So this is it: 10 flights, 8 boats, god knows how many taxi/minibus journeys, horse and cart, 15 dives and 1 mountain later I'm on my way back to sunny Manchester. This trip has been ace, I've loved it, made some new friends and realised a few of my passions in life, travelling and scuba :) Squeezing the last few hours out of my holiday, today I toured the markets (hello kitty stall included) and cried my way through Les Mis at the cinema (despite the teenage b...

Ok, so I am really conscious that most people reading this blog are in a very cold country, possibly with post Xmas holiday blues: look away now if you can't handle hearing about paradise! I've been at Borneo Dive resort on Mabul island for last 4 days and it has been petty mind blowing. The diving has been absolutely incredible and the resort spot on in terms of staff, food, booze and fellow divers. After the Intrepid tour I was a bit apprehensive about leav...

I arrived back in Kota Kinabalu yesterday for the last night of our Intrepid Advenuture. It really has been a whirlwind over the last few weeks with every day packed with loads to do. All of the activities have been great but what has made it really good has been the other people on the tour and our fearless leader Awang. Everyone has got properly stuck in and it seems to have gone like clockwork, from the sun arriving on que at the top of the mountain to the ...

What a wally...I have only just seen all of the comments on my previous blog posts! And here was I thinking encouragement had been thin on the ground. Note to self, learn how to use technology before encouraging others....doh! Thanks for all the lovely comments, I'm sure you can tell that I am loving it out here. We fly back to Kota Kinabalu today for 2 nights at a nice resort with a pool, then I start my scuba jaunt which I am a tad excited about. Just hope my...

Me again, still on holiday and somehow managing to keep up this blog, I hope you are impressed. Well true to form since the last post I have had a couple of typical Kate moments. The first one struck me about 30 minutes after writing about the mountain. You might remember that I wasn't very impressed with the accommodation at the hot springs, well it gave me food poisoning! I'll not give you all the gory details but it was pretty nasty. Luckily we have a nurse i...