After our grueling hike on Mt Kinabalu a nice, long, lazy sleep-in is just what we needed to face the trip out to Sepilok. We both woke up with pretty sore legs. And as we mentioned the hike up to the lodge the couple of days before was very wet and very cold, which left me with a doozy of a head cold. So I pretty much felt like I had just been hit by a truck. Thankfully the sun was shining and the weather was warm which quickly lifted my spirits. After breakfas...

Finally the big day was upon us. We'd been looking forward to this hike with 60/40 excitement and trepidation for months now so it was a relief to finally be getting to it. We showed up at the National Park at about 8am after spending the night at a nice spot down the road and getting a ride to the park by a really nice local old man. Once arrived we checked in, stored our big bags, got our packed lunch and then arranged our guide. We paired up with a Dutch guy ...

Welcome to Borneo! It took a little longer then we thought, but after a flight from Hanoi to Kuala Lumpur, a 4 hour layover, and another 3 hr flight on the fantastic budget airline Air Asia we found ourselves in the capital of the Malaysian state of Sabah; Kota Kinabalu. To be honest, KK doesn't have a whole lot going on except that it is the gateway to the rest of this incredible island. We only stopped for the night to lay over before heading east into the hi...

What a relief to be back in Hanoi after the Halong Bay ordeal. The long ride back just capped it off and when we got off the bus, everyone just sort of slinked off making only feeble attempts to say goodbye. We found our new hotel, Rising Dragon, checked in and crashed onto the bed...so happy to be in a comfortable room and free to do anything we wanted including nothing at all. And that's about what we did...nothing. It was awesome. When we got hungry we went an...

Wow!! Where to begin...it's a bit of a saga so we'll do our best to summarize: The Good: Halong Bay is beautiful! Our cabin on the boat was OK. We met some super cool people on the trip. We had a sweet sing along session with 2 guitars, a couple Aussies, a Kiwi, 4 Swedes and a Peruvian dude. We did a pretty cool hike to a view point in Cat Ba National Park. One of the be-friended was the Peruvian dude; Marco. We wrapped a bit in Spanish, which was fun. Th...