Date: 13th July 2011

Place: Sandakan

Weather: Sunny

We had planned on having a lie in today but we seemed to wake up early naturally. Rather than curry for breakfast today it was noodles; yum. We had to fill up our morning before getting buses out of there so we went on the internet for a while and then went for a wonder down to the harbour.

On our way there we walked through the central market. They don't see many white people in their and apparently because of that we are beautiful and they all really wanted to let us know. Everyone says hello as we walk past and they all shout to get your attention; I felt like a celebrity.

When we finally got out of there we got ourselves a smoothie and then went for a walk along the sea front, got some food and head back to the hostel where we waited to get a lift from Geoff to the bus station. Carm was going to Semporna to go diving in Sipidan which is one of the best places in the world. I was going back to Kota Kinabalu to do my Open Water Diving Course. It was a long journey alone, especially since the back of my seat was broken so I couldn't lean back on it without it falling straight backwards onto the person behind me.

The bus dropped us off in a different place to what I had expected and I actually needed to get a taxi into the city centre. Luckily enough I met two other backpackers called Shanie and John who were going the same way. They decided to try out coming to Lucy's Homestay since it was cheaper than theirs. When we got in Date Night was on so I watched that and then went to crash out.