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May 28, 2005Surviving SipadanPulau 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 May 25, 2005Village LifeSarawak 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 May 22, 2005A walk on the wild sideIt 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 May 14, 2005Getting some cultureThroughout 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 May 09, 2005People of the forestRelaxed 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 May 05, 2005The Doctor's VisitBoth 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 May 04, 2005Borneo or bustOf 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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