Blogs from Semporna, Sabah, Malaysia, Asia - page 3

Ihan vallan meinaa karata kasista taa blogin paivittaminen :D Lahdin tanaan aamulla Sandakanista bussilla Sempornaan. Bussit ja tiet Borneolla on erinomaisia verrattuna moneen muuhun paikkaan maailmassa. Ilmastointi oli niin tehokas, etta meinasi vallan vilu tulla. Bussilta menin suoraan varaamaan reissun laheiselle Mabul-saarelle. 10 eurolla saa paikan dormista ja kolme ateriaa paivassa. Ei kovin paha. Muut huvit ovatkin sitten huomattavasti kalliimpia. Esim jos haluaa snorklaamaan Sipadanille, joutuu pulittamaan 400 ringittia eli sellaiset 80 euroa paivareissusta. Ehka liian tyyrista minulle, mutta katsotaan. Mabulin rannikolla snorklaaminen maksaa sentaan vain 115 ringittia. Ehkapa se riittaa. Sukeltaminenkin houkuttaisi, mutta taitaa taasen jaada hamaan tulevaisuuteen se padin suorittaminen. Tuskin taalta edes loytyisi sen kokoista markapukua, etta meikalainen siihen saisi ahtaudu... read more

Grunden til vi var saa lang tid paa Borneo (i alt omkring 5 uger), var at vi gerne ville dykke paa Sipadan, som skulle vaere et helt fantastisk sted at dykke. Der er begraensninger paa hvor mange der maa dykke der om dagen, og derfor er det en god ide at bestille i god tid i forvejen. Vi bestilte da vi ankom til Borneo i slutningen af august og kunne foerst faa en plads d. 26 september. Men det var noget vi begge gerne ville og saa maatte vi jo paent vente. Sipandan oe ligger paa en vulkanstilk som straekker sig 600 m fra havbund til havoverflade. Det mest beroemte dyk er en naermest lodret vaeg hvor der bl.a. kan opleves en mangfoldighed af fisk, skildpadder og revhajer og tider ogsaa store flokke af barracudaer. Byen ... read more

Only just arrived here, so will be a very short blog entry. After my wonderful adventures in Mulu I flew down to Tawau (Sabah, Malaysia) and was picked up at the airport - rather nice for a change. I then had the hours drive (along with a friend from Mulu that was on the same flight) past so very many palm oil plantations to Sempourna - all so very sad. Its such a profitable harvest I don't know how the huge destruction can be stopped as palm oil is in everything ranging from margarine to cosmetics and under huge demand. I certainly once I return will be trying my very best to only use things with no palm oil in (it also goes under other names on the ingredients so difficult to avoid but very possible) ... read more

Snorkling... read more

June 20th We apologize in advance for the boring blog that follows. If you're not diving there's nothing else to do here. We did some research about Malaria and the threat of infection in Indonesia. The symptoms are almost exactly the same as flu, so we were worried that our recent illness and exhaustion might be more than just a simple case of the flu. You see, we hadn't planned on being in Asia this long and ran out of Anti-Malaria medication a couple weeks ago. We decided to visit the local clinic just to be sure. After a short wait the doc could see us but he couldn't do a malaria test. Since neither of us were currently running a fever he wasn't too worried about it being malaria and gave us some pills for ... read more