10. Jan, 2011

Borneo: Turtle Island

It was an early start to the day, as we grabbed a morning coffee and egg roti at a nearby restaurant before walking to the jetty around the corner. Our speedboat took an hour to get to Tutrtle Island, and it was a rough ride. The back of me was completely soaked by the end […]

09. Jan, 2011

Borneo: Sandakan

The following morning we enjoyed a lovely breakfast of noodles and donuts (I asked how to say donut in Malay—it’s just ‘donut’ apparently), before saying goodbye to my host family and taking a private bus to the city of Sandakan two-hours away. It was a very bumpy ride, and we arrived at our hotel (the […]

08. Jan, 2011

Borneo: Local homestay

After a very strange dream involving my boss at a McDonald’s party, I woke slightly disorientated—where was I again?—and realised it was almost breakfast (I have only set my alarm once on this trip, but I always seem to wake in time for breakfast). We went on another jungle hike—more plants, more mud, no fire […]

07. Jan, 2011

Borneo: Jungle Wilderness

Borneo Jungle

The next day we woke at a reasonable hour and left on a public coach for our 5-hour drive to a village in one of the districts near Sandakan. A 20-minute longboat ride later, we arrived at our jungle eco-lodge, in the middle of…ah the jungle, I guess (I wasn’t exactly sure where we were, […]

06. Jan, 2011

Borneo: Poring Hot Springs

Poring Hot Springs

The next morning I woke early so refreshed but in so much pain that I lazed in bed for another hour or so (classic avoidance behaviour) before heading downstairs for breakfast. It was funny to watch, I’ll admit, but not funny to experience hobbling down the stairs like an old lady, our faces expressing the […]



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