I needed a quieter day today, having been on the road for a week now and being in my third city. I woke up at stupid o'clock today and rolled back over for a nap. I finally dragged myself out of bed at 8:45am and had a shower before heading to the Riverside Majestic for their international buffet breakfast, courtesy of two Groupons that I bought from Australia - one for today and one for tomorrow.
The breakfast spread is actually pretty good - they had beef and chicken sausages, waffles, french toast, hash browns, toast, sweet buns, baked beans, scrambled eggs, tomatoes, mushrooms, cereal, juices, fruit, sweets and a variety of Malay stuff that I can't eat. As soon as you walk through the door of the restaurant a pot of coffee appears before you. Love it!
After a hearty breakfast I set off in a taxi to the Cat Museum. It's quite a way out of town - I was thinking of walking as according to google maps it's just under two hours to walk there, but it was already 30 degrees so I sucked up the RM25 taxi ride instead. Entry to the Museum itself is free but if you want to take photos (and you will), it's another RM3-6 depending on whether it's a phone camera, camera camera or video camera.
There's over 2000 items of cat memorabilia here, so give yourself at least an hour to get around it all. It's definitely worth a trip if you're a cat lover. But word to the wise, perhaps have the taxi driver wait for you as unless you get lucky, it's a long hot wait or a long hot walk back to town! I let mine go so had to google the number for a taxi company, then wait over an hour for them to turn up. Hmph!
Once I got back in the taxi, I had the driver crank the aircon and drop me off at the main taxi stand outside the Riverside Majestic. I went for a walk around the various malls and shops, before discovering there is a marvelous place called Hartz Chicken Buffet in Sarawak Plaza. I decided to come back for dinner and spent the afternoon just wandering around the shops. I was mentally converting the prices of things I found and liked back to AUD and finding that yes, Malaysia is dirt cheap for shoes. Like, stupidly dirt cheap.
Next stop was the River Cruise. I was going to pay RM60 direct with the operator but spotted a banner in my hotel lobby offering a 50% discount for Tune Hotel guests. I went back to the hotel en route and grabbed the voucher before redeeming it at the boat jetty. Awesome - another $10 AUD I don't have to spend! The river cruise was just fantastic - we had three cultural performances, orange juice, Kueh Lapis (Sarawak Layer Cake, not found anywhere else in Malaysia) and a stunning sunset to enjoy. My tip? Stay at Tune and pay half price.
Returning from the River Cruise I went back to Hartz for dinner. Here you will pay RM19.90 (about $7 AUD) for their buffet - which is very good value! The food is pretty good, some is a bit fatty in places but there's plenty of it - fried chicken, grilled chicken, curried chicken, roasted chicken and various accompaniments. After a good dinner, I went for another walk along the river frontage before retiring for an early night and a movie.
I got back to my room and decided to start the packing stress drama performance once again. This was my third city in a week so I was starting to get a bit over the packing it to be quite frank. Carry on bags are great for saving time not having to fart around with luggage at multiple airports, but next time remind me to carry on a bag with wheels! I do have the carry on bag thing down to a fine art now, so we have progress!
Tomorrow I'm off to Johor Bahru (JB) in the early afternoon so will post again once I get settled tomorrow night.
Ciao
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