(The last time I was in F.T. Labuan was more than thirty years ago. And eventhough there is nothing much in that place, I chose to go there and find out for myself what the island is like. It was good to travel with Choo)
CTY fetched Choo and I to the airport at 5.45a.m. for our 7.05a.m. flight
The plane was a Fokker, a plane neither Choo nor I had been on for yonks. At least we had a smooth ride and a good experience. We were served a packet drink each, either
From
We stayed at Pulau Labuan Inn which is situated opposite the library and near Mariner Hotel.
When I first booked our room through the phone, the person who attended to me told me that we could only check in at 2p.m. Thank God we did not have to wait until that time. We checked in at around 8.15a.m.
After dropping our baggage in our room, we were off to hunt for food for breakfast. We did not have to go far from our hotel.
This coffee shop is situated just a block away from where we were staying. It was filled with people and two tables were available when we entered.
The shop offers ‘Kon Lo Mee’, ‘Char Keow Teow’, ‘Har Mee’ and Dim Sum.
I had ‘Har Mee’ and Choo had ‘Char Keow Teow’.
There are a lot of Hokkien people in
After breakfast, we started walking at 9a.m. The weather was hot but bearable. Whenever we needed to cool down, we just walked into a shop with air-conditioner to cool down. We started to compare prices on the chocolates and liquor we wanted to buy.
I felt quite relax and did not have a care in the world.
There were a lot of shops selling chocolates, liquor and materials but I could hardly find any which sell perfume.
Eventhough we did not take the ferry, at least I know where the ferry terminal is.
Before we found this place for lunch, Choo went into one chocolate and liquor shop to ask the liquor smelling boss to recommend a place for us to eat and so we ended up eating here. The food court was quite hot and stuffy when we first went it. After sitting down for a while, the wind made us felt cooler and better.
This plate of ‘Char Keow Teow’ with prawns and fish cakes cost RM5. The fish cakes were very fresh but the prawns were not as fresh as I wanted them to be. I finished the whole plate.
Choo had cheese and egg sandwiches with fries.
After lunch we went back to our hotel so that Choo can unload some of the stuff she bought.
We rested for fifteen minutes before going to the International Offshore Financial Centre (IOFC).
Choo found some great bargains for the opposite gender at Parkson Ria. She was laughing all the way 'home'. I found a pair of below knee black pants which I had been looking for for years and a pair of dark blue pants.
(Since last December, I had bought more than ten pair of pants. Before I lost weight, I could hardly fit and buy pants to wear. I always have to have them tailor made especially the working pants).
When we were still at IOFC, I found the wine I had been searching for more than fifteen years in
From IOFC, we dropped off all our shopping stuff at the hotel before Choo had her ‘Roti Canai’ while I only had a cup of hot
This piece of thingy is not tiles on the floor or bathroom. This is actually the table top where Choo had her 'Roti Canai'.
We went back to Sky Mart Duty Free Shop at the Ferry Terminal and bought some chocolates. The cashier gave us some discounts which was very nice of her.
We decided to go back to the place where we had lunch for dinner since different people operate the hawker stalls at different time.
On the way there, I saw this funny signboard - Double Ng Enterprise.
We ordered duck and a plate of veges.
Duck
Sauce for Duck
Veges
We were pleased with the food we had been eating the whole day.
