Saturday 27 th Sept Meet Auckland Airport at 3pm -Depart AKL on Emirates Flight EK0407 to Melbourne then Melbourne to KL on EK0409
Sunday 28 th Arrive Kuala Lumpur at 0845 on flight EK049 Get picked up by coach and transferred to Port Dickson for a day exploring the beach and surrounds Return transfer two the Airport and Overnight at Capsule Hotel
Monday 29 th 1030 flight KL to Sandekan Arrive 1315 Pick up at airport for 2 hr overland transfer to Kinabatangan River Lodge (Dinner)
Tuesday 30 th Sept and Wednesday 1 st Oct Exploring the sights around the River Lodge
Thursday 2 nd Oct Visit to Sepilok Orangutan Center Transfer to Airport at 1200 for 1400 flight to KL on MH2711 then to Kuching on MH2522 Arrive 1940 Overnight at lodge 121(B/L/D)
Friday 3 rd Oct Visit of Semonggoh Orang Utan Rehab and Kuching City Tour (walking). Overnight at lodge 121 (B/L/D)
Saturday 4 th October Trek through the country side to a local village. The trek includes river crossing and jungle walks. Visit to waterfall and swims at river. Overnight at Village in basic longhouse. (B/L/D)
Sunday 5 th Walk back to city. Transfer to Kuching. Overnight at Lodge 121 (B/L/D)
Monday 6 th October Transfer to airport for 0940 flight to KL arrive 1120 Explore KL after checking in to accommodation at Swiss inn Hotel (B/L/D)
Tuesday 7 th Oct Full day Kuala Lumpur City Tour. Including Petronas towers. Overnight at Swiss Inn (B/L/D)
Wednesday 8 th Morning in KL then transfer to the airport for flight to Melbourne on EK0408
Thursday 9 th Oct Arrive melbourne at 0205 for flight to Auckland on Emirates EK5135 (3 ½ hr flight on qantas 737) Arrive Auckland at 1215 bus hired to bring us all back to TGS, we arrive TGS approx 1:30pm at St Leonards Rd Entrance.
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Via the blog (photos too) Via mobile I will post my malaysian number on the blog as soon as I can – most probably from the airport at KL when we first arrive. Malaysian Starter Pack RM8 Preloaded Airtime R5 Top up RM10RM30RM50RM100 FREE calls for 10 days30 days50 days100 days FREE high-speed Internet -30MB50MB100MB 2x credit validity 20 days60 days100 days200 days TO U MOBILE NUMBERS TO OTHER NETWORKS SMS rates 3 sen/SMS8 sen/SMS Voice call rates 10 sen/30 sec
Area Outgoing calls per minute TXTs per message Incoming calls per minute Data AustraliaStandard rate80c$150c / MB UK / Europe $2 + Standard rate 80c$1$10 / MB Asia Pacific / North America $3 + Standard rate 80c$1$10 / MB Prepay Roaming On Account Voice$3 per minute $1 per minute to receive calls TXT$0.80 Data Angel Overseas $15 for 40MB To Buy Free TXT B40 $30 for 100MB To Buy Free TXT B100 $50 for 200MB To Buy Free TXT B200
The malaysian Ringitt is currently trading at 2.5 ringitt to the NZD. You will need some extra money for drinks, water and snacks each day. The first day you will need money for lunch and dinner.
No one goes out alone ! We travel in a pack No duty free to be bought on the way out of NZ (unless you see me or Miss Sladen about it first. Duty free may be bought back in New Zealand on our return. No one goes out alone ! We travel in a pack
RestaurantsAvg. Meal, Inexpensive Restaurant8.00 RM Meal for 2, Mid-range Restaurant, Three-course RM Combo Meal at McDonalds or Similar12.00 RM Cappuccino (regular)9.62 RM Coke/Pepsi (0.33 liter bottle)2.17 RM Water (0.33 liter bottle)1.29 RM