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...

*warning, this post is a bit long* I've thought of lots of ways to start this post and even canvassed the opinion of the rest of the tour group. Their suggestions were mostly a string of offensive swear words with the odd 'breath taking' and 'unreal' thrown in. So maybe you have guessed that I DID IT!!!! Mount Kinabalu has been conquered :) Words can't really describe what the last few days have been like but the feeling at the top of the summit was worth every...

After some flying kisses from Abigail and Levi, I waved goodbye to KL and took the short flight over to Borneo. I arrived a day early for the tour so I had time to chill and get my bearings, you know us Yarwood's like to be early! First impressions of Kota Kinabalu (KK) not great but I put this down to the constant torrential rain. Never the less I dragged myself around the markets, shops and noodle stalls double checking The List to make sure I have everything ...