Blogs from Sabah, Malaysia, Asia - page 5

It hadn't dawned on me (pun intended) how early sunrise was here until I checked on Google just before bed. It's still in the same time zone but because of how much further East it is, sunrise is more than an hour earlier. With it being so hot in the middle of the day and so dead bird-wise, I wanted to make sure I was in as early as possible. Unfortunately, the Rainforest Discovery Centre only opens at 8, but I got to the entrance at about 5:45. There are no gates and the guard seemed to be asleep so I just gave him a wide berth and went in. Having not been told anything explicitly about the morning opening times, I could claim ignorance which is going to be much more difficult at night now. ... read more

Opat vypadnutie z ubytka o 7/00. Vonku dazd, tak stopovanie zavrhujem a idem smer bus stanica. Esteze je toto hovno mestecko male a vsetko je po ruke. Dost ma mrzi,ze som nenavstivil ostrov bum bum, chcel som si tam spravit fotku s tymto nazvom a poslat to vietnamke co som stretol v madride, ze co mi na to odpise. Na bus stanici neprijemne prekvapko, dva ranne busy o 7/30 vypredane, ponukli mi o 13/40 za cenu 75rm. Co odmietam a v slabom dazdi idem na cestu co smeruje von z mesta. Z pod stromu zacinam stopovat, dost aut mi zastavuje ale vsetko su to cierne taxiky. Potom asi 3 auta domacich co ma chceli odviest nazad na bus stanicu. Nechapali system stopovania. Nakonec ma jeden naklada a odvaza asi 3km dalej na bus zastavku, vraj tu ... read more

Po ranajkach cakanie na odvoz. Vyrazame 8/40. V mini buse isla so mnou este jedna rodinka na letisko do sandakanu. Sofer ma vyhadzuhe na kruhaci smer semporna. Tu uz caka normalny bus. Ten odmietam, dnu nastupovali 3 biely. Pockal som kym bus odide, vytahujem tabulku semporna, stredavo vymienana za tabulku 20km Aut uplne minimum ale po 10.min mi zastavuje automechanik. Vyhadzuje ma presne po 20km. Okolie zvacsa same plantaze, obcas fajn vyhlady. Povrch cesty miestami zly ale vacsina ok. Tu cakacka tiez do 15.min. Aut opat minimum. Zastavuje mi kamionista, ang nevi ale odvaza ma az na kruhac do mesta Kunak. Kamionista spal v noci v kabine, trochu mu tam zatieklo bo v noci bol mega silny dazd. Uplne nahovno miesto, je to bocna cesticka do semporna. Najskor mi zastavil taxi, potom nist, bo nist nechodilo, ... read more

V noci ozaj dost velka zima. Na ranajky si davam nudle s kuratom a caj. Caj predrazeny na to ze bol sackovy. Majitel mi vracia zalohu 10rm za kluc a mozem sa pustit do stopovania, je 7.50 a moj ciel je sukau. Vcera som si na papier napisal destinacie. Najskor dzim v ruke mestecko telupid, neskor to otacam na text 20km a neskor nasadzujem klobuk. Ludia z aut bud ignoruju, zamavaju, vyvaluju oci alebo spomalia aby si precitali napis. Nieco po polhodine konecne prve auto. Ale iba do 6km vzdialenej dedinky kundasang. Ziadne kundy tu vsak nevidim. Zastavil mi stredoskolsky ucitel, na prednej sedacke mal babo. Z dedinky je fajn vyhlad na kinabalu ale iba chvilu, mraky prichadzaju. Opat dlha cakacka, okolo 20.min a pri tom dost velka premavka. Chlapik ang nevi ale bere ma do ... read more

Cs kamos ma vyzdvihuje presne o 9.00. Som fakt prekvapeny, ani raz nemeskali ked ma vyzdvihovali. Boli presny ako svajciarske hodinky. Vyhadzuje ma na jalan padang odkial chodia minivany do roznych destinacii. Mna vyklada pri destinacii ranau. Vyberci vravi, ze 25rm. Cakaju tu 3 nemci (2babi, chalan), idu do kundasang. Neskor prichadza sikmacka, niekam odbieha a privaza dalsie dve. 12 ludi + sofer a kopa batoziny. Chlapik co mi vravel 25rm vybera prachy, domaci davaju 20 (traja ludia), sikmacka aj s dvoma babami co donisla 25rm, sused nestiha zaplatit a nemci tez ne, bo vyberci sa zakecal, dosol sofer a isli sme. Co som rozumel tak nemcom tez hovorili cenu 25rm (mozno zaplatili skor nevim). Na konci mesta je opat mesita obohnana jazerom. Zacina stupanie do vrchu. Vyhlad nic moc, hmla, zatiahnute, poprcha. Obcas chytime kamion ... read more