http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , Malaysia , Sabah en-us Tue, 10 Nov 09 01:01:16 +0000 Tue, 10 Nov 09 01:01:16 +0000 Ihan vallan meinaa karata kasista taa blogin paivittaminen DLahdin 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 Mabulsaarelle. 10 eurolla saa paikan dormista ja kolme ateriaa paivassa. Ei kovin http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Semporna/blog-451587.html Cherating turned out to be slightly more exciting than I have given it credit for. It was a quaint little surf town that the Lonely Planet described as our first impression was that the town was dieing. We found a nice guest house more of a bungalow than anything and stuffed ourselves with amazing food We enjoyed the beach caught up on some emails wandered around the small town and waited for http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Kota-Kinabalu/blog-450898.html Well what can I say about our time in Penang. We have rather indulged ourselves and all I can do is blame Anji.The island of Penangrsquos history dates back to 1786 when it was seeded by the sultan to the British east India Company. Today it has around one million people half of whom live in Georgetown the capital and the state is one of 13 making up the federation of Malaysia. Having mov http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Kota-Kinabalu/blog-450482.html Caitlin and I easily would have stayed longer in Kalimantan if we could have but our 60 day visa had run out on us. So we opted for the next best thing and hopped on over to the Malaysian side of Borneo. Hopped is probably a poor word choice. InterBorneo travel particularly on the Indonesian side is difficult. The quickest route in the end was to take three separate flights from Kalimantan http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Sipadan/blog-447839.html Day 1While everyone else busy celebrating Deepavali i decide to above my boundaries and try to be adventurous as i can. Depart to Kota Kinabalu by Airasia at 1045am and arrived 2hours later. The taxi drive suggest me to accomodate in Summer Lodge and it already in my few budget hostel list. It only cost RM22 per night and come with breakfast. After put all my luggage start to figure it out what http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Kota-Kinabalu/blog-447786.html The problem with not posting for so long is that you don't know where to start because so much happens in such a short space of time when you are traveling. After leaving Adrian in KL on the 16th Oct. I flew into KK Kota Kinabalu in Sabah Borneo a bit daunting for the first night but I woke up with a renewed optimism in the morning. Went out to one of the Islands for a spot of snorkelling not b http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Kota-Kinabalu/blog-447682.html The Sungai Kinabatangan was yet another place we only learnt about on our travels.. we don't do much research until we arrive at a place so only get set on going somewhere if someone highly recommends it.. which is exactly what happened here.This is basically a natural reserve located alongside the Kinabatangan river where you have the opportunity to spot Orangtans Pygmy Elephants Probiscus Monk http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Kinabatangan/blog-447480.html 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 va http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Semporna/blog-445162.html Danum Valley er et 438 km2 stort konserveringsomraade som blev dannet i 1981 paa grund af omraadets unikke plante og dyreliv. Det har hele tiden staaet hoejt paa listen over ting vi gerne ville opleve mens vi var paa Borneo. Primaert fordi det skulle vaere et rigtigt godt sted at se vilde orangutaner i deres naturlige miljoe. Men det er ikke billigt at komme til Danum Valley. Turen som vi book http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/blog-445150.html Buenos das del 25 de julioHoy no espera unos de los highlights del viaje el tour en barca por Sungai Kinabatangan. Kinabatangan significa regalo para la Tierra y es un pantanoso ro de 560 kilmetros desde su nacimiento en el sudeste de Borneo hasta desembocar en el mar Zul cerca de Filipinas. Cualquier documental de naturaleza que hayis visto en el que se viaja en barca por un ro de a http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Kinabatangan/blog-443988.html I arrived in Kina Kotabalu Malaysian Borneo early in the morning and after dumping my backpack at my hostel went straight to the beach I have to admit not the best beach and a bit smelly but beautiful all the same.After a baking hot day it poured with rain all night I was woken at 5am by the girl sharing my room. She was leaving early to fly home and our room was flooded My corner was fine http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/blog-443413.html IntroductionLe parc national Kinabalu s'tend sur 754 km2 dans les collines du nord du Sabah. Il s'agit de la destination touristique la plus visite de l'Etat. Deux raisons a cela premierement la diversit exceptionnelle de la faune et surtout de la flore dans cette rgion a conduit le parc a etre class au patrimoine mondial par l'UNESCO et oui dsol ca doit grincer des dents sur les h http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Mount-Kinabalu/blog-443155.html Indulge yourself in an oasis of tropical charm where every pleasure and convenience is at hand. Arung Hayat Sea Adventures is strategically set on a 0.5 KM from Semporna town on the north east of Sabah state in Malaysia country.Semporna is the last frontier with beautiful islands corals and fish. Good for snorkeling and diving. Also the homes of Bajau tribe with unique culture.Including bo http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Mabul/blog-442950.html Putting all of my worldly belongings on my back i staggered out of my bungalow suffering from a lack of sleep it was quiet and still dark with the sun just starting to creep over the horizon. The early morning start suited my mood there was no one around i was alone the island was dark and this part of the journey was dead in the distance the emerging sun was giving life to further adventure http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Kota-Kinabalu/blog-442767.html Empieza la maana del 23 de julio en Jerantut punto central de Malasia peninsular. Hoy ser un da de viajero autntico. Nuestro prximo destino es la isla de Borneo cuyo norte pertenece a Malasia y alberga algunas de las mejores joyas de este pas.Pero para eso hay que llegar primero... Tenemos el vuelo desde Kuala Lumpur as que despus de que el colega del hotel nos lleve en su 4x4 a la est http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Sepilok-Orang-Utan-Sanctuary/blog-442552.html Sunday night after a 2 hour flight delay I arrived in Kota Kinabalu KK. The flight attendant happily announced the local time as 1.30am and that it was 31C outsideAfter arriving at the airport and passing through immigration I found that the one and only ATM was out of service so had to jump in a taxi and ask him to take me to a bank before the hostel. On arriving at the hostel I checked i http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Kota-Kinabalu/blog-441700.html WOW I've just been on jungle training and whilst Ray Meers finds this an every day event I think it was AWESOME. I can now hang a tarp and hammock between 2 trees with a mossy net well sort of use a machete a perang in Malay to clear jungle dig a long drop that's a jungle loo by the way cross a river in a safe chain and carry out casemedivacs in a jungle. We set off trekking for 2 http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Kota-Kinabalu/blog-441507.html Une promesse a tenirIncontestablement il est des promesses plus faciles a tenir que d'autres. Celle que je m'tais faite il y a un an et demi en revenant de Malaysie retourner a Borno si mes pas venaient a me conduire a nouveau en Asie du sudest fait partie de cellesla. J'avais a l'poque pass dix jours sur l'ile dans l'Etat du Sabah les meilleurs de mon sjour contrairement a ce que j http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Semporna/blog-441208.html The rain was heavy 0n the 21st Sept 09 morning and we waited while hopping the rain will slow down so we can start our long ride. as we load up our luggage the on the support vehicle the rain started to slow down and drizzled we didnt waist any time we sadled up and started riding towards south headed for brunei which was a 354km ride across the SabahSarawak and Brunei Boarders. we had lunch at http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Kota-Kinabalu/blog-440631.html This is my 100th Blog entryWhen we arrived at the bus station to go to Sandakan we were accosted by all the usual touts trying to get us to use their bus company. As we had already booked our they just left us alone straight away and picked on some other easy looking targets. We collected out tickets and realised we were on a not so comfortable bus http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Sepilok-Orang-Utan-Sanctuary/blog-440096.html