I always try and start off each blog differently... but i notice i tend to repeat myself.... "wow what a week".... "what a crazy week it has been"..... "I am having the most amazing time".... and honestly it sounds like i never have a dull moment!Occasionally i do but why write that i sat and read paulo coelho's biography for 4 hrs!! Im just trying to put this week into perspective. I HAD A f***ING HECTICALLY AMAZING NON-STOP WEEK! T...

I arrived in tawau a few days ago and made the 1.5hr journey back up to semporna! It's so good to be back! Checked in at scuba junkie dorm then headed to the bar for a night of singing, dancing and shanagans with some of my old mates from scuba junkie! Early the next morning I was up and ready to get back underwater... First stop bahayan (it's a northern island I haven't yet discovered). The weather was stunning, the visibility was unbelievable And the diving ...

Ive spent the last 3 days dawdling around Miri. Its nothing special here... just like any other city so m not going to write about how i spent most of my time in my hostel chilling out on the internet, reading and resting my hangovers from the night before! ha! But what i will mention is the crazy nights ive had here :) after arriving from miri with the aussie crew (mel, sean and julz) we checked into our seperate hotels and met up for dinner at Apollo seafood m...

This past week i have been in Gunung Mulu National park in Sarawak, Borneo! Being a doco freak I had high expectations from the raving reviews from SIR david Attenborough himself... and I was absolutely blown away by not only the sheer isolation but the vastness of the glorious jungle!! Flying in from Miri, the view was spectacular... miles of green dense jungle with a miandering river flowing below! I stayed in the dorm room (40Rm each night incl. breaky). It w...

This week was the week I got to hang out with the pigmy elephants! In lok Kawi they have 14 pigmy's.. 2 are young (ganesh and sumandak)... And one baby (houmi!!)! The big bull (roco) dies lAst week from a stroke (that's whAt the rumor is anyway)! JB and Sylvia were distraught as they had raised him since he was very young and they had had him for over 20 years! What a relationship! Anyway on monday i arrived at the elephant unit ready for anything with a big exc...