We all had a nice
sleep-in this morning, before returning to last night's restaurant
for a breakfast of good old roti canai (for Kate and I, that is –
Sarah had a yoghurt from 7-11 and Zoe had some muesli bars; both
girls are definitely starting to struggle with the constant onslaught
of Asian food). Then it was back to the room to try, with mixed
results, to arrange our accommodation for Borneo. For lunch, the
girls insisted on McDonald's, but I couldn't face it, so I went into
Chinatown and got a huge portion of barbecued pork, roast duck and
rice for just ten ringgit – the equivalent of about US$2.50. On the
way, we checked out the airport bus situation. The bus stop is in a
pretty random spot outside the McDonald's and isn't signposted in any
way, but we found a guy sitting at a table under a sunshade who had a
timetable, so we're pretty sure we know where to get it and at what
time. The haze from the fires in Indonesia has been so bad that some of the local schools have been shutting down. Our hotel has responded to the problem by handing giving away free face masks.
Back at the hotel,
we had another go at the Borneo accommodation. We want to stay inside
three national parks and although there is a special online booking
form, it's not very user-friendly. We tried to use Skype to call the
booking central office, but couldn't get through, so it looks as
though we'll have to drop by the office when we arrive in Kuching
tomorrow. In the evening we went back to Chinatown for an evening of
skewers – starting with some satay from a roadside stall and then
moving on to our regular restaurant. Afterwards, we split up – I
went into the big cheap-knock-off market to get some underwear and a
power bank while the others went to McDonald's for an ice cream and
then back to the room. Our neighbours appeared to be hosting another
party, so Sarah rang down to the front desk to complain. Not long
after, one of the hotel staff appeared at our door to inform us that
he had asked them to keep the noise down, which seemed to do the
trick, thankfully, as we have an appallingly early start tomorrow.
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