Perth City YHA

For our 1st night at Perth, L & I stayed at this Perth City YHA as J & mum will only be arriving the next morning.

We checked in at around 9pm+++, took a quick shower and had cup noodles for dinner at this pantry.

We opted for "4 female shared room" at AUD 32 per pax. The room is actually quite small, worse than what we have expected.

Free food left by others at the hostel

The kitchen is a little messy.

From what I can remember, my "hostels experience" at Boston & Washington D.C is much more better!

Anyway, it's just one night stay. We left very early the next morning, walked around 1km to collect our rented car, headed to the airport to pick up J & mum.

1st Oct_Traveling to Perth

From what I can remember, we came out with a plan of traveling to Perth for vacation with mum during this Chinese New Year. Later on, with months of monitoring the airfare, we finally purchased the air tickets @ Sgd 3xx. 

This day has finally come. After bidding goodbye to YJ (阿姨拍Joey回来给你看har）, with 1 small luggage & 1 backpack each, L & I left home at 830am to Changi Airport via mrt. While checking in our luggage, we were informed that our flight will be delayed for an hour. We then proceeded to the foodcourt for breakfast.

Bak Kut Teh Vermicelli + Kopi Si Siew Dai

I know that I will certainly crave for Asian Food when I am at Australia.

In-flight meal - Singapore Signature Chicken Rice - definitely not very fantastic but not too bad for an in-flight meal

I can't wait to have lots of beers, wines, ice-creams at Perth!

P/s : This above article is written on the plane to Perth, with migraines attacking me. 

Night view outside Perth airport

The weather is pretty chilly tonight!

Gunung Mulu National Park

I can't really remember since when I've included Mulu in my travel bucket list.
Also, this was my maiden visit to Sarawak. I think I've conquered all 13 states in Malaysia. :)
Gunung Mulu is Sarawak’s largest national park (544 sq km), and also Malaysia’s first World Heritage Area.
We flew to Miri, Sarawak from Singapore, stayed a night at Miri and flew via MASwings to Mulu the next morning. Gunung Mulu National Park is not so accessible in my opinion as domestic flight is required to get there.

Famous Sarawak Food, Kolo Mee - very bland

Dinner @ Meng Chai Seafood @ Miri

Greens from Borneo - not suitable for my liking

The park’s main attractions are the four show caves (Wind, Clearwater, Deer and Langs Caves), all readily accessible by wooden walkways and paths. 

stalactite @ Lang's Cave

Glow worm larvae in cave

Clearwater Cave 

Abraham Lincoln rock profile, Deer Cave

Deer Cave and Lang's Cave

Giant pill millipede in rolled-up position

river in tropical rainforest

Batu Bungan Penan Settlement - trying the blowpipe by Penan People

Swim at the Clearwater Spring

The 8km trek through beautiful rainforest and along the Litut river to Melinau Camp (Camp 5) where we stay overnight. 

Room 2 @ Camp 5 - an unusual accommodation experience

The Melinau River in front of Camp 5

The Monkey Bridge on Headhunters Trail

Longtail Boat experience

Famous Wild vegetable in Sarawak - Bilin

Dinner at the longhouse

Very unfortunately, we didn't get to see the significant mass bat exodus out of Deer cave in Mulu National Park. Overall, it's nice to be immersed in nature, be away from the city once in a while.

#160715 Night Cycling to Marina Bay from East Coast

We started off from East Coast Park at around 7:45pm. Each of us rented a bicycle which costed Sgd 12 for up till 11:30pm. The East Coast Park stretch was relatively pleasant. It wasn't too crowded and the lanes are wide.

The view opens up and you can take in the entire skyline of the bay.
This kind of view is difficult to find in Singapore. It’s a nice blend of nature and architecture.

Current colleagues, former colleagues & bff

wefie with supertree

 The Helix Bridge

 We were quite lucky to catch the fireworks.

I had enjoyed the night cycling very much. 

The view of the CBD skyline and the Marina Bay area is truly amazing!

Island Hopping at Singapore - St John's Island & Kusu Island

Marina South Pier

We took a ferry from Marina South Pier to St John's Island, then from there to Kusu Island. The ferry ticket per pax is Sgd 18.

It was a very nice & relaxing day exploring the island albeit the scorching sun. The only con of this place is there's absolutely no services or kiosks with water.

The fattest cat ever.

The CDB area with skyscrappers at mainland Singapore can be seen here.


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I really didn't expect nice sandy beach & clean water here.

We bumped into a group of dog lovers, who brought their dogs here for a swim.
I would have taken a dip here if I have brought along my swim wear. I'm quite surprised that there's such a beautiful but not artificial beach in Singapore.

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Kusa Island, the place where we had our packed lunch