Hotel New Sabah Sandakan

... 00am feed and 4 turned up .. they were brilliant and then we went for a walk throught the rainforest .. Aghhhh loads and loads of leeches ... i managed to catch a couple just before they locked onto my ankle and a couple more (one huge!!) on my trousers looking for a yummy spot on which to start sucking!!! Phew .. no bites!!!

Then we watched a video .. that basically asked for money and told us what a good job they are ...

... river - even if we did manage to open our eyes there was so much rain coming down it was difficult to see very far at all! We sense a bit of an ominous theme developing...

On our other trips out in the boat we saw lots more monkeys and various birds, and were lucky enough to spot a properly wild orangutan, hanging out high in a tree close to the river, munching his way through the fruit from a fig tree. Whilst on land at a village we ...

... in the park, killed a few hours waiting for the afternoon feed. After lunch it was time to go back in, thankfully there were a lot less people for this viewing. Six Orang-Utans arrived in, I think four of them had been there earlier in the day (greedy feckers). We stood and watched for as long as we were allowed, then left happy. It was nice to see them, it did feel a bit like a zoo but at least these Orang-Utans could leave whenever they liked.


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... by our next host and driven 2 hours by 4 wheel drive to the Last Frontier Resort on the Kinabatangan river. The lodge is accessed by climbing up 538 steps. Accommodation was simple but clean and we had our own bathroom with hot shower. There is no air con but the fan works well to keep it plenty cool enough to sleep. The really nice thing about this place is that it is very small with only a few guests at a time, which means the extremely hospitable owners provide very ...

... driven to our accommodation, dropped off our bags and checked out our surroundings, which included a short jungle trail that we attempted until it began to rain. lots. dinner time came and we welcomed some new canucks to the folds: nila from vancouver and olivier from ste foy. next morning we ate our brekkie and headed off to the urang-otan park down the road. saw the feeding and returned to the B&B to wait for our next driver...

... it Uncle Tan's was over and we were in the airport waiting for our transfer flight to the capital Kota Kinabalu. Uncle Tan's was a fabulous jungle adventure and we were so lucky to see all the amazing things that we did and meet all the lovely people. The orangutans and the proboscis monkeys were really beautiful and amazing and we were actually sad to leave the camp (though looking forward to a shower!) And then on to Kota Kinabalu...........x

... was moving and the trees were swinging violently, several of the younger ones scarpered as a great big male came into view by now we were pleased for the distance between us. The adult male certainly had more than food on his mind as he apprehended one of the mothers to have his wicked way, the poor baby didn't have a chance of attention as the brute kept pushing him out of the way. Eventually he left and the others started to make their way back ...

Greetings from Borneo! Well as mentioned before we had tried and tested the wonderful luxury of the Nexus Resort in Kota Kinabalu and roused ourselves to travel via bus to the otherside of Borneo so that we could visit the Orang Utangs in Sepilok Rehabilitation Centre. When i say "we" I presume that you all know my Auntie Rosie has joined me? And i have to say we travel well together for reasons which will become more apparent the further on ...