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...

Hi all, Arrived in borneo a few hours ago and I'm feeling so sleepy! I've got that stupid song 'you've had a bad day' song in my head and my brain can't cope with it - argh! I finally got a golden ticket to go up the towers yesterday and it was foggy so slightly dissapointing. I met this really nice australian family and pretty much hung around with them for the rest of the day. Went out on the town with one of the guys until around 4am and slept in...

hi all, Slept better last night, two new girls arrived yesterday, one of them snores like a pig in pain but they are nice. I'm getting used to people being in my space (not that i'm going round hugging people or anything) but i don't mind being in confined spaces with them. I also chatted to some people today that I thought were freaky when I first arrived here, so i'm starting o integrate with a whole mix of people (only for short periods at a time mind)...