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Kuala Lumpur

Saturday, January 12th, 2008

We arrived in KL in the evening and went to a hostel that was close to the Buket Bintang area known for it’s nightlife and somewhat western and posh atmosphere. When we woke up, we checked out the sights… Petronas towers, KL tower, chinatown, etc. The food is good and we’re pretty happy to be in a modern city again. We even went to the main mosque to check it out. They don’t let you inside the actual main building, but paula still got to wear a head scarf just to walk around the complex… lucky duck.

dan

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Uncle Tan’s Jungle Safari Tour

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

We decided to go on a two day, one night jungle tour. We started with a boat ride along a river. As we went along, we stopped many times along one bank or the other, sighting Long Tailed Macaques, Probiscus Monkeys, Hornbills and Egrets and other birds. Apparently, there was a 6-8 foot snake swimming behind our boat which was spotted by the other boat carrying other safari-goers.

When we arrived at camp, there was a monitor lizard walking around as well as a bearded pig. The camp consisted of a number of huts on stilts and a common hut for people to hang out and eat/drink/play music, etc…

That night, we went on a short hike around the camp. Since it is the wet season, we had to walk through thigh high waters at times to see everything (in the rain of course). We saw a bunch of millipedes, a poisonous scorpion, and a tarantula (or at least a hole in a tree where it was supposed to live). It was fun to get out and get wet, etc. One person was lucky and came back to camp with a leech on the toe of her boot… The funny part to me was when paula turned to me and said “hey, if were in the states right now, we’d be on our way to work right now”… hehe…

The next morning we went on a boat tour along the river and spotted an Orangutan in the wild!!!! This is extremely rare! This beautiful and massive “Man of the Forest” was having his breakfast high up in a tree. We saw more Probiscus monkeys as well. It is phenomal to watch them literally dive from one branch on one tree to another branch on another tree 10 feet away (and 15 feet down) from it. Also, we saw more macaques, birds, a monitor lizard caming swimming by.

We got a special treat on the way back… as we were boating along, someone spotted a crocodile! We got to see it from about 10 feet away as we boated past!

dan

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Man of the Forest

Tuesday, January 8th, 2008
We arrived in Sandakan and went to the recommended hostel only to find no vacancy. So, we carried all our stuff down the street to the next one... no vacancy there, either. Continuing down the street, 3rd time was the ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Poring Hot Springs

Monday, January 7th, 2008
After the hike, we shared a transport with the Swiss guy we had met and his girlfriend to Poring Hot Springs. There, we saw some disappointing hot springs tubs. The water in the tub came out so slowly that after ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Hiking Mt Kinabalu

Sunday, January 6th, 2008
Hiking Mt Kinabalu was the most hiking Paula and I have done in a 24 hour period... 17.4KM to an altitude of 4,100M and back. It starts with a fairly steep 6KM climb to the Laban Rata resthouse. This took ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Something less familiar…

Friday, January 4th, 2008
Our time in Austalia ended with a party night that lasted well into the morning. We then headed to the airport for a flight to Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia in Borneo. If you are not completely familar with Borneo, ... [Continue reading this entry]

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