hi all, Last night i went to bed at 9pm, what a rebel! I nearly got up again because I heard what I thought was fireworks. Turns out that it was a row of houses burning down and the firworks was from the gas!! Went to Manukan Island today and spent the day chilling out on the beach. the guy who im sharing a room with (smells a bit fousty and doesnt speak english) tagged along. Stopped off at some fish markets with the manager of the hostel and...

Hi guys, I'm going to update the past few days as I haven't written since 23rd so check out those pages too! Last night and this morning we had major storms which was pretty scary. This morning I woke up on turtle island at 5am and went looking for turtles again. Saw about 40 babies going to sea - they are super cute. Got a speedboat to another island for breakfast and then back to the mainland. Because of the weather they had covered the sides o...

Hi all, Today I got picked up at 8am to go to turtle island. It was expensive but I wanted to see it so decided to go for it. I travelled with this austrian couple and a guide to the river where we caught a boat out to sea. Turtle island is situated on the border between borneo and the philippines and because of this there is a lot of security checks. We went for lunch on a nearby island before heading to turtle island in the afternoon. Turtle island is...

Hi folks! Today I was supposed to go to turtle island but the lady at reception didn't book it. After a few choice words with her i had to walk 4 miles in the blistering heat to the main road and then catching a local bus into town to get money. The bus took ages as it seemed to stop anywhere! After my 4 hour expedition into town I cooled down for a few hours then headed to see the probiscus monkeys (the one's with the big dangly noses). They are so ...

Hi all, Yesterday i met up with a girl from N.Z and we headed into town for a look about. It was quite hard getting used to all the attention we got (from males and females). i don't think they see many tourists in the town. Motorists peep and you just to say hi. They mean no harm though they are just really curious (really really curious). Found a big shopping mall and got lost in it for about an hour, some young locals thought it was hilarious when we w...