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This was to be our last full day in Asia and this was the first day we had no plans! We didn't have a guide book for Kuala Lumpur but had heard about the Batu caves so we decided that we might like to go and have a look at these. At breakfast we chatted to a few people who gave us some other ideas of things we might like to do. Darren, one of those people, let us borrow his Lonely Planet and suggested that the Lake Gardens and Bird Park might be a better idea than the Batu Caves. After chatting to Darren, we decided to take his advice, we said our goodbyes and went back to our room to get ready for the day ahead. Just as we were about to leave the ... read more

The alarm was set for 7.30am for another early start, so much for this being a holiday! The plan of attack today was the Botanical Gardens, Orchard Road, Clarke Quay, China Town, Little India and the Night Safari. This was to be the only full day we had in Singapore so we had to make the most of it! We had booked tickets to the night safari the previous evening, so we definitely had to be in Little India at 6.30pm to catch the excursion bus. Jane woke completely covered in her rash and was feeling extremely rough again today, but this wasn't going to (hopefully) deter her from the plans. Jane had breakfast, tea and toast, at the hostel. We then made our way to Farrer Park MRT station, with a quick stop at a ... read more

Another hectic, fun filled day laid ahead. Jane had certainly gone to town on this trip and made sure every day was as manic as the last! The alarm was set once again for another early morning wake up, followed by brekkie at Fook Yeun. With great sadness this was to be our last meal at our favourite (well, cheap!) restaurant. We only had half a day left in KK as we were going to be boarding a flight at 2:50pm for Singapore. We decided to spend the last half day going to the Tunku Abdul Rahman Marine Park, a group of 5 islands located between 3 to 8 km off Kota Kinabalu. The park is spread over 4,929 hectares, two thirds of which cover the sea. Before the Ice Age, it formed part of the ... read more

Today we went white water rafting on the Padas River, which is claimed to have the best rapids in South East Asia! The Padas River is situated in the interior of southwestern part of Kota Kinabalu that is only accessible by train. This exciting adrenalin rushing tour would take us down to a wave that goes as high as six feet and thrilling rapids up to grade IV. The experience covered a distance of 9km of the rather muddy 200km Padas River that holds 7 exciting and tough rapids! These rapids have amusing names such as Merry-Go-Round Rapid, Break Point Rapid, Scooby Doo Rapid, Cobra Rapid, Curve Rapid, Lambada Rapid and Head Hunter Rapid. Each rapid gives you the feeling of the motion as what the name means. The day started with 20p noodles at Fook ... read more

We left Selingan Turtle Island at 7am for the 1 hour boat trip back to Sandakan. Our Taxi driver (Jad), who we had used all the time we were in Sandakan was sat waiting for us. We didn't have any accommodation booked for this evening so spent the next 15 minutes driving around trying to find somewhere for the night. Whilst on the trip to Turtle Island The Mayfair Hotel (actually hostel, which looked pretty discusting from the outside) was recommened to us, unfortunateley this was fully booked. According to Ange, it looked much better on the inside! Jad told us to try the Nak Hotel (same owners as Paganakan Dii), luckily there was a room available. We spent a couple of hours resting in our room and then decided to tackle the 'Sandakan Heritage Trail'. ... read more