So far, this week in Kuching has included a visit to the dentist and a visit to the oncologist. Still to come: a tax return, and vaccinations. Fun-packed...

We've also had to swap hotel rooms for various reasons. No fewer than three times.

But Kuching always soothes...

The riverside mosque, whose progress we have been tracking for a while now, has lost its scaffolding, and is looking really lovely:




The Hornbill Fountain now seems to be regularly provisioned with water:



The Cat Museum is much bigger, I think, than when I first visited back in 2006, but it's just as whimsically delightful. (I'd completely forgotten Thomas Hardy's immensely moving tribute to his departed cat. Anyone who's loved and lost a cat will empathize with all those sentiments.)





There are always compensations.