Sunday, January 21, 2007

Day 3 In A Nutshell

We woke up after a good night sleep at Singgahsana and it was pouring monsoonal rain outside. Nevertheless we can't stay in the lodge all day so we decided to venture outside and experience Kuching in the wet.

Slowly and carefully we ducked from one shoplot to another waiting for the sky to clear while we enjoy what Kuching has to offer. Where we stayed is a very touristy place and everyone wanted to sell us something.

Lets see, I think we wondered into the old chinatown area, then Little India street which has been converted into a mall, even down to the wet market, the Kuching mosque and even the Sikh Temple where QV and his cousin KNB rescued us from the rain.

There's too many photos to show so I'll just show you a few interesting shots before you fall asleep. This picture of the Astana across the Sarawak River was taken from the wet market. Its a remnant of the old colonial times when Sarawak used to be an 'angmoh' colony.

QV and KNB took us to lunch at the famous but burnt down Sarawak Club where the restaurant still operates from the carpark! This picture was taken from the carpark, I can't remember the name of that building but its where Kenny Sia had his birthday bash.

We didn't know whats good here so QV and KNB ordered the lunch, we had kangkong which is my favourite veg, tofu, chicken and the famous butter prawns that had a lot of good reviews about. I want to thank KNB for paying for the lunch. Not only that but we had BBQ dinner at his house later in the evening too!

After lunch the 2 cousins took us on a tour around the museums. There's an aquarium next to the old museum where you don't have to pay an entrance fee to visit. Thats gotta be good for tourism!

This is the old museum and its still open to the public nowadays. There's still lots to see inside and its also free! Everything is free here, I have no complaint but lots of interesting stuff to look at.

Especially the skulls hanging inside a makeshift iban long house inside the museum. Those skulls' been there for as long I can remember. I wonder who the poor bugger is but at least can spend eternity as a tourist attraction!

Fast forward to the evening and the 2 cousins took us to KNB's house for a BBQ dinner. We got to meet their family especially C4STP who's been a constant commentor across the blogosphere. Everyone's a shrinking violet so I won't be posting their faces on the blog but I will post this picture of 'pork cake' which QV made! It tastes quite nice, like char siew pau!

After the BBQ we went to Chilax to meet up with the celebrity bloggers from Kuching namely Francis Ho from Kuching Kayaking, Robin Wong, Jeremy C, Kenneth Leong and another blogger who wished to remain totally anonymous! It was a real honour meeting all of you. We had a great night and adjourned to QV's hangout called Alex at some place I don't even know. That's Day 3 in a nutshell, want more?

14 comments:

Robin Wong said...

Yay !!! Finally my face is feature on wuching.blogspot.com !
aiseh.. since when become celebrity??
and that building where kenny had his birthday is the civic center.

Anonymous said...

it's Jazz lar :) not Alex ...hehhhee

Anonymous said...

Hmmm...that pork cake looks good in the pic..now i'm hungry for it again hahahaha...

The blogger who wished to remain totally annonymous...hmmmm....hahahahaha..Me think me know who you are :P hahahaha and yes..Its called Jazz, the owner is Alex..its on Palm Road, opposite the Baptist Church near the Old Impiana Hotel, or Unimas Medical Campus

me said...

kuching is not what i tot it would be. i would love to go there one day.

PabloPabla said...

The Kuching Museum is widely acknowledged as the best in South East Asia :)

Anonymous said...

Wah, the best Museum in SEA, but free entrance! Must go visit some day!

Anonymous said...

aiseh, since when i got website? C4STP.net?

Wuching said...

robin: u r femes liao & dun let anyone tell u different!

the blogger who wished to remain totally anonymous: doh! ur right! sorry! its jazz!

QV: ur telling everyone where ur secret hideout is!

me: so u should, make it ur next holiday!

pablopabla: yes i heard that too, they could've charge money but good also that they don't!

neo: i thot ur from sarawak also, no?

c4stp: everybody needs a website!

Anonymous said...

I am from S'wak allright but I haven't visit the museum lei...

Anonymous said...

QuaVadis: Llalalalalal :P

Anonymous said...

OMG, the pork cake is sooooooooo Foochow!!! I make them all the time.

Anonymous said...

Hey Wuch.... dont forget to feed me lots of dim sum when i visit melbourne. heheheh. Glad u had fun in Kuching.

Wuching said...

neo: its about time u did!

SA: its ok..i'll post for u..

hijackqueen: pork cake is a foochow thing meh? hmm..

KNB: i will not forget, come quick before i die!

Anonymous said...

yeah hijackqueen...I didn't know pork cake is a foochow thinngy? I got this from a Peranakan Recipe book not the Foochow Culinary Institute hehehe