Aww you should see the beaches in this place, so nice!! nothing compares to fiji but still.. definately needed a good rest after rushing around the jungle and the highlands. we just sat on the beach for a few days, jon got sunburnt hehe, i got bitten all over my ankles by mozzies, and... we swam with turtles!! it was a snorkelling trip which took us to 5 different sites, not very original names (shark point, turtle point etc) did get to see a large black tipped...

cup of tea? we went up to the cameran highlands to visit a tea plantation owned by some scotish man, it could have easily been in england to be honest. the buildings reminded me of when i went skiing in austria and it was quite touristy. really enjoyed it though! got some nice tea, and went to a strawberry farm. the tour group also took us to some random places such as bee farm, rose gardens and a nice food market - steam sweet potato yummy!! caught a bus back ...

well not much to report from melaka.... we've just been chilling really, we caught a boat over to the island of bescar. like gold sands (caz really liked that). it was a hassle trying to get off the island as it was easter sunday and everyone who had gone over there for a holiday was trying to get off the island. we made friends with some locals and persuaded them to get a private boat with us so we could share the cost. got us back quicker so was good. we t...

We still couldnt get accomodation at the national parks but we still decided to go so we could have a look. went early, straight off the night bus so we were soo tired. it was Bako national park, its home to the rare probiscus monkey, they have big floppy noses. we saw some as soon as we left the main office which was great. decided to do the hike which went up to the waterfall. was about 3.5 km one way. so hot n sticky! it was different jungle to peru, it was hi...

Borneo... our original plan was to go straight to a national park and stay there over night. unfortunately it was all fully booked so very quick change of plan we decided to go visit a longhouse first then come back later and do the national parks. so catching a night bus we travelled furth north east into the jungle to a town called Sibu. not much sleep well no sleep at all, but luckyily working my charm i managed to get us a free room for abuot 3 hours just to...