We left our accommodation in Miri late morning for the bus station to catch the city bus to the airport. We were gently touted a taxi for 50RM and a private car for 12RM (the bus is 2.60RM each). Just as a taxi driver was telling Marie the bus wouldn’t leave for a long time … More Visiting Rehab – Kuching already
An early start for the 7am bus to Miri 4 1/2 hrs away. We left on time with a total of 4 passengers and drove very slowly out of town and along the dual carriageway to the border. We are guessing there is a speed limit for buses here, if so it must be 50, … More Back into Malaysia – Miri
The journey back to Kota Kinabalu was pretty uneventful. There was 9 of us leaving camp that day and heading there – us, the 3 English girls and American guy we had travelled out with, another British guy that had been part of our group while we were there and another couple. The jungle bus … More A hop into Brunei
To get to the Nature Lodge in Bilit on the Sungai (river) Kinabatangan we had to get a taxi at 6am from Kota Kinabalu to ensure we got to the bus station early enough to get tickets for the 7am bus to Tawau. An American guy, Colin sat near us and was quick to ask … More In the jungle – Sungai Kinabatangan
Flight number 5 from KL to Kota Kinabalu in Sabah (North East Malaysian Borneo) was an uneventful 2.5 hours. We just had to get up far earlier than we would have liked to catch it. Our next flight is from Kuching in the far west of Malaysian Borneo and isn’t for 2 and a half … More Hello Borneo – Kota Kinabalu & Pulau Manukan
The bus to Kuala Lumpur took 6 hours. We had expected Singaporean transport to be efficient, but we left 15 minutes late and did a second pick up where we seemed to wait for late passengers before finally hitting the road an hour later. The border crossings were very easy and efficient, we figure that … More Loving the monorail – Kuala Lumpur
There are only 3 places that you can fly to/from Dili; Darwin, Jakarta and Singapore. Since the airport was dead when we landed we were surprised to rock up to catch our flight to Singapore and find it busy. Even the departure lounge was packed, then as our plane landed the Jakarta flight boarded and … More Skipping through Singapore
After the usual breakfast we jumped into the car for Dili via Dare. The fog shrouded the mountains on our way out and the drizzle and cool air meant that we left Maubisse in jumpers. The drizzle was soon behind us though as we lost altitude and by 10:30 the sun was blaring hot and … More Returning to Dili & final thoughts on East Timor
Our second night in a nunnery was all the peace and tranquility you would expect. The nunnery was on a hill side looking out to sea and we could hear the waves lapping the shoreline. Nuns don’t do it tough, the convent was really nice and it even had 3 thatched huts with tables and … More Lunch with the President of the Party Democratico
Getting out of Maliana was fine, our guesthouse was at the top of the hill so we headed downhill and arrived in Balibo not long after. Victor got out the car and asked what seemed to be Pakistani military staff where the Balibo 5 house was. Turns out the guy he spoke to was a … More Morning tea with the Pakistani UN peacekeeping force – Balibo to Maubara
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