Blogs from Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, Asia - page 31

Hello everyone, just finished 10 days in Vietnam. It coincided with Tet, which is the Vietnamese equivalent of Chinese New Year. Although it was cool to see the Vietnamese celebrate their major holiday, it was unfortunate that so many things shut down in the country during Tet, including the trains. This made it difficult as we were trying to work our way up the country. We started in Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City), where there were many fascinating sights with history about the Vietnamese War, which in Vietnam is called the American War. We saw the reunification palace, a perfectly intact palace where the South Vietnamese government ruled during the war. Everything is as it was left in the 70s and you could walk through the entire palace, including the president's office and the basement,which included ... read more

Hi again, We know you were all hoping our heads where on sticks by now but unfortunately the Iban tribe are now a 21st century tribe sorry to disappoint you all but we live to tell the tale (however Dan has brought a blow-pipe so watch out in December as you may/will get a darted, he is practicing on the locals !!!!!!). WOW!!! What an experience it was, the most humbling experience of our lives. The Iban tribe live in whats called a long house about 100 metres long all made of rotting wood, with a huge communal verander and 16 different families living in there separate living quarters all under 1 roof. All three generations of them! It took us 4 hours by road from kuching then a further 1 hour by a long boat ... read more

My trip to Sabah will be presented in 3 parts - the Coast (Kota Kinabalu and Kinarut), the Jungle (a night in the jungle and Malay village home stay, the orangutans at Sepilok, and the Probiscus monkeys) and the Mountain - Mt Kinabalu. So here starts part 1..... I arrived in Kota Kinabalu on 21 December 2007 having managed to start and finish packing only a few hours earlier. It was the least prepared I have ever been for an overseas holiday, such a last minute thing. My accommodation was initially a cheap hostel right in the heart of KK but I upgraded after 2 nights to a 3 star hotel. My first few days on my own were interesting - Carols by Candlelight at the local Catholic cathedral (in English, Bahasa and Mandarin) white water ... read more

A dozen of us, colleagues and business associates spend 9 days holidaying in Sabah from November 22nd, 2007. We are Malaysian exploring the most beautiful state of Malaysia. Generally the weather was wet throughout Malaysia but I must say that we are blessed that wherever we were, the weather was good for our activities. We landed in KK at noon on the 22nd and our KK friend, nicknamed “Sabah" took us for a sumptuous seafood noodle lunch. The first day is sort of a free day for us to get ready for the activities for the rest of the trip. We spend our time shopping for food and gears. We had contacted our guide for our first activity, a Homestay at the fishing village at Mantanani Island. We scouted this for the web. The weather was ... read more

..ja jatkoa seuraapi. Nyt ollaan tilanteessa, jossa kuvat saavat puhua puolestaan. Sanoilla on vaikea tiettyjä asioita kuvata ja niitä sanoja pitää valitettavasti säästellä - harjoitustyöt odottavat word-dokumenttehin kirjaimia, sanoja, lauseita, kappaleita, sivuja - ja ennen kaikkea älykästä sisältöä. Ja aikaa on vähän. Kovin vähän. ..jos muutamalla sanalla kuitenkin kuvaa elämää jälkeen Mt. Kinabalun, niin päästään melko tavalla tunnetilojen, ilmojen ja olosuhteiden toiseen ääripäähän. Jalat kyllä jumivat, etureidet pölkkyyntyivät ja kauniisti sanottuna vessassa asiointikin oli vaikeahkoa. Väittivät, että alaspäin tulo muka on petollista jalkalihaksille.. hölynpölyä, sanon ma! ;) Mt. Kinabalulta joka tapauksessa napattiin pimeä taksi Kota Kinabalun suuntaan.. parikymmentä euroa kouraan ja reilun sata kilometriä taittui nätisti hostellin pihaan asti. Ansaittu suihku, vaatteiden... read more