Malaysian Borneo

The island of Borneo is shared by three countries - Mayasia, Indonesia and Brunei. Malaysia takes up most of the west and northern part, the majority is Indonesian and a small niche for Brunei. We have to thank niece Lara and her husband Chris for mentioning the city of Kota Kinabalu to us last summer, because it stuck in our mind and became the real focus of our trip. We flew into the capital city of Kota Kinabalu and spent 3 days before flying to Sandekan on the east coast for 5 days. where we went to the Orang utan reserve and 3 days on a river cruise ( fabulous). After that back to K.K. for a couple more days. then we rented a car and spent 5 days heading north. We spent a few days at a small beach resort called Manana's and our final night at the tip of Borneo. This part of our trip was interesting, but laid back and planned on the go, so not a lot of pressure to do and see things, although we did and saw a lot.