We woke at 2am (well everyone else woke, with all the people and torches coming and going during the night I didn’t get a wink of sleep) and dressed quickly, adding pretty much all the layers we had brought with us, and head downstairs with the other 100-odd guests for a light snack before we […]
We woke at 6am, all ready for our hike up to the base camp at Mt Kinabalu, the highest mountain in Asia at 3272m. After a light breakfast and a sudden realisation that we had to fit lunch into our daypack (another attempt at packing, it was starting to feel like I was on The […]
We reluctantly woke with the roosters at 6am the next day, driving down the road to a rubber plantation where Robert, the owner of the homestay (and the whole village, it seemed. He was a retired politician so received a nice pension from the government) showed us how to milk the tree for rubber, which […]
The following morning we slept in, bought a few last minute essentials, and chilled out until our mini-bus arrived to take us to the base of Mount Kinabalu. Everyone seemed so relaxed and friendly in Sabah, the cars drove the speed limit and stopped at red lights, and even the salespeople were too busy saying […]
My first day in Kota Kinabalu (KK) was not going to be too adventurous, but I was hungry, so I ventured out of my hotel to find food, map in hand. The heat and humidity immediately enveloped me, and I almost fell over with the shock. After what seemed like a lifetime trying to cross […]
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