Just mooched around and chilled out in Kuching today so we took lots of pics. including some of the bananas for Lucy C.Hope you like them.

We were both knocked up by 6.15 this morning . I'll rephrase that – the taxi driver from last night called at 6.15 this morning to return Johns missing bag, camera and other enclosed bits and bobs- so all is back to normal now and John has stopped sulking in time to enjoy his birthday today. As we were already up we decided we should take advantage of the early hour to visit the Orang-utans at the Semenngoh rehabilitation centre. Dressed like sister Mary f...

Hooray it's my birthday and we’re off to Bako. Bako is a national park – effectively a hinterland, about an hours bus ride  from Kuching.  For those planning to come to Kuching. Its really easy to locate the bus in the bus station as it has" Kuching- Bako” plastered on the side, along with the fare 3.5 ringgits. Extremely good value – an hours ride for 70p. The bus takes you through the outlying areas of kuching with deviations a...

Selamat pagi Blog followers- another bright and sunny day here in Borneo. Despite Paul McCartney auditioning the latest hopefuls for his next Frog Chorus in the pond next to our patio we both managed to get to sleep at a reasonable hour. When we woke this morning the cockerels were crowing but the frogs were strangely quiet. Guess the frogs know when they're beaten ! We went across to the local shop for some breakfast goodies and after scouring the shelves and ...