Category: Borneo

I had done the research on activities in Mulu National Park a couple of months ago, so my recollection of the Garden of Eden walk was along the lines of “cave….walking….beautiful….something…..isolated….swimming”. It all sounded very nice and I was determined to do something great since we’d come all the way to Mulu.

Back in Sandakan the next afternoon, we hadn’t showered for three days and I was feeling a little fragile after trying to combine boat trips, hikes and shared toilets with food poisoning. So we booked into a nice hotel…it was only $50 per night but it felt incredibly luxurious. We commented at least a dozen times to each…

Now I have some computer access, I’m going to take you back in time to Uncle Tan’s jungle camp. After we’d seen the proboscis monkeys and orangutans in their sanctuaries, this was our chance to see them in the wild (as tiny pinpricks in the distance, most likely, but in the wild nonetheless). We were…

Ok so I know our entries are appearing to come from the distant past which may be confusing some of you (hi mum!)… and all (3) of you are probably wondering what’s going on so I just wanted to give you a quick update: Penny is still pretty unwell and doesn’t really feel like sitting…

We spent last night at Uncle Tans basecamp, which had terrible food, but we didn’t really care that much because Penny is umm… a little under the weather. She’s like Lilly from How I met your mother… she doesn’t like people to imagine what she looks like unwell, so I wont elaborate…

This morning we got the shuttle to the Proboscis Monkey Sanctuary, about an hour away. Josh was extremely doubtful about the appeal of the monkeys…

Day 2 of diving was equally amazing….we started at a beautiful reef and had luckily managed to lose our diving companion from Day 1. He was a beginner, like us, and managed to constantly cause havoc throughout the dive, kicking us in the head and managing the rip the regulator (breathing piece) out of my…

We flew from KL straight to Tawau, a small town on the coast of Borneo in the region of Sabah. We had to re-clear customs here but it didn’t take very long because it was a small flight and a small airport. We had a driver waiting for us from our scuba dive company and…

Sorry for the delay.. we’ve been away from the internet and our days have been pretty packed. This is the first chance we’ve had to stop and take a breath… so before Sarina has a heart attack, here’s out first post…

Hi everyone! If you’re just joining us, everything below this entry is from our last trip through China, but we just wanted to leave a note to say we’re off to Borneo tomorrow morning, July 31st 2011, so stay tuned for some mildly interesting and slightly amusing stories, one of which will almost certainly involve…