Difficult to believe, but Simon and I met in person for the first time six years ago today! Just think what we have seen and done since then. So much, but still so much more to do! After a good night's sleep we met Mike at 6.30 am for our last walk together. It was a little grey and misty overhead but still dry. We have been so lucky with the weather throughout our stay. No rain since the first day. We set off along the Hornbill Trail and soon heard the familiar...

We woke to another glorious sunny day ready to enjoy our last full day here at Borneo Rainforest Lodge. We met our guide, Mike, at 8 am and set off to follow a trail along the side of the river. However, it was not long before Mike's radio beeped and we were diverted to the other side of the river where there had been a sighting of another mother and baby orang-utan pair. We searched around for a few minutes before we spotted them high in the trees. Mike told us ...

We had a good night's sleep and this morning the sun is still shining so we are very lucky. After a quick breakfast we met at 8 am with our guide and one other couple to go tubing on the Danum River. After all the previous warnings about long trousers, leech socks, walking sticks etc we set off, as instructed, on this walk to the river in shorts and flip flops! We were told to walk fast and no stopping otherwise the leeches would get us. No need to be told twice....

The rain continued for most of the night but had stopped by early morning. Our guide, Mike, told us to meet for our first activity at 6.30 am. This seemed a bit cruel on the face of it but we did as we were told, even though it meant falling out of bed at 5.50 am! We were soon on our way to the famous Canopy Walkway which we had heard so much about. The walkway is high above the ground and consists of several long stretches of narrow wooden pedestrian footbridge ...

It was a painful awakening at 4 am but we were up and out in no time, back at the airport and aboard our 6.20 am flight to Lahad Datu. We were there in just under an hour and landed safely at the small, local airport which doesn't even warrant a conveyor belt for the few bags that arrive there, just a small concrete slab where they are dumped for collection! We were picked up by a representative from Borneo Nature Tours and taken to their office to complete regi...