The town…

To get the bearings for the locations of places in my posts, I used to go to this website that a commentor introduced me to sometime ago. It is convenient and easy to use but there are just the maps and satellite views that may be somewhat out-dated – at some parts of town, you may just find an empty piece of land and I do not know where they got the names of the roads from as some are not quite correct.

Well, the other day, my blogger-friend in Perth, Australia posted this comment:
“I looked up your geo-coordinates in Google maps and found that Sibu now has street view! Last time I checked a few months ago, it didn’t. I remember you mentioned the Google car has been around. Now I can enjoy cruising your city, but cannot taste the wonderful food!”
Gee!!! I could not wait to go and check it out and oh boy, I sure enjoyed “driving” around all over town!

You can click on this link here and click on “street view” (top left) to go around the whole town and have a look at what Sibu looks like…

I don’t know when the car went around – probably on a Sunday afternoon when traffic was generally very light and many of the coffee shops were closed  and there were not that many people at those that were open. That’s the typical Sunday here for you – slow and easy.

It was quite busy at the Sibu Central Market though…

– the biggest in the country or maybe the car went round on a different day.

You will see the places of interest like the Sibu Heritage Centre…

…or the Sibu Town Square…

*See those vehicles parked all along the yellow lines, on the sidewalk and also the island! You’ll see many of the likes of those here! Tsk! Tsk!*

…or you may want to venture out of the commercial centre…

…and go and see the huge mansions…

…here, there and everywhere. You will find that generally, the town looks quite different from those in the peninsula especially if you look into the nitty gritty details like the road signs and others. While you’re going around, you may want to count how many coffee shops there are altogether! LOL!!!

My friend in Oz blogged about how he spotted himself cycling on the road in the streetview of where he is located and lo and behold!!! When I went to check out my own house, I saw my car either driving in or out of my driveway! Going up the lane and turning back, the car was still there and I could get a glimpse of who was inside! Not me! Hehehehehehe!!!! Then I went to the shops that I frequent quite a lot because of their ideal location just round the corner from my house and there she was too, my car parked by the side of the road!!! That was really hilarious! All of us had a really good laugh over it! Well, I wonder how many of you have read this recent story in a newspaper – it certainly looks like there are others as well who have been caught “with their pants down”, in a manner of speaking. LOL!!!

I did hear at the time about the Google car being in other towns here like Sarikei for instance. Maybe I can go and “drive” around there as well…