We flew into Kuching and Malaysian Borneo both really happy to be getting out of the city and exploring. There was so much to do here and so little time! Malaysian Borneo is split into 2 - Sabah and Sarawak. We started in Sarawak and were struck by how affluent it was, big houses with row upon row of new ones being built and big cars hardly a mo...

Departed Taiping on our way to Kuching. We're going to a Rehab Centre for Orangs. We've got three days here before we head off to the Jungle/Rainforest. Arrived at Singahsana Lodge - what a place. Kuching has a really great feel about it. I'm really looking forward to my time here and on to Borneo to see if we can see any Orang Utans in the Rain...

Den siste uken har gaatt fort, fordi vi har opplevd mye spennende! Louise dro fra oss i gaar, det blir veldig rart at hun ikke skal vaere med lenger. Naa er jeg sammen med Line og Ingrid den neste maaneden. Vi befinner oss paa Borneo naa, floy inn hit i gaar, og har en litt slack dag med oppdatering paa internett og vasking av klaer og lignende....

We returned to Kuching one day earlier from Santubong cos I thought Holiday Inn was a little too ex for my budget and at the same time, Imp can have one extra day to do this survey at Datu Peninsula.. Unfortunately, the last minute change meant that only bunk beds were available in the ever popular Singgahsana Lodge.. and the only pair of sleep...

Today we were leaving the Malaysian Peninsular for the island of Borneo. Borneo is in fact divided administratively into three - the Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak, the Sultanate of Brunei and the Indonesian province of Kalimantan. We were taken to KL airport which is actually situated 50km outside KL by an incredibly knowledgeable driver...

We decided to rent our motor bikes another 24 hours so this morning we went back to the orangutan centre to check out the morning feeding. We followed the signs to a nearby town but still managed to get lost so we had to turn around and try to find the way we took yesterday. On the way I ran out of petrol and Jay was driving in front of me and d...

Breakfast at KL airport this morning and a hunt for a replacement inhaler for Annabel started the day. The airport clinic was very good and we were soon on our way to the gate to catch the 10.10am flight to Kuching in Sarawak. An uneventful flight except painful ears from our head colds and met by our guides Ross & Zack at the airport. The r...

So onward into Sarawak, Malaysia (Borneo) - You must have Borneo sorted by now! The original plan (the one which Chris changed whilst Paul was at Mt Kinabalu) was for us to go to fly to a town called Miri and make our way back to BSB, Brunei on public transport. Seemed ok until we looked more closely at the 'make our way.........on public transp...

0400 - The jet lag has caught up with me. Woke up at half 2 to the sound of thunder and have been wide awake ever since. Only 3 hours before I need to get up to catch the bus to the Orang Utang sanctuary. Do I stay up or go back to bed? 0900 - Oh dear, looks like I managed to reset the alarm in my sleep and have therefore missed the bus to the s...

Finally arrived after a slightly hellish trip from the UK. Felt relieved about missing the snow in Manchester, only to be greeted in Amsterdam by snow. No worries I thought, boarded flight on time, sadly once we got on the aircraft they decided there was an hour's delay as the plane had to be de-iced. Even worse I'd managed to end up with a cent...