Scary lady!..

Today we left Brunei after our short visit and got onto a bus at 7am to go back into Malaysia this time visiting Sarawak. The journey was ok taking only 4 hours and that included crossing the border. Once there we waited ages for a local bus to take us into Miri city centre as many locals told us it would arrive, but ‘soon’ was the only time scale they could offer and not in a very friendly way either. So, we eventually gave up waiting and met our next ‘friendly’ person, a taxi driver. He was so miserable with us acting as if it was a massive favour by him taking us somewhere. He dropped us off with a bit of persuasion at a guest House called ‘The Highlands’ and after climbing what seemed to be a million stairs we were greeted by the most eccentric Asian lady we’ve ever met. In fact, eccentric may be a tad too polite and politically correct, possibly a full-on psycho would be more precise. However, we realised this once we had already checked in and paid, unfortunately.

The cutest girl giving me change

She was supposed to be a tour guide as well and this was supposed to be like a tourist information centre as well as a hostel, which was why we decided to choose this place in the first place. However, if you need to ask her a question, she pretty much mocks you and says the exact opposite of the correct answer. Very irritating! So we soon ran away to the beach with our new friend Jess for the night to watch the sunset and came back to find us no longer speaking to us, laid in silence watching the T.V. which I was secretly glad about, but trying to book a tour for tomorrow was difficult. Then, into our beds for the night, completely exhausted, to find that the mattress has no springs, like a thin cushion sinking through the thin and hard slabs. ‘The Highlands’ is definitely a top pick for travellers!

Miri, Malaysia