Date: 10th July 2011 Place: Mount Kinabalu Weather: Absolutely freezing to sunny 2am start. I think I got about an hours sleep altogether and it turned out Carm had been the same so maybe it was something to do with the altitude again. Or maybe we were both just nervous. We put on all of our gear which was some leggings and trousers, two pairs of socks, a top, a thick jumper and my wind and waterproof jacket, gloves, walking shoes and a head torch. I was s...

Date: 9th July 2011 Place: Mount Kinabalu Weather: Sunny I couldn't believe the day had come to climb a mountain! We got up super early, had a big breakfast and then went to get the bus to the mountain. After doing all of the signing in bits and paying for our guide we got another bus to the base of the mountain. When we first saw it I couldn't help but swear. I couldn't believe I had paid to climb this thing it was huge! The first part of the climb was...

Date: 8th July 2011 Place: Kota Kinabalu Weather: Really Sunny Today we were going to do the island trip that we were supposed to do the day before. The boat ride over there was great it was really fast and bumpy. The islands were really pretty, I didn't think they would be anything like that since Kota Kinabalu isn't a great city. The water was really clear and you could see all the fish. We found a really private part of the beach where we were basica...

Date: 7th July 2011 Place: Kota Kinabalu Weather: Sunny Since we were supposed to organise everything so far in advance here we thought we had better go and book some things. Carm really wanted to go diving in Sipidan which is meant to be one of the best places in the world to do it. Whilst we were booking that I found out I could do my Open Water course in Kota Kinabalu for only £130! That's like the cheapest in the world. I decided to go for it and book...

Date: 6th July 2011 Place: Kuala Lumpur Weather: Sunny We woke up early today so that we could go up the Kuala Lumpur tower and then go to the shopping centre. We went to the central market first and had a look around before getting some better directions to the Kuala Lumpur tower. It didn't take as long to get to that side of the city this time and we got straight up the tower. The views were awesome and we each had a personal headset that told us what we...