- Semporna, Malaysia -Finding Singamata
Semporna and Singamata Miles traveled 105.
Tropical paradise has been found, and it is in Borneo, Malaysia. After a short debate on the merits of the investment, Sara and I decided to become certified in Scuba diving rather than continue Posted by tourdeflor in Tour de Floret | Nov 7, 2009
- KL to Perth
Thought we might like to buy a tapestry for our stairway void at home so went to an antique tapestry shop. Hmm, the one I really liked was 16,000 pounds - yes 16,000 - ouch. We are in Posted by mikey-mich in Mikey & Mich's Scenic Adventure | Nov 5, 2009
- Cruise to Nowhere 1993 (3D)
(source: shipparade.com]
Its onboard Leisure World. Simply to nowhere.. my experience? Eat, Sleep, Watch, Stroll.... we had six meals in a day, slept till late morning, had afternoon na Posted by detabakari in justgoneout | Nov 9, 1993
- Penang 1991 (3D)
As a note to start this blog, all these writings are backtracks.... meaning, blog writing was not yet born the day i started my first overseas trip. Our gadgets then were just simple point-shoot film-camera. Developed photographs were Posted by detabakari in justgoneout | Sep 29, 1991
- Borneo- home of the Orangutan
Borneo miles traveled 1146
When you hear of Borneo, you probable think of jungles, beaches, and wild animals well you would be right. We landed in Sandakan in the Malaysian Province of Sabah on the northeast side of Borneo. Posted by tourdeflor in Tour de Floret | Oct 30, 2009
- Jungle Japes
We arrived in Malaysian Borneo having spent at least 10 hours in Indonesian airports (Denpasar, Bali and Jakarta, Sumatra respectively). We flew into Kota Kinabalu in Sabah, a city famous for its mountain, 180 degree sunsets, and as we soon Posted by CLBandy in MGCB | Oct 30, 2009
- Once in a lifetime- Malaysia!
Malaysia, miles travelled……6555
Our flight on Malaysia Air was longer than expected. We thought flying time would be around 8 hours, but it turned out to be 12. Also of note, we are now a day ahead of time Posted by tourdeflor in Tour de Floret | Oct 29, 2009
- BACK HOME-EN CASA O
Solo han sido 8 dias los que he pasado con los Penan. Desde luego no suficiente. Ni por asomo. Pero ha sido suficiente tiempo para que mi alma diese una vuelta y cambiase mi vida.
Siempre me costo creer en Posted by Irati in Sacred Quest | Oct 28, 2009
- BACK HOME
It was only for 8 days that I got to be with the Penan. Certainly not enough. Not even close. However, it was enough to flip my soul over and change my life.
I was always reluctant to the idea that Posted by Irati in Sacred Quest | Oct 28, 2009
- Wind down
I forgot to say that for the cab ride back from Precious (see last blog), we went in 4 or 5 cabs. Our driver did not know where the Westin hotel was, so I told him to follow the Posted by Dirkly in 2009 | Oct 25, 2009
- Only 2 Ringgit, Madam !
Come to Malacca, and the first thing you’ll notice is them. Trishaws.
Lots of them.
So, it was Malacca. Time around 10 PM and we were taking an after dinner stroll. The tranq Posted by Nisha J in Le Monde - A Poetic Travail | Oct 24, 2009
- "I can't believe I'm in Kuala Lumpur"
Maybe it's a slightly obscure place to be having such a thought about, when I've been to so many more historically famous cities, but never the less, when my bus pulled into this shiny modern city that was the thought Posted by Bimbler in Carol Goes Adventuring | Oct 23, 2009
- Conference Calls
On the Monday morning we went up the KL Tower, apparently the 4th tallest telecommunications tower in the world. It gave us good views of KL, including of course the Petronas Towers. The price was RM38, which included Posted by Dirkly in 2009 | Oct 22, 2009
- Arrived in KL
Well I did the flight with BA from Heathrow to Singapore on Saturday night, before doing the short hop with Singapore Airlines to KL. In total, it was about 21 hours door to door. The business class seat Posted by Dirkly in 2009 | Oct 20, 2009
- The epic-sized first-day-of-travelling post
I have arrived.
Thank you.
That is all. Posted by daveewen in The Chronicles of Dave | Oct 16, 2009
- Leopard sharks, rat eating lizards and bedroom geckos....
Tonight is our last night on Kecil as tomorrow morning we will be catching the 8am boat to the mainland to begin our long journey to Thailand (something like 17 hours on a bus in total with an overnight stop Posted by bumblebum in Our BIG trip | Oct 12, 2009
- A Tropical Paradise
The blue water twinkled as our speedboat bounced over it, hammering back down hard enough to elicit a groan from some of my fellow passengers. Sitting in the bow of the ship, the salty wind making a bird's nest of Posted by Bimbler in Carol Goes Adventuring | Oct 11, 2009
- Not long left in Malaysia
[This was written yesterday, Thursday the 9th October, so please place your mind back a day, and then read on…]
We’re still on Pulau Perhentian Kecil, having a fun time doing very little apart from lying on the beach, sleeping and Posted by Big.G in Our BIG trip | Oct 10, 2009
- Turtle Island & Sepilok
So I haven't been up to much since my last entry, but I'm not sure what I'll be doing for the next few weeks and most of the current thinkings involve disappearing off on a boat/up some random Indonesian volcano Posted by emily_k in Emily's Adventure | Oct 8, 2009
- Tribal Trail-Ruta Tribal
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- Tribal Trail-Ruta Tribal
The Monsoon is here.
Still in KK trying to figure out a way into the jungle with the locals-tribesmen-. They think I'm crazy and keep asking for my husband/boyfriend. It's not that they are sexist, not at all. I just think Posted by Irati in Sacred Quest | Oct 7, 2009
- You know it's raining when Satellite TV doesn't work
Now we are on one of the Perhentian Islands, the smaller one of the two called Kecil.
We are staying on a little beach called Coral Bay which, as the name suggests, is a sea full of coral and therefore lots Posted by bumblebum in Our BIG trip | Oct 6, 2009
- Sabah, Borneo
I'm sorry for scaring quite a few of you - I'm in Malaysian Borneo right now, miles from the quakes, and we were cut off so had no idea why people were asking us if we were okay. On Friday Posted by emily_k in Emily's Adventure | Oct 4, 2009
- The Perhentian Islands
Well, after many weeks of complaining about the sewers, bathrooms, bus rides and bad hotels, I’ve got nothing but glowing (and therefore probably boring!) reviews about our week here in the Perhentian islands.
The Perhentians are two tiny islands Posted by The Rymans in Rymans At Large | Oct 2, 2009
- 24.09
Ehk siis täpiline ei ole mitte mina, vaid Saska. Pole allergiat varem eriti olnud, kuid siin reisil olles on ta tõepoolest saanud maitsta nii eksootilisi puuvilju kui ka vürtsikaid toite. Loodetavasti pole allergia malaisia lehmade piimast.
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