Unfortunately after we touched down in Sandakan and checked into our jungle lodge hostel I took a turn for the worst and spent the afternoon with another vomiting bug or food poisoning, not sure which. Anyway it wasn't pleasant so I spent the afternoon curled up in bed watching The Wire on the iPad and feeling sorry for myself. The next morning I was feeling a little better and the mini van arrived to transport us to the jetty for our voyage to turtle island. At...

Once we touched down in Kota Kinabalu we headed straight for the hostel. This one had a much nicer bed than the last and actually provided a sheet you could sleep under where as the last one we just got an under sheet. The wall had the most amazing wallpaper which was a picture of Mount Kinabalu .... inspiration for the following day I guess :-). There was free hot chocolate and coffee on tap and alright wifi. We headed out for dinner at an Italian restaurant to...

Hi all!! So after 1.5 weeks of visiting family on the transfer from South America to Asia we are now in Malaysian Borneo whoop whoop! I would like to say a quick thank you to both sets of parents and Lærke for making our time at home so amazing with great food, activities and weather for the most part!! The first thing to say about Borneo is we love it! It's boiling, the food is yummy and insanely cheap, everyone speaks English and we have seen so many cool th...

After a long and boring bus journey, made especially long when our bus broke down for two hours in the middle of nowhere and we survived between lunch and dinner on a snickers bar, we finally arrived in Cusco :-)!! Tired and starving we checked into our hotel and went to find a burger restaurant recommended on tripadvisor. To get to the restaurant we had to pass through the square in the centre of the old town and it looked amazing all lit up. One thing we did no...

As I mentioned in the last blog we decided that we could do Colca Canyon without the help and cost of a tour company and guide. Colca Canyon was a must for our visit to Arequipa as it is the second deepest canyon in the world!! To get to Colca Canyon we took a public bus to Cabanacondor from Arequipa which took about 6.5 hours and passed through the mountainous landscape around Mount Chachani. We checked into our nice but old looking hostel at the top of the t...