Holiday Inn Hotel Kuching

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The watertaxi finally was up and running again after the old man bailed out the boat. My friend stepped in and immediately went to the side of this narrow boat about 4 feet wide. What happens when 200 pounds goes to the side of a canoe? Yeah...it tips. About 70 degrees in our case. I am amazed that the old man didn't fall in but he hung on for dear life and everyone else in the boat quickly leaned across the boat to get the ...

... down for a rest. 3 hours later the rest of our group arrived (we were glad we had gone on ahead), Mark was surprised as he wasn't sure they would make it. At 2am the next morning we were woken by one of the staff to hear that the park ranger wasn't permitting anyone to summit due to bad weather - heavy rain and 70mph winds! Although we were we disappointed we were glad to be going back to sleep and 3300m still felt like a huge joint ...

... through progressively denser and denser areas of jungle toward souring mountains with sheer cliffs and ragged ridges, covered in jungle with occasional burnt patches. We had introduced ourselves to Rowena early in the trip. Venetia had the front seat so she got to ask most of the questions and hear most of the answers as the music in the back made it a little difficult to hear. The burnt patches were for farming - rice mainly. Also a fair bit of ...

... oli siistia ja jopa julkisen liikenteen toimivuutta ei ollut unohdettu. Hintataso ei ollut missaan tapauksessa halpa, mutta toisaalta ei myoskaan mahdoton. Aasialaiseksi kapunkiksi toisaalta muutaman paivan paasta totesimme sen myos hieman sarmattomaksi. Kaikki rupesi loppujen lopuksi tuntumaan lahes liiankin toimivalta. Missakohan olivat ne joilla ei mene hyvin ja joita yleensa tulee vastaan kaupunkissa kuin kaupungissa? Hmm ...

... deserted waterfall. No sooner had we arrived, what seemed like a million miles away from anywhere then I need the jungle lav. And not the easy one either. Sparing you the detail I did have to hotfoot it over some rocks and erm, well, complete the transaction. My mind was split between being bitten somewhere by a snake or being spotted by someone. Thankfully I think we were the only ones in the whole National Park that day. And the ...

... Christian Church, I had a feeling that the vodka may help him get a good night's sleep. After we were almost through the second 350 mililiter bottle, we were joined by two tourist police officers that essentially just wanted to talk with us. They knew Frankie already and told us that he was a good and safe guy to hang out with and I don't think they noticed that we were all quite intoxicated. Once we were through the second bottle though, Lisa and I called it ...

... Malaysian friend Frankie told us that he overheard the park rangers say there was a female orangutan near the park entrance over their radios. We rushed back down the jungle trail to the entrance area to find a large female (named Selina) with her very young baby, sitting on one of the benches staring back at us. I think this particular orangutan enjoyed attention, because she sat only 2 meters away from us, looking directly into our cameras for almost 30 ...