A Trip To Kuching

I went to Kuching, Sarawak yesterday (Tuesday). Just for a 1 night's stay. Actual reason of going in the 1st place was that my parents wanted to buy these fancy Indonesian-made furniture. Kononnye sold at reasonable price in Kuching with a wide range of choices. So.. yeah. Off we go~

Tuesday. Arrival day. Took a cab straight to hotel 1st to put our stuff. It took less than 20 mins from Kuching International Airport to Hilton Hotel. But the taxi fare was unbelievable! RM22 just for that less-than-20 mins drive! Oh btw, I baru tau Kuching got Kuching Utara (north) & Kuching Selatan (south). The utara one is Kuching's own Putrajaya - where all the administrative buildings are situated.

So as we checked in to our rooms, we went out again. Taking a cab to Batu Tujuh. The taxi driver explained the place is approx 7 miles (batu) from Kuching town, deswai its named as such. Its the place the taxi driver recommended to shop for furnitures la. But it was dissapointing. It wasn't what my parents expected. So we ciao balik hotel again. That costed another RM50! Sheysh.. just for 14 miles driving distance..

Oh well. So we kaki walk around the hotel area. Not bad cuz the Hilton Hotel is very near with Kuching's famous attraction, the Waterfront. Here's a view from my room:


The visibly-obvious building tuh is the.. what ah? Some government punya building lah. Kat tasek, ke river? tuh, macam2 lah lalu. Bot. Sampan. Jetski.

We makan at Menara Tun Jugah's foodcourt. Then ter shopping pulak. Its an old building I guess. Then eh, sebelah ade mall lagi lah~ Plaza Sarawak. Shop shop shop lg. Best sbb x ramai org. The shops aren't that bad jg. But not much choices je la. Then jalan2 around the Waterfront area.

By night, as recomended by my brother, we went to the Taman Kereta (Car Park) to have a seafood dinner at the rooftop. Quite a tourist attraction there. Its a 4 floored building only for carparks. The rooftop was like an open foodcourt. Fresh seafoods only! :D We ordered macam2 la. But it was this udang (prawn) that attracted me:


I actually tot it was lobsters. Seeing from the kaki berduri2 at the back. 2 pieces of this (polystrine tapau) big prawns costed RM27! o_O I personally think it doesnt worth that much. But probably bcos I'm from Sabah anyway & my dad says these prawns aren't valueable in Sabah's market as people would opt for Tiger Prawns instead.

It was only 7.30 then & we dunno what to do already. Earlier, I asked Adol where's good to shop for cameras. He recommended Wisma Saberkas. No kidding. It was like Kuching's own LowYat. (thnks Dol!) But, by 8.30pm, almost half of the shops are already closed. Cant make decision so go back KK later la cari again. Anyways, how can I convince my dad that an SLR camera tu best? ngee..

Horror thing was, we waited for taxi in front of the Saberkas for almost an hour! omg takutnye tgk muka my dad that time.. (-_-!) cuz it was my idea to come there kan. ngaa... but luckily I saved the day by chatting with this friendly aunty. She said sini memang susah dapat taxi. Then she teringat & gave me the taxi center's number. phew. A taxi came in less than 5 mins.

Next day, which is Wednesday morning, we had breakfast around the hotel's area again. I must get my Laksa Sarawak today! While mum kept looking for her Sarawak's special tea. There's nothing beats the hawker stalls when u're looking for local delicacies!

Sarawak's Special Tea - a 3-layered drink: gula melaka, susu cair, teh

Laksa Sarawak! erh but I didn't really like it pulak.. but they say the taste varies from stall to stall. Probably this one just doesn't suit my tounge :)

Mee Kolok! The special noodle is mixed with a special sauce with minced beef, chicken slices & mushrooms. Not bad. But like the Chinese's Kon Lau Mien also. We discussed wether Kolok & Kon Lau are actually the same thing because they sounded almost the same.

After breakfast, as recommended by the hotel usher, we went to The Spring - a newly opened mall. It took about only 10mins drive (RM15!). The place is still very new & nice la. Got a lot of shops also. U can find most of the branded boutiques in it. & IT WAS ON SALE! XD

The best thing was there wasn't many people there. I don't know, because its still new? Far from town? But we had a great 2-hour shopping spree! I also bought 3 pairs of Freshlook color contact lenses at RM95 only! WTH? When I 1st usha kat KK, I tot it was already very cheap - Freshlook RM55, Freshkon RM38. Compared to in Perak or KL, it can easily reach up to RM70-80 per box! But in Kuching, it was RM35 for each Freshlook box, while RM50 for Freshkon. Terbalik pulak. I pun konfius, smpai i tny balik my babe Syaima' to confirm. Anyways. Hepi hepi hee~~`

By 12.30pm, we had to shoot back to hotel to check out. Then we went makan again. This time is the Nibong restaurant.

This is Nasi Ayam Penyek!

2pm, off to airport. S'long Kuching~` u've been a great shopping place! XD

note: x jumpe pon kucing ngu.. patung2 kucing je bnyk