June 09, 2005
Malaysia Recap
Religion & Races Malaysia is a polyglot, multiracial multireligious society. The majority of Malaysians are ethnic Malays but there are sizeable minorities of Chinese and Indians and of course, the many indigenous tribes of Borneo. During our first three weeks...Read this update
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June 06, 2005
A long way to go for a beer
The bus from Sandakan dropped us off right outside our lodge that looked out onto Mt. Kinabalu, the highest mountain in Southeast Asia. This was the mountain I was planning on climbing the next day while Amie relaxed and enjoyed...Read this update
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June 03, 2005
Jungle living
After our diving in Sipidan we decided to stop overnight in Semporna, the mainland town which is the gateway to the islands instead of heading on to our next destination. We had seen the lovely over-the-water hotel in the harbor...Read this update
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May 28, 2005
Surviving Sipadan
Pulau Sipadan is an oceanic island that lies just off the southeast coast of Sabah. It is Malaysia’s most famous dive site and is probably one of the top ten diving spots in the world. The reason Sipadan is so...Read this update
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May 25, 2005
Village Life
Sarawak is fairly large state in Malaysia and, this being Borneo after all, a lot of the National Parks and places people want to go to are pretty remote. We spent a lot of time in Kuching and saw quite...Read this update
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May 22, 2005
A walk on the wild side
It was time to hit the jungle. We had spent enough time relaxing in comfort at the Holiday Inn resorts and I felt it was time to get our hands dirty, or at least our shoes. The ones that have...Read this update
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May 14, 2005
Getting some culture
Throughout our trip, we've had many opportunities to visit non-majority ethnic groups in their villages but we've resisted taking "hill tribe" treks and the like because we always felt that walking into a native village and having them put on...Read this update
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May 09, 2005
People of the forest
Relaxed and rested after our stay at the beach and with our ears nearly back to normal we returned to Kuching revitalized and ready to explore all it had to offer. By day we checked out some museums and at...Read this update
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May 05, 2005
The Doctor's Visit
Both Pearse and I got ear infections from diving in Tioman. Pearse's ear was much worse than mine, and from past experiences with swimmers ear, I knew that neither of us were going to get better without some medical intervention....Read this update
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May 04, 2005
Borneo or bust
Of all the places we were going to on this trip, I think Borneo excited us more than any place else, so with our time running short we decided to cut out some places we were planning on seeing in...Read this update
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April 30, 2005
Real divers like Water
Diving was such a unique experience for each of us that we though we'd each write our own blog. Some of this entry is repetitive so you can skip it if you want but I needed to write my own...Read this update
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April 27, 2005
In Over Our Heads in Tioman
Pulau Tioman (Pulau meaning “island” in Malay) is a large forested island off the east coast of southern Malaysia. I first heard about it while watching a show on the National Geographic channel which featured a herpetologist who took a...Read this update
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April 15, 2005
Melaka
Melaka is perhaps the most famous trading port you’ve never heard of. Its prominence in the 15th and 16th centuries was legendary and according to that guy who wrote 1421: the Year China Discovered America, it was where Columbus stole...Read this update
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April 10, 2005
The World's Tallest Towers
When we first decided to go to Malaysia my first thought was "Cool, we can see the world's tallest building, the Petronas Towers". I have been fascinated by tall buildings ever since I read the Guinness Book of World Records...Read this update
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April 07, 2005
Penang
On to Pulau Penang, the oldest British settlement on the peninsula - major city Georgetown: Georgetown is basically a huge Chinatown on an island. OK, so there's a Little India too, but that's just a Little India in Chinatown. On...Read this update
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April 05, 2005
Duty Free Zone
It might be hard for some of you to understand, but we were beginning to tire with all the beaches and hot weather and suddenly here we were in Malaysia and our first stop was a beach. We were on...Read this update
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