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Kota Kinabalu
Once again two months flew by and did not have anytime (or wifi was not available in the room) to keep up my blog. I left my sister and her husband in Kota Kinabalu where they started there journey back to Canada and I proceeded deeper into Sabah and am presently in Ranau. Hopefully I will have time to update my blog for July and August but was not …
Project Sabah Cheshire Home
... project organiser we very quickly realised that we really had our work cut out for us. It was very hard work, and we all ended up being covered in dirt and were greatly rewarded by the beauty of a hot shower and mea at the end of the day. The food so far provided by the Cheshire Home has been outstanding and well worth the 17rm (~$6) per day for Breakfast, morning tea, lunch, and afternoon tea. From the wonderful writing team of Thomo, Courtaney, and ...
Kicking around KK
... experience of Borneo which is what I'm after. The locals are meant to be lovely and very welcoming, so I've been given a few contacts to give a call which I'll do tomorrow before I head off. Not sure what internet connection will be like but I'll see what I can do. The plan after that is to head to Thailand to see my bro :-) he can only get weekends off though so may also get to do some touring around. Will keep you posted!
Cathc you soon,
SP
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Last destination Borneo, first stop Kota Kinabalu
... queue in Borneo we waited for hours to get to the desk as people kept pushing passed us and pretending to not understand us.... And then when we got to the hotel the room had no window and was a tiny concrete cell with no hot water....! Oh yeah forgot to mention that the disgusting man sneezed on Ian's head on the plane, which I'd captured his face on the camera.. ! We soon realised that it was going to one of those days and had to just keep ...
Puh Toh Tze Temple
... the temple also functioned as a cemetery of sorts with it's two separate columbaria. Puh Toh Tze Temple is also a great place to visit since it is seemingly not visited by that many people due to its somewhat distant location from the main tourist area.
*In order to get to Puh Toh Tze Temple you can either go with a tour or do what I did and head there independently via taxi. If you decide to go independently ...