Took the Thursday afternoon tiger flight out to Kuching where we stayed over for a night before taking the early Friday morning flight to Mulu. The crew split for overnight lodging as Mick has arranged for himself, Horfun, Kelson, Ripken and Dan to bunk over at Yen's place. Rickey, Rugburn and I got rooms at the Tune Hotel down in Kuching old town.
Tune hotel is run by Air Asia, and its very much like a budget hotel. You pay a cheap rate for rooms, then additional fees for any luxuries. In our case, we bought 12 hrs of air-conditioning, and Rugburn and I decided to splurge a little and bought towels as well. The rooms were surprisingly pleasant. Not the biggest rooms I've been in, basic, but very clean and it had a fantastic shower. Up until our 2nd layover (story on day 4), I would have easily recommended Tune for anyone hitting Kuching for 1-2 night stopovers. Now, I'm not so sure (read more later).
Once everyone had settled in and dumped luggage, we met up for a stroll around old Kuching town and headed to 'Top Spot' for dinner. Dinner was gooooood. We had sambal stingray, steamed fish, sauted squid, thai-style chicken, belachan midin, oyster sauce stewed cabbage, butter prawns, and all that for.... $240RM (which included Pat's vege dishes)... amazingly cheap, yet very delicious. Oh, and Rickey's dinner was steak from 'Tim's steakhouse'. Supposedly, they ran out of ceasar salad.
After dinner, we headed over to a Iban bar close to the hotel. The bar was literally a lean-to by the side of the bridge. Had my first taste of Tuak (rice wine) and I definitely liked it. Looking forward to more Tuak when we hit the longhouse.
Bits of the oil spill from the tanker collision
Tune Hotel, Kuching
Basic Room, relatively large bed (easily sleeps 2) and no other luxuries
I loved the shower. Excellent water pressure.
The corridors of Tune
Our 2nd evening in Kuching had a spectacular sunset, but I didn't carry my camera around that evening.
Sambal Stingray. It was a huge piece, probably an entire wing.
Horfun ordered butter prawns, but the dish arrived as cereal prawns. Still, it was damn good.
Empty plates.
The Iban bar we went to. I really like the decor.
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