Kuching, Sarawak: Part I

Hi assalamualaikum. I have been procrastinating writing about this trip for daaays. If I'm not mistaken this is actually my third travelogue after Sabah and Singapore. Since it is a 4 days & 3 nights trip and it will be quite a lengthy post if I try to tell you all the details, I will try my best to make it as simple as I can. And pardon my upcoming rojak language.

Day 1 (Saturday - 8/8/2015)

The four of us arrived at Kuching International Airport at 3.00 p.m. and Hamizah, our friend who is staying in Kuching picked us up and brought us to have our late lunch at The Spring Shopping Mall. We went to the food court and ordered ourselves our first Sarawak dish, Laksa Sarawak :3

Tadaa! Creamy and spicy and entahlah, sedap gilaa!

After lunch we headed our way to eat desserts at Swee Kang Ais Kacang. The famous dessert at this place is Ais Jagung if I'm not mistaken but I ordered ABC instead. Their ABC tasted a bit different than in Semenanjung because they used a lot of Gula Apong. We also ate rojak buah and Umai Obor-Obor. If you're wondering about how does a jellyfish tasted, it was crispy! The sour and spiciness of the Umai enhanced the taste. Nang nyaman umai tok :D

Umai Obor-obor

Then we proceeded to check-in at Premium Stay Hostel, a budget hotel. I booked the hotel through Agoda for a rate of RM93/night (a family room with 4 beds). So it only costed us around RM70/person for 3 nights. Yes, the rate is cheap :D At first, the place looked blerghh and mula-mula macam dah panik eh kenapa macam cikai niiii. But surprisingly the room was nice and comfortable enough for the 4 of us and the wifi is quite good, hehehe. Don't judge a place by its exterior decoration. For a budget hotel, it is worth the money lah.

At night, we decided to have our dinner at a nearby restaurant since our hotel is located at the centre of the city and most shops are available within walking distance. We went to eat Nasi Ayam Penyet at Pak Somet Kopitiam (FYI, Nasi Ayam Penyet is quite famous in Sarawak). We wanted to try RJ Ayam Penyet because many people recommended it but it was closed at that moment :( We went back to our room at 10.00 p.m. and hit the sack early.

Day 2 (Sunday - 9/8/2015)

We had our breakfast at Teh Tarik Kafeteria in Petra Jaya and ate Mee Kolok. It was one of the most delicious Mee Kolok I've ever tasted in the world. I think that even if I put the picture here it wouldn't do the food enough justice because it tasted waaaay better that what it looked like. It was very, very delicious, no doubt. Okay lepasni kita slow down sikit cerita pasal makanan. Haha. Buat lapar je -.-

The Lord of The Mee Kolok.

After that we proceeded to Serikin, a famous place for people from Semenanjung to shop for kain batik and kain pasang Sarawak. It was quite far from the main city and it took us about 50 minutes to arrive there. Since I'm not very fancy at shopping, I found this place very mehhh and I'd rather skip this part. However my friends bought a lot of things here, so maybe it was interesting to other people. Haha.

Then, we headed to Gua Angin, which is located in Bau, Sarawak. It is not really far from Serikin, only about 10-15 minutes away. The entrance fee is only RM1.00/person and you can rent a torchlight for RM4.00 each. It has many passages and to explore the whole cave will take about 45 minutes. But we only went inside for 10 minutes because it was too dark and we spent the rest of our time there taking and posing for pictures huhuhuhu. Inside the cave, you can see the bats hanging everywhere and it was quite spooky but interesting. There were a lot of beautiful naturally shaped stalactites and stalagmites too.

On our way out from the cave.

Our next destination was Tasik Biru located nearby the Wind Cave we visited earlier. The colour of the lake was not as I expected haha. I thought it would be azure blue or a lighter shade of blue, but instead it was more of navy blue shade. We didn't stay long here because we were already tired and it was getting hot. We stayed there for about 10 minutes to take pictures and then headed back to Kuching.

It was raining that evening so we went to Baitulmal to perform our prayers and eat our late lunch. After the rain stopped, we went to Meow Meow Cafe, a cat cafe and played with the cute cats but they kind of ignored us  -___-". Then we went to Pustaka Negeri, a public library and park. We rested ourselves there, tengok ikan dalam tasik and enjoy the scenic view before heading back to our room.

After performing our Maghrib and Isyak prayers, we walked from our hotel to the waterfront and rode a Penambang (a small perahu that was used to transport passengers to the other side of the river) and ate our dinner there. After dinner, we took a walk along the Kuching Waterfront. The Sarawak DUN Building is soooo majestic I can stare and admire it for the whole night.

I was kind of regret that night because I didn't bring my dslr with me T__T

Okay, that's all for this Part 1. For a snippet, in part 2 I will share about Carpenter Street - the place for street arts and souvenirs shopping, Kek Lapis Dayang Salhah, Topspot Seafood Food Court, and Kem Permai and Pantai Damai (my favourite part). InsyaAllah see you soon!

p/s: Sorry for the square pictures. It was taken from my vsco account because I am too lazy to transfer the pictures to my laptop -.-