The Power of Word of Mouth
We are constantly bombarded with advertising. It’s hard to escape the barrage of products we...
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Category: Borneo
What an adventure (SE Asia)
1 idea, 1 baby, 1 husband and wife, 2 backpacks, 2 daypacks, 1 buggy, 6 months, 25 weeks, 176...
Read MoreNo words needed… (Kota Belud, Borneo, Malaysia)
I’m going to keep this entry short and let the picture tell the story. After bumping into the same group of three English girls who were following a similar route to us and hearing about their 2 night stay at a secluded beach...
Read MoreA rare sighting in Borneo (Sandakan, Borneo, Malaysia)
Today was a play day with nothing planned. My other half, wanting to have a break from ‘the boy’ decided to take a visit to the memorial site just outside Sandakan. It was on his return that he spotted something very unusual....
Read MoreThe big orange beasts of Borneo (Sepilok, Borneo, Malaysia)
My other half has competition because today is the day when I get close up and personal with the big hairy beasts of Borneo – the Orang-utans. In Malay orang means “person” and utan is derived from hutan, which means “forest.”...
Read MoreTurtles and teething troubles (Selingan, Borneo, Malaysia)
One of our ‘anchor points’ of the trip was Turtle Island, a 24 hour visit to Pulau Selingan, one of three protected islands that are favoured by green and hawksbill turtles for laying their eggs. We booked the trip 3 months in...
Read MoreBaby meets big nose… (Sandakan, Borneo, Malaysia)
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 MoreBackpacking with a baby is not always fun (Kota Kinabalu, Borneo, Malaysia)
I 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 MoreThe plan is not to plan (Miri, Borneo, Malaysia)
Nineteen 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 MoreThere’s a moral in this tale (Bintulu, Borneo, Malaysia)
Yesterday 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 MoreThe shoe’s on the other foot (Mukah, Borneo, Malaysia)
Between 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...
Read MoreToday was swell (Sibu, Borneo, Malaysia)
After five enjoyable days in Kuching we catch the early morning ferry to Sibu. We were advised to arrive at the port early due to it being holiday season so we had an early start, leaving the hostel at 6.45am, for a boat...
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