Breakfast was interesting this morning....or should we say disgusting. This did not surprise us as the trip advisor reviews had already warned us of this. You would think they would take it onboard. But no. It is hard to get scrambled egg, beans and toast wrong isn't it? Fully into our few days in nature, today we decided to visit the Sun Bears rehabilitation centre. Sun Bears or 'Honey Bears' as many people know them are often kept illegally in small cages as ...

It was an excellent move to book an extra night in our posh accommodation instead of going to the airport for the night again. We have since found out that such a move can effect the following three days with zombie like tiredness. So at 4am, after 7 hours in a comfy bed we headed to the airport to catch our 45min flight to Sandakan leaving at 7am. Now there is a reason for getting to the airport this early as we had no idea how our luggage situation was to pan o...

The last attraction to visit in Kota Kinabalu was the Dirty Beach. since flying into Borneo the litter, waste, smells and murkiness have being present when looking at the sea, rivers and streets. It's such a shame that this wonderland of nature is being so mistreated as it is trying to catch up to the first world. Mass deforestation is taking place and the by-products of this are polluting the rivers and sea to the point where for backpackers it is a day out to v...

An outing to the Sunday Markets of Kota Kinabalu turned into a very disappointing venture. We arrived at midday as we were in able to find out the start/ finish time so this seemed logical. But upon finding Gaya Street where they are held, it soon became clear that everyone was packing up for the day. Nonetheless we still managed to get a glimpse of what was on offer...... Every other store trying to sell the same stuff. This seems to be a common occurrence in ...

Early bird catches ......the 5.20am pickup in a full minivan for an hour and a half down the bumpiest road on earth, to catch the oldest (again packed) rickety train for 2 hours along wonky tracks to go white water rafting on the biggest grade 5 rapids in Borneo. The guide Keigo = hardest man in the world to read. The reason for this was he kept throwing horrifying details into the trip but not clarifying if it was in humour or not. - When rafting do...