http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Tawau/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , Malaysia , Sabah , Tawau en-us Mon, 20 May 2013 05:21:30 +0000 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:21:30 +0000 Sabah likes to advertise itself as some kind of real life Eden a nature paradise full of wild and fantastic creatures. And to reinforce that image you have the Lonely Planet which has this to say about Sabah Malaysias state of Sabah proves that there is a God and were pretty sure that hes some sort of mad scientist. Sabah was his giant testtube the product of a harebrained hypoth http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Tawau/blog-771727.html Amazingly I have completed 3 surveys of each of my study streams which means I have already completed more than 3 weeks of data collection. While my first week in camp was largely rained out and I spent more forced days in camp and in town getting supplies than I would have liked the past two weeks have been a whirlwind of field work. This is my second year at this field camp and I quite enjo http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Tawau/blog-731091.html Weve arrived at our field camp and are getting settled nicely. The camp hasnt changed much from last year but theres a whole new group of folks that Ive been getting to know. When I was here last September there were only about 3 teams here mine a small mammal duo and two people working on stream invertebrates. This year there are about 1012 projects going on covering bats l http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Tawau/blog-731088.html My liein means staying in bed almost until eight. T39s a slow start and by the time I39ve showered and packed it39s nine before I head out for breakfast. It39s raining.Back to get my bag and check email.I get the the bus station about eleven and get told the next bus is at half past. The two hour bus ride to Tawau will cost me RM15. The 10 minute taxi ride the other end to the consul http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Tawau/blog-656139.html Words cant express the satisfaction of this riders when they took the long ride every effort of calculation of fuel and food was taken in to consideration. few fell of there bikes due to overconfidence of handling there machine. It took us a total of 9 hours to make it to Maliau basin camp sight. The guys was hip and excited to explore the unknown freedom of riding through the rainforest of north http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Tawau/blog-425725.html June 22ndToday we're heading to Tawau a town two and a half hours west of Semporna. After breakfast we packed the last of our things and walked to the minibus station. These buses only leave when full so we were prepared to wait a while.We didn't sit for more than 5mins before we left even though there was only three other passengers on board. We drove around the block and picked up another thr http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Tawau/blog-410723.html