Cats City - No Dogs Allowed!

My trip to Kuching is the next stop due to my impulsive buying of Tune Hotel 1 cent per room promotion. Yup, my accommodation in Kuching for 3 nights cost me just RM15 per person. With my hardworking of staying up late in Bangkok, I even managed to land a super deal of Airasia flight of RM 80 return ticket per person.

The name of the city, Kuching, is thought to derive from the Malay word kucing, which meaning cat. Many of the locals refer to Kuching as the "Cat City" but it more likely comes from the Chinese word for port ("cochin") coupled with the Malay name mata kucing (cat's-eye) for the longan fruit, a popular trade item back then. Anyway, Kuching or Anjing, PETA activists please be rest assured that no one eats cat or dog meat here. Frankly speaking, I didn’t encounter any cats too during my stay here.

This time around, I decided to get a rental car from my experience in Kelantan. Hertz was running a deal of RM88 per day. For a Hyundai Matrix it was considered a bargain when other competitors are giving Kancil for the same price. I encountered a witty quote of the day on my arrival at the hotel front desk. The Tune Hotel brochure is quoting Malaysia’s famous blogger Kenny Sia from Kuching,

“When I closed my eyes, every hotel is the same”.

Located opposite Hilton Hotel, the Tune Hotel even pokes fun on their neighbor in their leaflet which listed down 10 things you must do in Kuching.

No. 3. Stay in Tune Hotel Kuching and laugh at the guest staying opposite for paying such a high price!

The place I stayed is within walking distance from the Kuching Waterfront, the central of night activities for the locals here on weekend. It’s fun to see the kids coming out with their parent playing the LED snowflakes that are being shot to the skyline. It does give some sense of Avatar feel planet. I wonder will the kids in the future shoot Angry Birds up to the skyline instead. But who will become the pigs?