In deepest Borneo...well not really, it's Kota Kinabalu!

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August 8th 2009

Published: August 15th 2009

Our arrival into Borneo didn’t go exactly as we had planned...our flight was delayed because the incoming flight was late in arriving (yep, that’s usually how it works isn’t it?!) but we didn’t have to worry because we had booked into a hostel in Kota Kinabalu which offered an airport pick up...or so we thought! The airport pick up didn’t arrive though and after an hour of waiting and... Read Full Entry

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Donna and Neil

We saved for 3 years and then went Hoff to travel the world. Chris Columbus and Magellan eat your heart out...do you reckon other people will have already discovered the places we are going to? You bet! About Us Neil, originally from Hartlepool, UK and Donna, originally from the Wirral, UK have known each other for 19 years. We bought a house, got cushy jobs in Nottingham and always had a passion to travel and see what more was out there in the big wide world (sounds corny or what?). The opportunity came when we were both made redundant and given nice r... full info

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16th August 2009

anonymous
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cool
i'm planning on KK next Jan to climb the mountain and stuff - i'll try and rent a tent on the beach after reading this! interesting what you say about moody backpackers - do you think people are becoming more introverted when they travel? Did they speak english?! Your wing-tip photo has to go up on the fourm of wing-tip photos...!

18th August 2009

Donna and Neil
Donna and Neil

introverted...not sure?!
Definitely try and rent a tent on the beach...we didn't ask how much it cost for the rental but the camping fee at the office was 5 ringgit per person and then a little bit extra if you want the use of a BBQ. As to the travellers being introverted, we really don't know whether that's the case! Yes, they did speak English (we heard them talking to each other in English!) we don't mind people not having a full conversation with us - we understand not everyone likes to do this but to ignore people when they said hello we think is just plain rude. Hopefully we will have better luck in the future! Someone has already put our wing-tip photo up on the forum post. It's actually one of the first times we attempted this, we've always forgotten to get the camera out of our bag...this time we made a special effort as we knew we would take off over those gorgeous islands!

18th August 2009

Sophie and Dale
Sophie & Dale

Looks lovely
Great blog as always. Funny what you said about people not saying hello.. we were just saying the same today after getting the usual ignorance from all the people we passed today.. not including the Indonesians of course who are only too happy to learn all about your life story! Oh and we just finished our Mcd's cones too.. best ice cream bargain out there! Have fun in the rest of Borneo.. how long are you there for? We're just planning our Borneo section now for October and are really looking forward to it so your advice helps as always. Take care both of you Sophie x

25th September 2009

ellie
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nice
nice photos . the beaches out there are so much nicer than the ones here

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