The islands just outside Kota Kinabalu were really nice but we craved something a bit more remote to round off our Borneo adventure. One of our friends had heard of a beach resort known as Mañana, about an hour's drive from Kota Kinabalu, so we decided to check it out and spend a couple of nights relaxing … Continue reading Borneo: Hasta Mañana
... At least that's what I thought of when I discovered Sabah's main city was locally referred to as 'KK'. This abbreviation (from Kota Kinabalu, which takes at least half a second longer to say) gives an impression of a young, hip, trendy city. In many ways that's what KK is morphing into, which is … Continue reading Borneo: A Passive Aggressive Text Message
Read Part 1 here. As evening descended on the Kinabatangan river, we took a detour into a nearby lake which was huge and beautiful, arriving just in time for sunset. This diversion took us into the "proper" rainforest which forced us to duck under branches and knock back plants as our boat chugged through the low … Continue reading Borneo: The Jungle Book – Part 2
Borneo's lush rainforest is one of its main draws and we were eager to sample it after arriving in Sabah for our Easter break. During my last trip to Borneo in 2015, the Sarawak rainforest had played host to a quirky music festival. For this visit, the Sabah jungle had something much more natural planned. … Continue reading Borneo: The Jungle Book – Part 1
