Last night was my first night staying at the Sepilok Nature Reserve, I went to bed quite early because I was worn out after the last few days. As the hotel is on the edge of the rainforest it gets pretty noisy at night, I just didn't realise just how noisy it can be! It took me ages to get to sleep and then I was woken by thunder a couple of hours later! The weather calmed down and the weird and wonderful noises of the rain forest returned. Today I had a free day with no plans really. I had a late(ish) breakfast, got ready and walked to the Rainforest Discovery Centre which is about 20 mins down the road from the Sepilok Nature Resort. I paid for my ticket when I arrived, it was ... read more

Today I went to Bako National Park, which is the oldest national park in Sarawak, to go wildlife spotting. We set off relatively early to board the boat for the 30 minute journey to the park. After registering when we arrived, we went to the jetty ready to board the boat and there was an otter just next to the jetty with its head popping up out of the water, it then went over to the bank and got out and I saw it running into the trees - the wildlife spotting was off to a good start! The boat ride was pretty choppy on the way there, luckily I don't suffer from sea sickness! We arrived at the jetty and got off the boat, as I climbed the steps there was a macaque sat at ... read more

This morning I was picked up by my guide, Eric, and we drove for around 90 minutes toward the coast. Driving through, there wasn't too much to see, a few houses and a couple of businesses. We then met the boat man from the village where I'd be staying for 2 nights. We loaded all our gear on to the boat and took a seat which sounds a doddle, I can assure you, it's not! The boat headed down river toward the sea, it got a bit bumpy initially because of a change in tides and I was so glad I had a cushion to sit on! I'd love to say the view from the boat was amazing, however, there is a haze covering much of the country due to forest fires in Indonesia - it's ... read more

After what feels like a week, I finally made it to my first hotel In Kuching - It's currently 30 degrees at 10pm!. Everything went without a hitch, it just took forever. So for now, I'm going to enjoy chilling out in my nice hotel and tomorrow the fun begins with a tour of the city... So my blog should hopefully become a little bit more interesting.... read more

Yesterday was a really quiet day, we left Yala National Park and headed off for an overnight stop in Tangalle. We arrived at our hotel somewhere around lunchtime and were free to relax for the rest of the day, this for me meant a swim in the pool followed by far too many beers and cocktails in the bar!! The hotel was located next to the beach, but, the sea was really rough. It's definitely advisable to keep an eye on the warning flags before going anywhere near it. The last day of our tour sent us ultimately to Colombo with a few stop offs on the way. We stopped at a lighthouse which was in a beautiful location, again the sea was pretty rough so there were some spectacular views of the waves hitting the ... read more