Hello everyone, I have had a busy few days here in Kota Kinabalu (or 'KK' as the locals call it). As I was waiting for my friend Harriet to arrive, I decided to spend my time wisely and do a diving course. Why not I asked myself? Apparently Malaysia has got some of the top ten diving sites in the world so what better opportunity is there? And that's what I have been up to for the last three days. First day was theory only, all about the equipment and what to ...

Well then, it's now 11pm here in Borneo and I'm ready for bed. It is still 28degrees out there and even the cheapest hostels have air-conditioning here!!! Just been to one of the street stalls to have dinner after arriving at the airport at 8:30pm, and spent all of 1pound on fried rice with sweet and sour prawns. Great isn't it? It's absolutely fantastic to be able to have seafood again after nearly 6 weeks of just vegetarian food (almost) in India and Nepal! Ke...