Hey all!

For some reason this didnt seem like a holiday i felt like blogging about, but have at least captured the below for me to use to reminisce one day ... Day 1 - Home / KK - Met Tanya & Aron from Switzerland

Day 2 - KK - Gaya Street Market & Sapi Island & Snorkelling - Met Martin from Melbourne Day 3 - KK / Mt Kinabalu - Met Cami from Belgium & Allister from Scotland, Linda & Intrepid group Day 4 - Mt Kinabalu / Sandakan - Met noone :-( Day 5 - Sandakan - Sepilok - Cami again! Marietta who I knew from Brisbane Day 6 - KK / Sukau - Sandakan War Memorial - Patrick & A... from Switzerland Day 7 - Sukau - Megan from USA, Kamilla from Poland and Tipo from London Day 8 - Sukau / KK - traveled with Kamilla & Tipo Day 9 - KK - Gaya Street Market, Manukan Island & Snorkelling Day 10 - KK - Tauran Mountain Biking Day 11 - KK - Mari Mari Cultural Village - Chad from Sarawak (other side of Borneo) Day 12 - KK (Tarung Aru Beach) - Intrepid dinner Day 13 - KK (Tarung Aru Beach) - Lok Kawi Zoo - Peter and Romana from Melbourne Day 14 - KK (Tarung Aru Beach) - Manukan Island - Kate from USA Day 15 - Home! Interesting facts / Observations ... People are more open, liberal and friendly in KK (a lot different from my visit in KL years back) People in Sandakan stare a lot! Have they not seen that many westerners?! There are no tuk tuks, but did see some cyclos that werent being used There is a lot less rubbish on the streets then some other Asian cities There is a lot of development in KK - it will be completely different and very cosmopolitan if I ever visit again ... They love to drive big utes! (Isuzu Dmax / Toyota Hilux twin cabs) There seems to be a good standard of living here Tours are very expensive, food & accommodation is dirt cheap A lot of tours will only run if minimum of 2 people & those involving accommodation require a single supplement They have a problem with Indonesian / phillipine immigrants A lot of people don't like the current government but they keep postponing the election! (and trying to buy Indo & Phillipino votes! Rubber trees / tapping used to be good money ... In the last 3 months the demand has dropped to half, seeing the price go from 9-10 ringit per kilo to 4-5 ringit per kilo (global crisis?) Prawns are so plentiful they cost as much as chicken at some restaurants! It's not rude to burp in front of people They're obsessed with their mobile phones (I guess the whole world is!) They love karaoke bars They dont point with their finger but with their thumb They also have 'P' platers The boys seem to like white girls and call out to them / comment Some of the men can be a bit forward (e.g an inappropriate massage with an offer of room service & a guy following me up to my hostel room and asking if he can have sex with me!!!)