We have finally made it to Indonesia, our final country on the Asian oddessy. Our last land border crossing was spectacularly uneventful though we were the only ones fingerprinted and photographed at the border! In this case crossing from no mans land into Indonesia was not simply arbitrary process, the difference between Indonesian Borneo and Malaysian Borneo was apparent immediately. First the condition of the road deteriorated in the blink of an eye, buildin...

Heading south from Semporna we travelled to the uninspiring city of Tawau, close to the Indonesian border. We had planned to cross over into Indonesia from here in a few days time but after hearing of very recent ethnic conflict, closed airports and ports we thought it best to re-evaluate plans a little. But I'm getting ahead of myself, before all this we made fruitless attempts to visit a cocoa plantation, the draw of seeing a chocolate tree up close was under...

Where has the jungle gone? I imagine I'm not alone when I thought that Borneo would be bursting with jungle and all the wildlife that it offers. So leaving cheap flights behind for a little while we took a long distance bus out of KK towards eastern Sabah which we both thought would be abundant with dense forest. Travelling cross country has so far given us a wide range of experiences, from getting stuck in the bush in Tanzania to seeing real village life throug...

Kota Kinabalu sounds rather exotic, unfortunately it's not. As a gateway to the rest of Sabah and all that it offers KK is essentially a bit of a hole. Maybe that's a little unfair as it certainly hasn't stopped us having a good few days. Our main aim in travelling to Sabah has been to dive in Sipidan, supposedly another on the top 10 dive destinations. Throughout this trip we've generally taken things as they come, deciding roughly where we want to go but with n...

Singapore can be summed up in one word - efficient. Arriving at the budget terminal (just in case anyone forgets their place in society) was a breeze, stepping through customs and picking up our bags all before the plane was scheduled to land. We are two extremely lucky travellers as the lovely Guy and Alex have offered us a room in their condo for a few days. Rocking up at midnight we took the lift to the 13th floor and collapsed onto a wonderfully comfy bed com...