyother Holiday Inn you've ever stayed at, except they gave us a suite as it's our Honeymoon. So we've got a three roomed suite with living area, sleeping area and work ares, all very nice indeed.
After a stroll along the river we went out for dinner to a vegitarian restuarant that we'd past. I was a bit shocked when the menu was full of chicken this, prawn that and pork the next thing. As it turned out it was all fake meet and was trully all vegetarian.
Karen had some prawns that tasted suspiciously of bacon, but there you go. I went for the safe option of tofu, which was very nice, although the plain noodles I asked for tunred out to be a meal in them selves with loads of vegetables ands a sauce. It was very good though and made up for our final night in Singapore.
We'd decided to go to Boat Quay, just to the North of the financial district, to have a meal and some beers. We picked a restuarant and had some food, which was decidedly average and very overpriced. They even charged us for the green tea they poiured when we sat down, the sauce to dip the spring rolls in and the face towels, wouldn't recommend them at all.
Tomorrow we're off to stay in a "Traditional" Long House after a walk through the jungle and a dug out canoe ride up a river. It should be quite cool, although there's is the small matter of 225Km in a van before we get to the forest and river...
All being well we'll be installed at another Holiday Inn for a couple of nights after that, so there maybe another update then if they've got a terminal.
Posted by fatboab at July 24, 2004 01:31 PM | TrackBack
