Kingwood Inn Miri

The location for this part of the trip says Miri but that's only really because Bario hasn't made it into Google maps yet. That's a good thing in our books. There's not a huge amount to write about Miri itself but what it does have is some amazing people who adopted me 5 years ago and we were lucky enough to catch them in Miri both on the way through to Bario and on the way back.

Enne is still the wonderfully caring and ...

Miri was one of the riches town in Sarawak. Oil was dicovered in this island many many years ago.

When we reached Miri, Robert drove us to the hotel and pointed to us a few bungalows along the road. There was even a very big house on a hill, facing the sea. The bungalows was so big that one maid occupied one lttle house.

Miri was not very big but moving around ...

... aikana lahes seitseman litraa kahteen pekkaan.

Damaista matka Miriin kesti kaytannossa koko paivan. Lahdimme klo 6.30 taksilla Kuchingin satamaan, josta Express-laiva lahti klo 8.30 kohti Sibua. Viiden tunnin laivamatkan vietimme paaasiassa laivan ulkokannella delfiineja bongaillen, koska sisatiloja hallitsivat kiinaksi tekstitetyt hyvin kovaaaniset paikalliset ufo-leffat. Jostain syysta myos ilmastointi oli saadetty laivassa ...

... to the Pinnacles, he never signed up but the thought he was going for some reason. He got a lecture about not letting them know he was going. It was very amusing. Nigel had a canopy walk scheduled and when we went to check out, we found out he didn't make it, his excuse was that we kept him up all night talking. We finally realized that even though the park personal don't have computers they know everything that is going on in the park. It was fun to just to ...

... knee and says 'You know what?' Hold your breathe. 'You look just like Paul McCartney' When I get up off the floor 10mins later he is quite insistent of Richies likeness. I don't know what they put in the beer here. Thankfully he doesn't know Will Young, Shane Ward or Shrek so I was safe from matches. Evergreeeeen. Private joke. Dutifully, after a night on the ****, to quote Nial, we need some kebabage. I set my ...

... two guys from the mother land ventured to the caves for a day. you soo need a head torch, towards the painted cave you are walking on a slippery slide of a plank walk in pitch black darkness.. but its insanly beautiful. the rocks are green, cave waterfalls, ancient paintings and just pure awesomeness. i even got shat upon by a swiftlet.. maybe for luck? the walks to the caves are dead easy too... loved the day trip.. next day awoke to be blessed with the constant reminder of ...

Borneo has only been getting better by the day! The diving in Sipadan lived up to its promise...we were literally bumping into sea turtles. they were absolutely everywhere, we saw hundreds of them, and they were huge, some as big as Kevin!! We were swimming only a couple feet away from reef sharks that were up to 8 or 9 feet long. We saw schools of up to 12 grey sharks at a time. We got to swim with huge schools of barricuda (maybe 1000 fish in a school ...

... had the stomach upset because the drive to the village through the very dusty and deserted lanes was quite an experience for us. On the drive to the clinic, we passed through a few houses in the village and had a rare glimpse of how the locals actually live. We concluded that their lifestyle was very basic. We did not see any activities, no farming, no shops, in fact, we did not see many people at all. It seems that most ...

Wild Borneo. WOW! what a ride! 9public buses, 4 long disrtance buses, 6 minivans, 3 taxis, 5 4x4's, 2 cars(paid), 2 cars (volunteered) 1 lrg. ferry, 3 lrg. jet longboats, 6 small river boats, 1 scooter and 2 twin otter flights is how i have made my way from Kuching in southern Sarawak, Borneo through Brunie and into Northern, Sabah Borneo to experience all the fantastic sights and sounds. On this leg of my journey i have met the ...

... and head to Bangkok early. Looks like I'm going to get to experience my second military coup! The news reports make it sound pretty peaceful so I'm not worried about anything. I haven't been able to get in touch with Thai Airways so my plan is to just turn up at the airport and see if there is a seat. What can possibly go wrong with that plan? ;-)