Walking down the Memory Lane

These days, it is becoming hectic to manage stuff that needs to be done. So, I wanted to relax with something that doesn't need my full concentration...so, lazily started browsing through some of the photos taken in Kuching, East Malaysia, 6 yrs ago.

While am still travelling through the memory lane, I decided to pen down those treasured moments...

Kuching Waterfront (Esplanade) was our favorite haunt over the weekends. We just used to watch the men fishing at the dock or gaze at the cruise boats longingly. We wanted to go for a cruise, but couldn't get seats, as it is crowded over the weekends and holidays. We were so bent on making it over a weekend, so our friend went over to the esplanade a weekday and made advance booking.

As it was a much-awaited trip, we had a sense of achievement, the minute we entered the boat! It was a time when we never had a digital camera, so we had to watch out how many pictures we take. However, we did manage to scan those photos so that we could share it with our family, back home. Here is one such shot...

We had the typical newbie expat syndrome and used to calculate our trip expenses in Indian Rupees, so it was a great stress to decide on budget for each of our trips. In spite of this constraint, we did manage to go Bako Island, which is about 45 mins drive from Kuching and then another 40 minutes boat ride.

We were under the impression that we would be going to Bako in a comfortable cruise type of boat...but we had no choice except to cross the wavy sea in a terrific fishing boat...

Though the backwater looks peacful the wind was strong when we were on sea. Thrill won my fear...and we had a great time at the Bako National park.

We took the shortest trekking route, because we were told that it was not advisable to take children in the longer treks.

Well, this post is getting longer, so let me continue with Kuching nostalgic memories in another post...stay tuned:)