Today I decided I would like to do the dirt track / jungle bike route through the area. There is a map on the wall of the restaurant which it is suggested that you take a photograph of so you don't get lost, but it really is sketchy and definitely not to scale! More of a cartoon map! Anyhow, the bikes had been returned in the afternoon which meant the weather was a lot cooler so I thought it would be a good time to go since it's only meant to take about 2 1/2 hou...

Yesterday I had a really chilled out day, I simply got hold of a book from the lodge and sat about in the restaurant area reading. I've not been this chilled out in ages and it was good to read a book again. So good that in fact I finished the book in one sitting! It sounds like a massive achievement till you learn that the book is in fact only 200 pages long! I turned to Howard in the afternoon and asked whether he thought it was going to rain and he said it mi...

The journey to kudat started on the local bus which to say the least was a little scary and a little shabby. Somehow it took 4 hours to get to Kudat despite the driver driving like a lunatic *laugh*. On arrival in Kudat I couldn't believe how friendly everyone was, I had forgotten how nice people in Borneo were as someone not only gave me directions but actually walked me to the pick up! Howard (owner of Tampat Do Aman) came and collected me in his truck as the ...

I did practically nothing the day I left KL as I didn't really have time to go walking around the city and get to the airport in time. Travel to the airport was good, it started to rain before I set off and I was worried I would need to get a taxi due to the rain but there was a gap and I went for it. Everything is much more compact than the maps make out, the train station was just around the corner and it had a very efficient ticket counter and speedy process ...

I woke up a little later than planned which meant that getting tickets for the Skybridge was yet again out for today (whoops!) which didn't matter too much since it's Monday and it's closed to the public lol. Instead I grabbed a free walking map which is available at the bus station and began walking round the city. I went to the Masjid Negara Mosque (just the outside as I had no head scarf to go inside) and thought it was a beautiful white building set over the...