We're glad that the flight from Darwin to Singapore was cheap, beacuse it certainly wasn't pleasant. Tiger Air don't offer an awful lot in the way of leg room, a problem compouned by the fact that our seat would not recline. So there was no sleep to be had!
Once in Singapore we hopped on the train into the city center and had some delicious breakfast at a hawker market and then walked up to Mount Emily to try and book the place we wanted to stay on the way back through in a month. However it turns out there is a conference in town and we're out of luck.
A train and a bus later and we were at the Singapore immigration post on the causeway. Another bus across the causeway and we were at the Malaysian immigration post. Two more buses and we were at Senai Airport with a whole five minutes to spare before check-in closed. In the end it turned out that we needn't have worried, our flight was delayed by three hours (a problem for which Air Asia are apparently renowned), however we finally got a bit of sleep in on the airport floor!
After a very tiring 24 hours we finally made it here to Miri and Highlands Hostel. Joanne at the hostel has already helped us onto a group hiking to the Pinnacles leaving tomorrow afternoon (and done a load of washing for us!). So all we have to do now is relax, do some eating and drinking, and book a few more things before our flight to Mulu tomorrow.
Once in Singapore we hopped on the train into the city center and had some delicious breakfast at a hawker market and then walked up to Mount Emily to try and book the place we wanted to stay on the way back through in a month. However it turns out there is a conference in town and we're out of luck.
A train and a bus later and we were at the Singapore immigration post on the causeway. Another bus across the causeway and we were at the Malaysian immigration post. Two more buses and we were at Senai Airport with a whole five minutes to spare before check-in closed. In the end it turned out that we needn't have worried, our flight was delayed by three hours (a problem for which Air Asia are apparently renowned), however we finally got a bit of sleep in on the airport floor!
After a very tiring 24 hours we finally made it here to Miri and Highlands Hostel. Joanne at the hostel has already helped us onto a group hiking to the Pinnacles leaving tomorrow afternoon (and done a load of washing for us!). So all we have to do now is relax, do some eating and drinking, and book a few more things before our flight to Mulu tomorrow.
A view from the hostel:
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Sorry to hear that the trip wasn't the best, but very pleased to hear that you have arrived safely and are now starting to have some fun in Miri.
Take care, lots of love mum (vdP)
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