The City, the River, the Jungle: Our Holiday in Kuching - Borneo
Nov 27th, 2014, 05:25 AM
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Day Fourteen
Still raving about the dinner we had the previous night, we enjoyed our last morning at the resort taking in the views I've been writing about all along, with a coffee on our balcony.
We packed our bags and off to the pool we went. More splendid views out there too, and we had the pool to ourselves for about an hour or so.
Time was nearly up, so back to our room, shower, changed, then took the shuttle down to have lunch.
We said our bye-byes to the staff there, "Sad to see you leave! Please come again!", etc.
The time to leave had come and the shuttle took us to the airport. We flew to Kuala Lumpur, and in the airport we bought tickets to KLIA Express, the train that whisks you to the city centre in just half an hour.
The ride was smooth and fast, and we were in the city in no time.
It was a Friday night. THAT's what we never thought of.
The queues for taxis were huge and the waiting times were longer than one hour.
Once in the taxi, finally!, the traffic was horrendous. At long last we were at our hotel, Pacific Regency, the one with the Luna Bar on the rooftop.
We struck it lucky with the room, as we were on the 32nd floor, that is one floor below the sky bar! From our window we could see one of the Petronas Towers. One, because the hotel is positioned at one side of the towers, so one tower obstructs the other one entirely.
We got ready, had dinner and then up on the roof we went, to Luna, the sky bar!
They found a table with two seats for us, we ordered our drinks and enjoyed the place. The tower(s) were right there, rising above one edge of the roof, a band was playing in one corner, a birthday party in another corner and a few people jumped into the swimming pool, which was right in the middle of the bar. Nice place.
After a couple of drinks we returned to our room and went to bed, not before admiring once more the sight of the tower that we could see from our window.
Still raving about the dinner we had the previous night, we enjoyed our last morning at the resort taking in the views I've been writing about all along, with a coffee on our balcony.
We packed our bags and off to the pool we went. More splendid views out there too, and we had the pool to ourselves for about an hour or so.
Time was nearly up, so back to our room, shower, changed, then took the shuttle down to have lunch.
We said our bye-byes to the staff there, "Sad to see you leave! Please come again!", etc.
The time to leave had come and the shuttle took us to the airport. We flew to Kuala Lumpur, and in the airport we bought tickets to KLIA Express, the train that whisks you to the city centre in just half an hour.
The ride was smooth and fast, and we were in the city in no time.
It was a Friday night. THAT's what we never thought of.
The queues for taxis were huge and the waiting times were longer than one hour.
Once in the taxi, finally!, the traffic was horrendous. At long last we were at our hotel, Pacific Regency, the one with the Luna Bar on the rooftop.
We struck it lucky with the room, as we were on the 32nd floor, that is one floor below the sky bar! From our window we could see one of the Petronas Towers. One, because the hotel is positioned at one side of the towers, so one tower obstructs the other one entirely.
We got ready, had dinner and then up on the roof we went, to Luna, the sky bar!
They found a table with two seats for us, we ordered our drinks and enjoyed the place. The tower(s) were right there, rising above one edge of the roof, a band was playing in one corner, a birthday party in another corner and a few people jumped into the swimming pool, which was right in the middle of the bar. Nice place.
After a couple of drinks we returned to our room and went to bed, not before admiring once more the sight of the tower that we could see from our window.
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Day Fifteen
After breakfast we booked a taxi to take us to the airport that night. We were told we shouldn't worry about the traffic, as on a Saturday night the route we were supposed to take to the airport was not crowded.
After that we went on a hop-on hop-off bus tour.
We first did the entire route, which took more than two hours, then we got off at the Bird Park.
It was hot and humid and it was raining on and off. We bought our tickets and went in.
This was such a beautiful place! The birds make it very colourful, we loved it!
We liked the hornbill very much, we thought it was a cute bird, especially the way he was jumping on those branches.
At the photo booth we stopped for a photo with several birds, including three macaws and a cute hornbill.
It took us over two hours to enjoy the park, and before we left we stopped at the Hornbill Restaurant, which was right there of course, and had lunch.
It was downpouring when we left and we were lucky enough to see the hop-on hop-off bus coming right then.
We ran through the rain and caught the bus. We got off at the Pavilion shopping mall and went in.
KL has come a long way in the past few years. They say it is now the 4th shopping city in the world and I think they're right.
So many shopping malls have sprung up and so much construction still going on, modern malls, huge tv screens outside around the mall, running advertisements continuously, it's all about shopping and modern technology, consumerism.
We went inside the Pavilion and it was huge. Beautiful, yes, eye catching, all the big brands were there, shiny, glitzy, dizzy...
We walked around to get a feel of the sheer size of that place and after a few minutes we decided to stop for a coffee at a nice cafe that we spotted there.
We did some people watching, shopping mall people watching. The coffee was nice and we enjoyed the atmosphere.
When we left it was still raining. We went to our hotel and got ready to leave. Our taxi picked us up on time and not long after we were on the way to the airport. The traffic was light indeed.
Once at the airport, we checked-in then had dinner at a restaurant there.
That was it, our holiday was over.
We'll return to Borneo one day, but next time we'll visit Sabah. It turns out that I, Cpt. Willard, didn't find Col. Kurz up on Sarawak river, so I'll have to go on another (secret) mission.
After breakfast we booked a taxi to take us to the airport that night. We were told we shouldn't worry about the traffic, as on a Saturday night the route we were supposed to take to the airport was not crowded.
After that we went on a hop-on hop-off bus tour.
We first did the entire route, which took more than two hours, then we got off at the Bird Park.
It was hot and humid and it was raining on and off. We bought our tickets and went in.
This was such a beautiful place! The birds make it very colourful, we loved it!
We liked the hornbill very much, we thought it was a cute bird, especially the way he was jumping on those branches.
At the photo booth we stopped for a photo with several birds, including three macaws and a cute hornbill.
It took us over two hours to enjoy the park, and before we left we stopped at the Hornbill Restaurant, which was right there of course, and had lunch.
It was downpouring when we left and we were lucky enough to see the hop-on hop-off bus coming right then.
We ran through the rain and caught the bus. We got off at the Pavilion shopping mall and went in.
KL has come a long way in the past few years. They say it is now the 4th shopping city in the world and I think they're right.
So many shopping malls have sprung up and so much construction still going on, modern malls, huge tv screens outside around the mall, running advertisements continuously, it's all about shopping and modern technology, consumerism.
We went inside the Pavilion and it was huge. Beautiful, yes, eye catching, all the big brands were there, shiny, glitzy, dizzy...
We walked around to get a feel of the sheer size of that place and after a few minutes we decided to stop for a coffee at a nice cafe that we spotted there.
We did some people watching, shopping mall people watching. The coffee was nice and we enjoyed the atmosphere.
When we left it was still raining. We went to our hotel and got ready to leave. Our taxi picked us up on time and not long after we were on the way to the airport. The traffic was light indeed.
Once at the airport, we checked-in then had dinner at a restaurant there.
That was it, our holiday was over.
We'll return to Borneo one day, but next time we'll visit Sabah. It turns out that I, Cpt. Willard, didn't find Col. Kurz up on Sarawak river, so I'll have to go on another (secret) mission.
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