Day 6 - Flying to Kuching 'Cat town'

We had breakfast at Mulu Cafe. After breakfast, we packed our bag and are ready to catch our 2 different flights to Miri then to Kuching. The 1st plane is a bit exiting for some passenger because it's a plane that using propeller on both side of it wings. In Miri, between the flights we waited 3 hours for our next flight to Kuching and had our lunch or snacks in the airport.

We arrive at Kuching and the taxi to the hotel was a good ride, there are so many beautiful big houses to see along the way. Although Kuching in Malay does translate into "cat", there is not many cats running around in the city! But a few locals contended it was a variation of the Indian name for Port- "Cochin", as Kuching was first settled by Indian traders who set up their operations at Santubong.

Near our hotel, if you go up to the top of this building named Banguna Pelita, there is a cinema on top. The whole building from 1st floor to 8th floor is car park, LG floor & the Ground floor have some shops & a mini mart. But if you want to see the view of Kuching, Sarawak river, you can go to the top of the building which is the 9th floor: you will get very good view from there.

After we checked into our hotel, we refresh our self and meet up for dinner. We had dinner at the nearby Green Hill food court, they have the famous local 'Curry Laksa': coconut curry soup with vermicelli noodles and stir fried noodles!

Famous local Curry Laksa

After dinner, the group walk along the river front, it was quite nice, nice breeze from water front and there have few stalls selling snacks and souvenirs. Below is some pictures taken by the group.

Cat statues

 

Dewan Undangan Negeri Sarawak 'Kuching North City Hall

Astana is the official residence of the Governor of Sarawak. It is located along the bank of the Sarawak River in Kuching, Sarawak. The Astana means 'Palace' in the local dialect.