Mercure Kota Kinabalu

... stop and was about to just say no worries and sweat all the way to the plane by bus. Taking a taxi was supposed to have kept me nice and dry but the plan was already defeated and wet. No big deal...just part of traveling and I wasn't bothered one way or another. So it didn't work out...time to move on to Plan B for Bus. But...as we walked away, this little gem of a transportation specialist waived sarcastically, laughed loudly with ...

... of junk. Spent a lot of money sitting around coffee shops with air conditioning and couches. We did it though, took us the entire day...and night.

Day 3: Day 2 of diving: Roughest boat ride out to the island, thought we were going to lose a couple of passengers and wondering how the diving was going to be under these conditions. Given we had completed our readings, we knew that possibly visibility might not be 100% since it rained all night and there ...

... on s'est aussi renseigner au employer du
restaurant pour avoir plusieurs options.


Arrive a la premiere plage, tout juste
a cote du rasa ria resort, un tres gros resort 5 etoiles, la plage
etait bien, mais rien de vraiment exceptionnel. Nous avons donc
repris la route pour la 2e plage. Quelques kilometres plus loin, on
arrive au nexus karambunai resort. Comme il ne semble pas y avoir de
chemin pour se rendre a la plage, nous avons ...

... the ground below us clearly. It was about then that i realised that i was 4000 metres up, terrified of heights and trusting a 5 year old pair of hiling shoes and a rope to not let me fall to my death! The climb back to the resthouse was really hard going to, we were going downhill but trying to stay upright on the wet granite really tired out the muscle's in my legs. It took an hour and a half to get back and when i stood still my legs were shaking as if they couldn't hold me up ...

... to snorkel. It may not look like much but wow once you work to go out past the first markers and into the second area it was just fantastic. Huge variety of fish, gorgeous coral and not too many people. Most stay close to the shore where the coral is dead. Anna, lara and I also went for a great walk over the Island and the views were amazing. We were there from 9:30 to 4 and the day flew by. The only negative was a roaming old boar that turned up ...

... corpse flower" or "meat flower". The vile smell that the flower gives off attracts insects such as carrion flies, which transport pollen from male to female flowers. The flower can take up to 12 months to grow and then only lasts for 5 days. Another one of our adventures took us to the Kilas River wetlands south of KK, here we took a small motorboat along the maze of waterways, as they cut through the mangroves and palms. Tall trees spring up on islands and it is ...

... semblaient plus savoir quoi faire (car si vous additionner on a fait 12h30 de marche). Rejean dit n'avoir jamais vue un sentier de cette distance sans aucun plat, toujours en escalier. On a bouffer et up le bus pour K.K (Kota Kinabalu), avec un des couples. Une crevaison est venue egayer notre route. Notre hotel nous a donner une chamber au 4ieme etage. Pourquoi nous!!!! Enfin, pas de berceuse pour nous ce soir. Bisouxxxxxxxxxxxx France et Rejean

... turning up to a hotel in Ireland at 10pm on Christmas Eve. Anyway, our luck was in and they had one room left, unfortunately for us it was a family room for four people so we had to pay a bit over the odds but we didn't care, we were wrecked from the jungle and just wanted a nice bed and a hot shower. The next morning we had what we now call "practical days". First we changed rooms to a double room, did a bit of shopping for ...

... I need in terms of work clothes and things like that. I'm not sure how often I'll have internet access, so my blog and regular contact with friends and family (who I presume are the only people reading this) may suffer for a while. It'll all get updated in the end though, and if you really love me, here is my postal address for the next six weeks: c/o WFFT Wildlife Rescue Centre 108 moo 6, Tambon Thamairuak Amphoe Thayang 76130 Petchaburi THAILAND