• Mulu to Kuching (not quite)

    September 2 in Malaysia ⋅ ☁️ 33 °C

    We went off to the airport to catch our flight to Kuching at midday, but no cigar.
    The visibility has been steadily getting worse since we arrived in Mulu, due to fires in Kalimantan (the Indonesian side of Borneo).
    None of the flights could land at Mulu because the pilots didn’t have sufficient sight distance. So, given the weather and the fact that our flight out of Kuching would take us back through Mulu, we decided to change our flight to Kota Kinabalu tomorrow in the hope that the incoming flight could land.
    On return to the hotel we were lucky to get an upgrade to a suite. There are a lot worse places to be stranded.
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