After leaving Semporna, we got on the bus to Sandakan, 8 hours away. It is never that simple though and 2 hours into the journey the bus completely broke down, so we had yet another fun wait by the roadside for a replacement.Finally, we arrived in Sandakan and the taxi dropped us off at our hotel, which looked like a hospital. We are clearly not the first people to ask about the history of the building as when Paul asked the owner he responded with "it used to be...

We spent the first 4 days in Borneo volunteering for a tropical research and coral conservation project on a tiny island called Pom Pom! The island itself is the definition of paradise - blinding white sand and crystal clear water and very little development. We stayed in tents just next to the beach and showered in the jungle, which surprisingly, we both really liked. It was possible to walk around the entire island in about 40 minutes! The reefs around Pom P...

We arrived in Penang to a nice chilled hostel (apart from an angry bald American man who referred to us as 'the drunk brits' and a dog sized rat!). The first night we went to another food market, which was actually pretty rubbish. The weather was a bit hit and miss but we did manage to get the sky train up to Penang Hill, which has amazing views over the island. Penang is probably our least favourite place we've been as there's not a lot to do. We have however g...

Only a small update as we have spent our time doing absolutely NOTHING! We made our way up to the Perhentians from Melaka on a freezing cold night bus and arrived at the port of Kuala Besut just in time for breakfast - raw pancakes (however this was explained by the chef who told us she was 'new to cooking'). We then got on a speed boat across to Perhentian Kecil where we spent our time lazing around on the beach and snorkelling with turtles and reef sharks. Th...

We arrived in Singapore to meet Shona and Joe on the day of the F1 grand prix. Although we arrived too late to watch it, we got to walk the track the following day which was awesome! Next stop was Tioman Island where we relaxed on a secluded beach for 4 days. One of the days we did a jungle trek to Monkey Beach where a monkey pounced and stole our coconut while we were sunning ourselves! From there we caught a bus to Melaka on the west coast where we have jus...