HELLO! BINTULU SARAWAK
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This will be my first entry for this blog. I would like to invite you to go on a journey of my life and I hope you will WALK WITH ME. It will be the good, the bad and everything else.
Welcome to Bintulu Sarawak. I will bring you to an endless journey of my life in Bintulu. I have the thought to write about Bintulu Sarawak because this place has become part of my life. I have never expected to start a new chapter in my book of life here at this oil town.
BINTULU SARAWAK MALAYSIA. is that familiar to you? SARAWAK itself is not very well known to anyone outside of Malaysia. Bintulu is located in Borneo Island. As I am from Serian, Kuching Sarawak I will share my journey starting from my hometown to give a rough view of where is this oil town located. I moved here in August 2014 that was two years ago but the memory is still very vivid as it was a very important moment in my life. JOB CALL!! Yes that's the whole reason of moving here.
I have never expected to be move here for my first post call. I actually requested to be based in Miri Sarawak (a city three hours drive from Bintulu. Another story for another time). The notice to be based in Bintulu was a very short notice. I received the news on Thursday this one particular week and I was told to report for duty on the next Monday. I have plenty on my plate. It's going to be an adventure an instant unplanned trip. I packed my bags and fly four days after that from Kuching to Bintulu. Either you want to plan a trip or just a weekend away to Bintulu, we have frequent flights in and out using Airasia or MASWING (operated by Malaysia Airlines Berhad). On that Sunday, I took an early morning flight at 6.30am from Kuching Airport. Nothing much to expect in Bintulu because I have never been to Bintulu before and I was very worried about money and where to stay. From Kuching to Bintulu, you can take bus with price ticket ranging from MYR 65-68 depends on which bus company. So this long distance buses usually depart from Kuching Sentral (5 minutes drive from the Kuching International Airport) but if you are staying somewhere in Kuching city centre you can either take a local bus from there to Kuching Sentral. You can take 3A or 3K bus heading to Serian and few other buses heading to Bau Town or 10th Mile Kota Padawan. Those buses pass by the main terminal Kuching Sentral, just press the buzzer and they will drop you off at the entrance. Bus fare is only MYR 2 from the city centre of Kuching.
I think I arrived in Bintulu airport around 7.30am. And life starts from there. You can get taxi from the airport to town area or PARKCITY AREA. Taxi fare is around 40MYR. Then from PARKCITY if you want to take taxi to the old town it would cost you around 18-20myr. You might walk there like I always did. It takes around 20-30minutes walk. Don't take private driver if you don't have one that you are regular with. They are called PREY-BET here (comes from the word PRIVATE) There is no bus and no UBER in Bintulu. Good luck! I WOULD LIKE TO SAY WELCOME TO BINTULU.
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