Singapore to Borneo
Our next adventures 28.2.16 Our flight to Borneo was at 11.45 am, so we left the den of iniquity at 8.30 am and got the 26 bus to Kallang MRT station, change at Tanah Mara and 2 stops to Changi Airport.We gave our travel cards in as we left the station and got $10 returned…
Day 2 Borneo
Pinch punch 1st March 2016 1.3.16 I’ve never heard rain like it!!!!!We’ve been referring to the rainy season which usually finishes in February and a couple of locals have used the word monsoon.Next time it rains in Turkey, which can be incredible rain that you think can’t get any harder, I shall remember last night,…
Groundhog Day
Does the rain ever stop in Borneo? 2.3.16 Woke up to our alarm at 6.45am.Bucketing rain again, no way we’re going to Bako National Park today even though we swore we would still go. Laksa at the same spot for brunch.An elderly man, who had a learning disability, came over and shook our hands and…
What a palaver
Be careful what you wish for 3.3.16So today we said goodbye to Danny at Borneo Tribal Lodge which was sad and moved to Basaga Holiday Residence.Borneo Tribal Lodge was great but we wanted somewhere with outside space and a pool for our last few nights before our 2 night jungle adventure and a last day…
Satok Market and hashing Kuching City Hasher’s Style
It’s stopped raining! 5.3.16 Happy birthday to my gorgeous nephew Henry, 17 today. Its not raining !!!!!!!This is the first morning we’ve not woken to the sound of buckets of rain.The Hashers have got back to us, they’re going to pick us up between 2.30 pm and 2.45 pm.So we’re going to go to Satok…
Matang Wildlife Park
We braved the rain again. 4.3.16 John took our laundry to the little service place while I got ready this morning. His pale grey shorts were dark grey by the time he got back as it was raining very hard even though its pretty close by and the hotel doormen were laughing with him. We…
Bako National Park
Will we finally make it to Bako? 6.3.25 The last thing John said last night was ‘you set your alarm I can’t do mine’ before crashing out in a beer related coma.My charger played up so my alarm didn’t go off as phone flat.I woke at 8am and woke John and said we will have…
Permai Rainforest, Damai, Borneo
Been really looking forward to this 7.3.16Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me !! We checked out of Grand Margherita, left our suitcases there and got the 10.15 am shuttle bus from the Hotel to Permai Rainforest Resort with just one other man who was going to the Culture Village.Joe our driver was a…
Our Honeymoon adventure is almost over
Our last day. 9.3.16Red sky at night didn’t mean sunshine the next morning. It was raining hard!! We had asked the shuttle service to pick us up at 3.20pm but had asked if we could change our minds & decided to have a late breakfast and rebooked for 11.20am. It was sad it wasn’t Joe…
The long journey back to Turkey
Not back to home, but back to Antalya. 9.3.16 Neither of us slept very well, we never do when we’re worried about sleeping through and missing flights, even though we have 2 alarms and a wake up call booked.Taxi to the airport took just 10 minutes as very little traffic. (45rm as before 6am. Usual…
Final thoughts
What were the highlights of our long trip? 8.3.16 Penang Didn’t like it. Best thing was the food, the people and the bus system, otherwise it just didn’t grab us and feel we saw all there is to see there.We enjoyed what we did, but 4 days would have been enough.Got fed up with not…