After a thirty minute 7am flight we arrive in Sandakan, east Borneo. Yesterday we took a two-hour journey to the base of mount Kinabalu, the largest mountain in Borneo, standing at 4101 metres high. We chose to do the Linwagu...
Read MoreI woke up this morning with a headache and feeling under the weather. I felt as though I’d had a huge night out on the town, but that was not the case. There’s something about feeling sick when you’re away. It can make you feel...
Read MoreNineteen years ago my friend and I spent a month backpacking around Italy. From that point on I’d been ‘had’. I’d caught the backpacking bug. In those days, before the Internet boom, we didn’t pre-book any accommodation; we’d...
Read MoreYesterday we took the four-hour coach journey from Mukah to Bintalu. It’s a Chinese influenced city running alongside the Sangai Kemena river and we manage to negotiate a great price for a lovely room overlooking the water. A...
Read MoreBetween Sibu and Bintalu is a small place called Mukah. The town of Mukah is fairly non descript, but when we found out that there was a small village just outside with a traditional longhouse that you could stay in we were...
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