Kuching at leisure

A planned rest day today in the city of cats - Kuching. Our accommodation was very convenient - in the centre of old china town. After a lovely breakfast at Indah Houz (the owners of our accommodation) we walked the streets looking for souvenirs, but also the chores of getting washing done. Peter managed to find a Quicksilver shop to buy himself some gear, and of course Nick had to look into every soccer and sports shop he could find. Peter organised a self guided tour of Kuching by bike while we cruised the streets looking at the souvenir shops and sampling the local street cuisine. The kids were enticed with free samples to try the local specialty - Kek Lapis. A colourful layer cake with up to 10 layers of very sweet but very thin layers of sponge cake. Nick was the first the hand over the money!

But while the Dad was cycling - we all went to get our feet massaged. Bliss after all the walking the past two days.

A lovely finish to our rest day - a cruise on the river as the sun set. Unfortunately the haze from the Samatran fires is still around, and together with the vapor in the air we can't see very far.