Blogs from Sabah, Malaysia, Asia - page 119

Hello again! It's our last night on Borneo - tommorrow we head back to KL, to finish seeing Malaysia - so I thought I'd waste some valuable sleeping time bragging about what we've been up to. Last entry we were heading off to Mulu National Park, back in Sarawak. That was actually quite cool - I was half expecting it to be a bit crap, in all honesty, but it wasn't - as it is still the rainly season (just about) there aren't too many tourists over here yet, which makes everything that little bit more relaxed. Anyway, Mulu is home to masses of caves, most of which seem to be linked, although they havn't explored even half of them yet, apparently. There is one vast one, called Deer Cave, which is the 'biggest limestone cave ... read more

Hello everyone, we have been having a great time in Sabah and the weather has been outstanding ... even the locals that we meet tell us how lucky we have been! When we first arrived in Kota Kinabalu (KK), we immediately set-up a trip to Mount Kinabalu and the Poring Hot Springs. We spent a few days relaxing in the bustling provincial capital of KK, where we took in some pre-festivities to the approaching Chinese New Year, shopped around the Filipino market, and finally met Jennee, a friend of a former collague who has been our personal tour guide for KK! So, we set off to Kinabalu National Park and spent a night at the base of Mount Kinabalu before making our ascent. During the first night, we met an extremely friendly couple from Sweden, Sofia ... read more

Quick entry (not many of these so be grateful) of a few of our underwater camera shots from Borneo and the Ningaloo Reef in WA. Just don't ask us what any of the fish or coral actually are! Should have some more soon as we've nearly finished another camera... ... read more

Welcome to the jungle! Da sind wir also in Semporna angelangt - dem Taucherparadies schlechthin neben dem Great Barrier Reef. Wir wollten gestern bei Sipadan tauchen, dem Gustostueckerl von allen Inseln. Sipadan, ein Name, der vor einigen Jahren in den Schlagzeilen war, weil ein paar Terroristen eine Gruppe von Touristen auf die Philipinen verschleppt hat. Heute wimmelt's auf der Insel nur so von Militaer, also sicherer kann man ja gar nicht sein... Wir haben wirklich voll viele Fische, Schildkroeten, Korallen, Meeresschnecken, etc. gesehen - echt toll! Eine Schildkroete war sicher an die 2m gross!! Aber fangma wieder mal von vorne an... Nach KL ging's in die Cameron Highlands. Ein Ort, in dem die Zeit stehen geblieben zu sein scheint. Alte englische Fachwerkhaeuser, 5 o'clock tea and scones und Teeplantagen so weit das Auge reicht. Angenehme Temperaturen ... read more

Our time in Borneo was with the tour group Intrepid. We were booked on 2 separate tours, Sabah and then Sarawak. Our Sabah trip consisted of 12 people in the group - Ian, Stig & Michael (2 big Danes), Mardi & Ezra, Paul and Tracey (all Melbourne), Dennis (Canada), John (65 year old from Scotland), Sheena (Ireland), our Aussie leader George and myself. We arrived in Kota Kinabalu on Saturday and headed straight for the beach. As the beach was a bit dirty and smelly, we sneaked into the grounds of a 5 star hotel where we sunbathed on their loungers by their nice, clean private beach. That evening we had a meeting at our hotel where we met the rest of our group and our leader. We all went for dinner together before a few ... read more