Uncle Tan's Wildlife Camp A little minibus pulled up and we took the 1+1/2 hr drive to Uncle Tan's Camp Office, which was in the middle of nowhere and pretty derelict but the photos on the walls showed how intensely amazing the jungle was gona be- pics of elephants, insects, frogs, lizards- we all got a bit excited. We joined the 15 or so people already crammed in the small room- including a family of 4- 2 hippy-ish parents with mental kids. A boy aged 5, and a...

Turtle Island Up early next morning to go to the airport to meet the Guide, to be taken to Turtle Island (only me, Georgie and Catherine were going due to the extortionate price, so Aman remained at Margaret's). We picked up Georgie and Cathrine en route and headed up an exceedingly dodgy bumpy track in this shabby mini bus to reach the teeny tiny jetty on the edge of a river. (Along with about 20 others). It became clear why the tour had been so pric...

Sandakan We were greeted at the airport by Margaret, who we were staying with. She is Cathrine's, sister in-law's friend. Bit random I know- but she was an absolute legend!! Her house was quite near the airport and she showed us our room and left us to settle in a little bit. Her house was pretty spacious- the biggest I've seen in Sabah so far anyway. Her and her husband were really kind and her daughter let us use the computer and we looked at her photo...

Muslim wedding, adopting a baby orangutan, watching a mummy turtle lay her eggs, releasing baby hatchlings to the wild, trekking through the jungle in swamps of mud, going down the biggest river in Sabah in a long boat with man eating crocs beneath us, not wearing shoes and not getting more than 2hrs sleep for 5 days, partying it up for St Patrick's day in KK- was a friggin awesome March hol!!!!! I've been dreading writing this up cos I know its gona take for ...