Dvilla Rina Ria Lodge Kota Kinabalu

... and scrapes so I floated around for a few minutes. See mom...we did listen. By the way, that yellow medicine is a miracle drug and my leg hasn't fallen off...actually it's about healed up after only two days since it was really just some long scratches rather than anything major. Salt water and yellow medicinal goo = happy healing. Friend on plane back to US = happy water taxi rides.

Though I only bought a roundtrip to the one island I was able to ...

... my wife is on the bus. Took me with his wife back to his home. Sat me down, gave me a drink. Shared family stories before getting into his second car and being safely returned to Sarah. Could you imagine that happening in the UK?

The Trekforce reps I had in Borneo are called Simon and Chris. During the 7 months I was here they became my mentors and friends. While Trekforce no longer runs in Borneo, this married duo has stayed on and set up a new business ...

... 8220;driving on the left side” deal. Thankfully, our stunning, intrepid and fearless friend Sarah came to our rescue, and agreed to meet us in KK to once again act as our guide (and chauffeur), this time in the exotic climes of Borneo. Sarah had never ventured over to the other side of Malaysia, so the trip promised to be as exciting for her as it was for us…with ...

... blonde hair, blue eyes and she’d been on the beach the day before mid-day in the equatorial sun).

On our last day in Malaysia, our legs and stomachs still not quite recovered from the mountain, we wandered to an air-conned shopping mall for our final roti-canai lunch before sharing a taxi with Cornelia to the airport for our late flight to Jakarta in Indonesia.

and so we find ourselves in the KK international airport waiting for our last flight together, headed to Singapore, where the buildings will be tall enough for leora to throw me off (which I'm sure she's been plotting for 12 days now). this morning we woke up early; correction, leora woke up early and did yoga on the balcony, while I slept through the non-alarm b/c I set it for the wrong ...

... retreat from the approaching Japanese and then again by the Allied forces to get rid of the occupying Japanese forces. This onslaught left only three buildings in the entire city standing. One of these structures is called the Atkinson Clock Tower and is a square 15.7 meter high wooden structure that was completed in 1905. It is only a few square meters at its base, so it is easy to understand how this structure could've survived such devastation. Not far ...

... get paid. We were rather surprised to arrive at our hotel, outside the main city of KK, and find it was built on a modern mega-shopping centre complex. The whole area seems newly built and thus we had a great price for a 4*, the staff very helpful etc. Not sure the wild man would have fitted in here! Next day we had two minutes to pack up and move 30 meters across the road to the Novotel hotel after a disagreement about price when the hotel managed wanted ...

... le tuba, pas facile (il semble toujours que c'est la premiere journee qu'ils font cela) trouver le bateau, enfin nous partons mais bien sure nous sommes les derniers debarquer a notre ile. C'est pas grave tout ca, parce-que nous avons ete recompense par du snokeling impressionnant. Plein de poisson varie. Baracuda, poisson papillon, toute la famille de nemo etait present. 3 heures de pure merveille. Rejean s ...

... the dark! In order to access the nests, they suspend huge lengths of interconnected bamboo from the ceiling, and shimmy up it. With a noticeable absence of 'HS&E', it's an incredibly risky way to make a living, and deaths from falls are not unknown. I was pleased to leave the hostel the next morning, I wouldn't recommend a stay here to anyone. The woman running the place is seriously strange, and not that kind to the hoard of cats that provide ...

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8 Sep 2008 (Mon)
We had breakfast in the resort and continued exploring the various sites near the resort. We went to a restaurant outside the resort for lunch. After lunch, we checked out of the resort and took a cab back to Kota Kinabalu.

Back in Kota Kinabalu, we checked in to our hostel and went in hunt for a seafood restaurant where we had a feast to celebrate our victory.
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