Hello all, We have been in Kota Kinabalu for the last week waiting to climb Mount Kinabalu, the highest mountain in Borneo at 4.095m. On the morning of Wednesday 13th April we arrived at the park headquarters, met our guide Lanting and were ready to tackle the mountain. We had a 6km hike up to the resthouse at 3000m. The walk was fairly easy going but as we entered the clouds after a couple of hours the breathing became a little harder as the air began to thin ...

Hello from Kuching! We have had a fab time here, we believe mother nature noted our previous efforts to see some wildlife and has rewarded us in Kuching. Our first amazing wildlife experiance was at the Semmengoh Orangutan conservation centre where orphaned or illegally shipped animals are looked after in a large park, however it has been going so long they have started to breed there too! The Orangutans are free to come and go as they please however the ranger...

Dear friends and family, We spent a few days around Kuala Lumpur, staying in old china town and visiting the new comercial districts. We did quite alot of window shopping it has to be said! There are plenty of shiny new malls including one with a full sized rollar coaster inside as well as university nursing campus on the 10th floor!! The highlight of our time here was visiting the telecom tower to get a full 360degree view of the city. It was great and the ci...

hello everyone! Firstly HAPPY BIRTHDAY DALE!!!! We had a great time in the Cameron Highlands, enjoying cream tea's and eating lots of stawberries!! yummy!! the weather here is a pleasant 23C, offering a little comforting relief from the heat of the lowlands. On our first day we visited the local honey bee farm and strawberry fields where we picked our own strawberries! They were delicious! We had a banana leaf curry for dale birthday dinner and some posh scon...

Hello! We have just escaped the Taman Negara Jungle.... we have to admit that we were totally unprepared for this! We had gone with the expectation of a nice easy treck through some lovely jungle, what we got was a back breaking slog through dense rainforest and leech attacks! Our first day was a very enjoyable 3hour hike to the first hide we stayed in, we were the only ones in this particular hide and so were quiet enough to spot some samba deer! awww! We also...