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                    <title>Batu Niah 1416 May 13</title>
                    <description>After the brief sojourn to the Kelabit Highlands I took the short flight back to Miri and continued with another 2h bus ride to Batu Niah the nearest town to the Niah National Park yet another one of Malaysia39 Unesco World Heritage Sites and home to its famous multimilleniayear old limestone caves.Of course Batu Niah isn39t exactly right at the National Park39s doorstep and so it</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Sarawak/Miri/blog-786308.html</link>
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                    <title>Bario 1214 May 13</title>
                    <description>From Miri LP recommended a detour southeastwards back towards the Limbang division of Sarawak state towards the piece of land separating Brunei. Unfortunately this journey can only reasonably be done by flight as it entails crossing rugged terrain. Given my time and budget constraints I had to choose between checking out the famous caves of Gunung Mulu National Park and the Kelabit Highlands</description>
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                    <title>Miri 1012 May 13</title>
                    <description>And so from one oilrich region to another.After just three quick days in the Bruneian sultanate it was time to move on southwestwards in my trip along Northern Borneo. So I bade farewell to Chiong and Sab and took the 4h bus across the border to Miri in Sarawak perhaps the more important of the two East Malaysian states. Larger and endowed with even more natural resources than Sabah Sarawak</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Sarawak/Miri/blog-785693.html</link>
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                    <title>Bandar Seri Begawan 710 May 13</title>
                    <description>It was just a short 1h ferry ride from Labuan before I arrived in Muara the port town in Brunei populationwise the smallest country in Southeast Asia. And it was just another 30 minute bus ride before I was in Bandar Seri Begawan the sultanate39s capital.  This was my second time in the country but my first had been a work trip where I was pretty much holed up in the hotel and shuttled fr</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Brunei/Bandar-Seri-Begawan/blog-785208.html</link>
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                    <title>Pulau Labuan 57 Mar 13</title>
                    <description>After the weeklong detour eastwards to check out the flora and fauna of the Sabahan heartlands it was time to backtrek and resume my journey southwestwards along the northern coast of Borneo. And so it was a daylong bus ride for another quick overnighter back at KK before a 3h ferry to the nearby island called Pulau Labuan a transit point between Sabah and Brunei.Still part of Malaysia and </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Labuan/blog-784557.html</link>
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                    <title>Sukau 24 May 13</title>
                    <description>It was a couple more hours by bus and share taxi in a bit of a large Uturn before I arrived at Kampong Sukau. And this really was a kampong village. I mean I39ve been in some small towns in the course of my travels but you could almost count the number of huts here and of course just one narrow road running through the place. There are a few lodges BBs here for tourists like me but</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Kinabatangan/blog-784101.html</link>
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                    <title>Sepilok 30 Apr2 May 13</title>
                    <description>I learnt a new backpacker39s secretSince in Malaysia accomodation seems to be generally a little more expensive than the rest of Southeast Asia so I39ve decided to bunk in dormitories whenever I find the prices for private rooms too steep for my liking.Despite having been a longterm backpacker and despite its significantly cheaper price I generally don39t like dormitories for several</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Sepilok-Orang-Utan-Sanctuary/blog-784097.html</link>
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                    <title>Mount Kinabalu 2930 Apr 13</title>
                    <description>A two hour van ride later and I39d arrived at Kinabalu National Park in the cool highlands. Pretty much everyone who comes here is here for the big guy  Mt Kinabalu of course. Some are here to climb all 4095.17m of it some just to hike the many trails of the National Park which incidentally is over 700 square kilometres or about the size of my home country SingaporeSeveral years ago I </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Mount-Kinabalu/blog-783548.html</link>
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                    <title>Kota Kinabalu 2729 Apr 13</title>
                    <description>So farewell Philippines and hello again MalaysiaDespite having spent so much time on the Peninsular side of the country this was in fact my first step on Malaysian Borneo soil and I am intrigued to see what the differences are compared to the mainland. I39d read much about the sweltering jungles diverse wildlife and indigenous tribes so I39m looking forward to exploring those the next </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Kota-Kinabalu/blog-783387.html</link>
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                    <title>AngelesManila 2326 Apr 13</title>
                    <description>After the high of swimming with the butanding I was unceremoniously brought back to earth by the looming necessity of another extended bus ride back to Manila. This time it would prove to take some lta stylecolor 1155cc fontfamily Noteworthy fontsize 18px lineheight 24pxgt14hltagt in a budget nonAC bus cooled by the dusty air from without. From the southeastern tip o</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Pampanga/Angeles-City/blog-783260.html</link>
