I did not do much today but went for a walk around Miri in the afternoon. It was Sunday and most businesses were closed. My hotel here is nothing to write home about, so tomorrow I will move on.
Here are 3 of the photos I took earlier today ...
The first one shows a pigeonry which was next to a small local Sikh temple.
Today ... "just" a postcard from Bintulu in Sarawak where I am currently at. Internet is very slow here and so, unfortunately is my old MacBook. I hope that I can fill in the past few days with more photos later on.
Situated on Jalan Iskandar and surrounded by three churches; St. Thomas Anglican church, Methodist Church and St. Anthony Catholic church, this is the only Chinese temple in the area. It is located some 2 kilometres from Bintulu town centre. Amongst the peculiar features of this unique spiritual landmark are the rock garden courtyard, a man-made waterfall with a koi pond and an area with statues of all 12 Chinese Zodiac animals in a circular arrangement which are facing a giant marble ball in the centre of a pool. The temple as well as the garden areas seem very well maintained.
More photos from my travels can be found on my Flickr-stream at http://www.flickr.com/photos/41223208@N00/
During my trip, I had read about the Rainforest World Music Festival (rwmf.net) which would take place in Kuching from July 13-15, 2012. Not really sure whether I would enjoy the festival itself as I do not like crowds of people and am not too fond of noisy music either, I still thought that it might be a good opportunity to visit Borneo for the first time.
The flight from Singapore to Kuching was short and I was picked up at the airport by my airbnb-hosts I had made reservations with for 7 nights. As their house was a bit out of center of Kuching and the local bus service is not exactly frequent, I got to walk a lot and thereby had a chance to explore the different neighborhoods.
I found in particular the old quarter of Kuching with its colorful variety of stores, small restaurants and coffee shops as well as the relaxing riverside esplanade an interesting place to spend a few hours provided that there was no rain which unfortunately happened a few times during my stay and then it almost poured all afternoon.
Here are the 3 photographs of the ones I took on my first day, July 11. More can be found on my Flickr-stream at http://www.flickr.com/photos/41223208@N00/
During my trip, I had read about the Rainforest World Music Festival (rwmf.net) which would take place in Kuching from July 13-15, 2012. Not really sure whether I would enjoy the festival itself as I do not like crowds of people and am not too fond of noisy music either, I still thought that it might be a good opportunity to visit Borneo for the first time.
The flight from Singapore to Kuching was short and I was picked up at the airport by my airbnb-hosts I had made reservations with for 7 nights. As their house was a bit out of center of Kuching and the local bus service is not exactly frequent, I got to walk a lot and thereby had a chance to explore the different neighborhoods.
I found in particular the old quarter of Kuching with its colorful variety of stores, small restaurants and coffee shops as well as the relaxing riverside esplanade an interesting place to spend a few hours provided that there was no rain which unfortunately happened a few times during my stay and then it almost poured all afternoon.
Here are the 3 photographs of the ones I took on my first day, July 11. More can be found on my Flickr-stream at http://www.flickr.com/photos/41223208@N00/[[posterous-content:pid___0]]
My 6th and last day in Singapore. I still had a few things on my list I wanted to see - the downtown area and its architecture, the Merlion which then turned out to be under renovation, the Singapore Flyer and the recently opened giant artificial trees, also called Garden by the Bay.
Unfortunately, the day didn't start out too good weatherwise, it was cloudy and all colors turned into greyish blue, greyish green and greyish grey. Later, the sun came out and brightened up the scenery, in particular when I got to the Garden by the Bay.
Here are the 3 shots I liked the most. More can be found on my Flickr-stream at http://www.flickr.com/photos/41223208@N00/
