Malaysian Borneo is truly a magical place - where headhunting was around until 100 years ago, and tribal lifestyles are still celebrated (albeit with less decapitation). It was very much an outpost for the colonial British, and is much more rustic and less developed than peninsular Malaysia. For those of you like me who didn't know, the island of Borneo is divided between Malaysia (~50%), Indonesia (~50%) and Brunei (~0%). We started off in Kota Kinabalu, a large regional city. It's a pretty laid back place that has a small downtown that's easily walkable with a great food market on the waterfront. KK as it's called, has some quaint restaurants (and even a Starbucks, so that was a treat!). After some sightseeing int he area (and a foiled attempt to climb Mt. Kinabalu as we
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