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                    <title>Donsol 2122 Apr 13</title>
                    <description>Wow.I was floored.Not literally of course. I couldn39t be since I was treading water in the middle of the sea.But the very first time I caught sight of the butanding whale shark it was swimming literally just one foot under me And it was hugeA simply fantastic experience as we managed to catch multiple swims with the butanding which almost seemed unpeterbed by the dozens of snorkelli</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Donsol/blog-782647.html</link>
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                    <title>Legazpi 1821 Apr 13</title>
                    <description>It was brutal but I finally got there.Traversing almost the entire length of Luzon from the northwest to the southeast it took two legs of lengthy bus rides first 11h from Vigan to Manila for a quick overnighter then another 12h before I finally arrived in Legazpi in the dead of the night at 4 a.m.Where possible I normally try not to arrive at a new city at such unearthly hours as it makes </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Legaspi/blog-782423.html</link>
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                    <title>Vigan 1316 Apr 13</title>
                    <description>And so Sagada marked the end of my time in the Cordilleras as I took the 7h winding road back down south to Baguio for a quick overnighter before proceeding on northwest to the Unesco World Heritage City of Vigan.From Baguio it was a pretty 6h drive along the western coast of North Luzon on the expressway fronting the South China Sea. But after spending a week in the cool altitudes of the Cord</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/blog-781123.html</link>
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                    <title>Sagada 1012 Apr 13</title>
                    <description>So I left Banaue somewhat unsure about my decision not to check out Batad. After all it39d been touted by LP as the place for the most spectacular view of the Ifugao rice terraces. But for some reason or another I didn39t feel like making the trek there. And so after just one night in Banaue I made a Uturn back in the direction of Bontoc towards my next destination Sagada.It didn39t h</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Sagada/blog-780668.html</link>
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                    <title>Banaue 910 Apr 13</title>
                    <description>It had to be a bit of a letdown.After the almost overwhelming experience of seeing the Ifugao rice terraces for the first time in Maligcong near Bontoc subsequent viewings could only be less spectacular even if it were to be at the supposed heart of it all in Banaue.Perhaps it was because the rice terraces here are mudwalled compared to the stonewalled variety of Maligcong. Somehow the silve</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Banaue/blog-780360.html</link>
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                    <title>Bontoc 79 Apr 13</title>
                    <description>It was another exhausting 6h ride this time up and down the winding roads of the Cordilleras before I arrived in Bontoc a smallish town north of Baguio and right at the crossroads of Banaue and Sagada two other towns that I intend to visit. The ride up allowed me pocket glimpses of what I39d come all the way for the famed Ifugao rice terraces.I spent the first evening just recovering from</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Mountain-Province/Sagada/blog-780358.html</link>
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                    <title>Baguio 57 Apr 13</title>
                    <description>So with the quick introduction to Philippines complete after three days in the sweltering capital it was time to head north towards the Cordillera Mountains from where I intend to make my assault on the famed Ifugao rice terraces of Banaue yet another Unesco World Heritage site. But before that there was the small matter of a 7h bus ride from Manila to Baguio the de facto capital of North Luz</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Baguio/blog-780066.html</link>
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                    <title>Manila 25 Apr 13</title>
                    <description>Back on the road again And after a relatively short lta stylecolor 1155cc fontfamily Noteworthy fontsize 18px lineheight 24pxgt3hltagtflight from Bangkok I arrived in Manila the capital city of the 7000island archipelago known as the Philippines.Pretty much the first thing that hit me about the country was what others had warned me about  the ubiquity of guns here. In </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Manila/Ermita/blog-779583.html</link>
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                    <title>Bangkok 30 Jan  2 Apr 13</title>
                    <description>Yes I know it39s been ages since I39ve updated this blog but as warned I was back in Bangkok for another extended stay continuing my Thai studies. Two full months in fact during which I established a rather ordinary routine of lessons homework and reading with just the odd opportunity for short travel and sightseeing. Jin the Korean backpacking whom I met in Langkawi came to Bangkok </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Central-Thailand/Bangkok/blog-779585.html</link>
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                    <title>Prachuap Khiri Khan 2930 Jan 13</title>
                    <description>And onto my last pitstop before I finally head towards Bangkok and it would be just a quick overnighter. About 3h north of Chumphon lies Prachuap Khiri Khan a quiet sleepy seaside town in the Central Gulf that sees rather few tourists. I did spot a few walking around town but they seemed to comprise only of elderly retired couples perhaps drawn to the slow pace of things here. Like me they </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Western-Thailand/Prachuap-Khiri-Khan/blog-768847.html</link>
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