MINGALABAR! WELCOME TO MYANMAR… The modern nation of Mayanmar, formerly known as Burma, sits geographically to the West of Thailand, to the East of India, with China to the North. During our travels through South East Asia a couple of years ago, we kept bumping into other travelers […]
SELAMAT TINGGAL BORNEO! Our final day in Borneo dawned clear and beautiful, and though we are a bit sad to be on our way home already, it’s been a great couple of weeks and a fun “bite-sized” adventure. We’re at Singapore airport at the moment, after a short […]
SNORKELLING AROUND PALAU MAMUTIK Keen to see a bit more of the Tunku Abdul Rahman Marine National Park, we took a boat across to Palau Mamutik today. Mamutik is the smallest of these 5 islands and is within easy reach of Manukan Island where we’re staying – it […]
WELCOME TO PARADISE… Borneo is actually split up into 3 parts: Sabah and Sarawak (which are in the Malaysian part of the island), and Kalimantan on the Indonesian side of Borneo. The sultanate of Brunei is a separate country that sits in between Sabah and Sarawak. We’re in […]
SAVING THE SUN BEARS & PROBOSCIS MONKEYS As well as the Sepilok Orangutang Rehabilitation Centre, there are 2 other wildlife sanctuaries around Sandakan: the Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre and the Labuk Bay Proboscis Monkey Sanctuary. We visited both of these today to see some more of Borneo’s […]
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE ORANGUTANG KIND Our encounters with Borneo’s orangutangs to this point have been tempered by distance, basically because they were high up in the trees and we were 60-70m below in our river boat. Today, however, we got to see orangutangs up close – almost […]
THE STINKIEST CAVE IN SABAH… One of the pleasures of traveling is challenging yourself – stretching your boundaries and finding your limits. Travellers often find themselves doing things well outside their comfort zone, and it is these experiences that can be one of the most rewarding aspects of […]
