Salzburg Cathedral

The Salzburg Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral built in the 17^th century in Baroque style. The cathedral is dedicated to the two saints, St. Rupert and St. Vergilius. It is within walking distance from the old street of Salzburg (Getreidegasse).

The main facade of the cathedral is a typical symmetrical arrangement with two towers flanking the main entrance.

The interior is a typical nave-and-aisle setting leading to the altar beyond the main dome. Again, everything was built to be symmetrical.

Lining along both side aisles are chapels with paintings based on the bible stories.

The main dome has an octagonal cross section with eight windows drawing in natural light to lit the interior of the cathedral.

A cathedral is not complete with a pipe organ. Therefore, there are organ-pipe panels on the walls beneath the main dome.

It is a beautiful cathedral not to be missed for any visitor to Salzburg. Furthermore, it is situated in the heart of the old town, so there is no excuse to miss it in your travel itinerary.

Siniawan Night Market

Siniawan (新堯灣) is a small town slightly more than 20 kilometres away from Kuching. It was used to be a rest-stop for drivers travelling around Kuching and Bau, but business had been badly affected by the realignment of the main road which bypasses this old town.

A few years ago, the town council had a plan to revive this old town into a weekend night market. Since then, the crowd from Kuching has steadily increase during weekends.

When I went there this evening, it was already quite hard to get a parking lot by 6 p.m. When we left at about 9:30 p.m., the parking space was already unable to accommodate all vehicles and there were plenty of cars parking by the roadside.

The night market is all about food at the moment. All the food that we tasted there were not too bad. Hopefully it with expand to become a food centre specialising in local cuisine and a also a one-stop shopping location for local products. It is well worth a visit if you still have not been there.