Mercure Kota Kinabalu

27.10-29.10.09 Kota Kinabalu. Sabah. Borneo.<br><br>Apinalaumat jaivat taakse ja paluumatka Sandakanista sujuikin huomattavan leppoisissa merkeissa. Kuusituntinen sujahti yllattavan nopeasti ja oltiin perilla ennenkuin oikein huomasikaan. Jesseltoniin paastyamme palattiin Asia Adventure Lodgeen ja maksettiin viela kaksi yota joiden jalkeen tarkoituksenamme on ulostaa itsemme Pohjois-Borneosta. Viimeiset shoppailut edessa ja taalta ...

... people to get rides and to circumvent the normal payment process, but in this part of the world a few bucks here and there does open doors nicely.<br><br>Mamutik was even more pretty than Manukan and I enjoyed hiking up the small hill down to its backside. Around the docks the schools of fish were amazing and I just wonder how a thousand small fish can all change direction together on a dime like that. Around some rocks a large group of clownfish were just ...

... 8217;d been planning on visiting the longhouse, one of the many traditional homes still maintained by indigenous Malays in Borneo. Ian in particular had become attached to the idea of visiting the longhouse. Whenever the subject came up (or even when it didn&#8217;t), Ian took great delight in saying the name of the place. And it never was just &#8220;the longhouse&#8221;, it was ...

... des bouteilles remplis de morceaux de pain pour attirer les poissons. le probleme c'est que les poissons sont tellement habitue qu'ils nous foncent decu meme si on a rien a leur donner. on c'est fait pincer a quelque reprise par les poissons. <br><br><br><br>le soir, l'ile est plus tranquile, il y reste seulement les quelques employer du kisoque et du diveshop qui habite l'ile et la douzaine de campeur. La nuit a ete tres ...

Today was a slow day. I went to the cinema in the early afternoon to watch the much anticipated "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" on its release day. As crazy as it sounds travelling for three months in South East Asia, this was only the second film I wanted to watch since leaving England, the first being "The Watchmen" that I saw in Bangkok. I'm a big X-Men fan, and it is also the ...

Paul, Eve &amp; Sarah had already gone ahead and scouted out a guesthouse for us in KK, so in theory when we arrived at mdnight all we had to do was take a taxi and get some sleep. Unfortunately, due to an incredibly inept driver who had no clue where we were going &amp; a bit of random walking, we arrived fuming and emotionally exhausted. Ever the gent, Paul ran out to the 7/11 for beer and within around 4 sips we'd chilled out (by the ...

... got a great sarong. Then eventually we got to the jetty and we decided to do a two-island hopping trip (there are five islands just off the coast which have great snorkelling and awesome white sand beaches which aren't crowded). So...first of all we went to Mamukan. We had a good snorkel (though the current was a bit difficult) and then we just had a swim. After a little walk around the accessible areas of the island we had ...

... la gueule grande ouverte qui attendait que notre bateau coule!!! Impressionnant comment les capitaines trouvent leur chemin dans tout les petits canaux. Un moment de cafeine et de bouffe a BSB, nous revoila dans un autobus pour le port de BSB. Ben voyons, bien des endroits pour se promener en bateau ici. La chance est avec nous, a notre arrive le bateau par dans les 10 min. 1 heure plus tard ...

... tourist trade, and with his limited command of the English language it was quite a quiet boat trip. It turned into a comedy tour. I was asking him if he could explain the sites, he'd reply with descriptions such as 'bird', 'house', 'boat' or 'river' before returning to his cigarette which he'd left burning on the gas tank. (I've noticed that as I've been travelling I've increasingly picked up Americanisms, 'gas', 'cell phone', 'trunk'...Hollywood ...