After the flower, I went to
check out the Orang Utangs the second time. The bus driver already recognised
me and gave a discount of 25% (20 euro cents :) This time I had more luck and
it was amazing to see those creatures in the wild. There are 20 in the area,
this time a mother with older son and tiny baby came out. It was funny to see,
how the mother forced to older son to give up the food he had gathered. Each
time! Pretty cheeky.
In that park there is one alfa male
called Ritchie, unfortunately he did not come out. When he comes out, all the
others retreat. There used to be 2 other alfa males in the rehabilitation
centre, but they had to relocate them because of the numerous fights with Ricky
to take his throne. He always won though. But one lost his eye and another a
finger and it was better to dispatch the alfa males to different centers to
avoid deadly fights in the future.
Coming back to the hostel, there was
no one again. I started to look into flights already as the most obvious things
were done. But then I heard actually another human's voice. Person checking in!
And it turned out to be a solo traveller! Excellent. A guy from Scotland called
Joseph. I closed my laptop happy to engage in conversation.
What
followed was a cool 5 days of doing trips daytime and drinking in the evening.
The typical backpacker life, let’s say, but I can only do it for short periods
at once, otherwise would spend a year drinking straight up. Being so out of practice
the next day I found myself on a bamboo mat in the hostel living room.
Interesting choice of bed.
That day
was obviously not good for sightseeing, but excellent for watching a movie.
Wednesday, as Zaki new immediately, is a day with half price cinema tickets.
1,20euro a movie! Gotta love those prices. Btw Zaki knows all the cheap options
as his hobby is fishing. “Fishing girls,” as he explained without slightest
remorse. As he has a wife and 3 kids he can’t spend too much on his hobby.
Next day
we went to the Fairy cave. It was absolutely an awesome cave. Huge and partly
lit with the sunlight, so you could see the rock formations against the green
fern-like-looking-plants growing everywhere. The light broke through to this
part of the cave really in a way that you think you are in a fairy tale.
One day we
also rented a bike to go to the beach and to the fisherman’s village. It was this
huge flashy hotel with pool and all and Joseph declared “Yep, now I know where
all the English are!”. It was a hot day, well it’s over 30 degrees every day,
so I was definitely going to the water. Just like in Bako though, the water is
not warm. It’s a hot bath. Never ever have I experienced such sea temperature.
After those
trips I had however covered the most interesting things around Kutching. So I
bought a flight ticket back to Singapore from where I had seen cheap
connections to couple of different opportunities…
Before my flight though, it
was time to give a try to local spirits. Imported stuff is expensive, but 75ml
lychee liqueur of local produce was some 4 euros. Plus an apple juice and the
evening is covered with 5 euros. In a dining place I even got ice to take with
me for free.
I showed
my shopping with great excitement to Zaki and he looked at me with concern “Don’t
miss your flight tomorrow, darling!”
As I took
a taxi the next morning, it was raining. There is no escape from the monsoon
that is conquering the islands in the South China Sea.
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