Sunday 9th April Not very eventful- got up to see the Sunday market but turned out to be mostly food. I was a bit disappointed cause I thought there'd be loadsa cool tribal crafts for cheap but to no avail. And we got trapped in between stalls next to the Durians, which was just naaasty. We also found ourselves in the fish section, and in the heat it certainly did stench. If I was almost boking, I don't know how mum or gran coped. We then headed to a nearb...

Saturday 8th April- Bako National Park Up early to head of to Bako National Park for the day. Bumpy ride in the minibus for 40mins, which took us to a picturesque fishing village along the river inlet. We then hopped in a speed boat and set out on a 15min ride to the park. We passed many fishermen in their traditional tinky boats and using cool nets. Was exciting jumping out of the boat onto the beach- a bit like Ardtoe. Around the beach were gorgeous rock...

Friday 7th April- Orang utans In the morning, we headed back to the waterfront, to walk to the Islamic Museum. Although, along the way, we were distracted by the colourful and fragrant food market. There were stall upon stall of fresh fruit and veg, a few Indian stalls with oober cool mounds of vibrant coloured chili paste. Mum was mega impressed by the presentation of each stall- ie the carrots were made into little pointed mounds and tied neatly. They also...

Thursday-6th April Early start as we headed for the Cultural Village that morning. All of our trips were arranged by the "Concierge", who was very enthusiastic in assisting us as much as poss- he was lotsa help but a bit overwhelming at times. So we set of in our wee mini van and once at the village we received a cool wee passport we took around with us. We visited 7 diff houses- each resembling the traditional accommodation of different tribes in Sarawak,...

Bought a new camera- woo friggin hoo! Bout time! On tues, I at last watched the end of Braveheart with my class- every time I have arranged to watch it, the VCD player has been missing etc. Mum and gran arrived later in the day to meet Johnston and Catherine. Mum chatted to Catherine for a while about child abuse and we arranged a time for her to give a presentation at the Society for the Deaf. Mum and gran then went back to the hotel and I continued with my afte...