I finally put my procrastination aside and finished (well very nearly) packing for my trip which is 2 DAYS AWAY!! Ever the great writer of lists, I once again compiled a huge bullet-pointed, A4 sheet of paper to make sure that everything I need actually made it into my bags. I'm praying that all my anti-malarials, contact lenses, etc make it over with me to Borneo and don't spontaneously combust on the trip over which, knowing my luck, will probably happen (*ha...

Well hello there! Dialu-alukan!!!! A very warm (blisteringly hot*) welcome to my travelling adventure. Whilst England is blanketed by the frozen blurr of snow, Malaysia is host to a cool 30°C. Needless to say, I know where I'd rather be. Well luckily, in 20 days time, after a lot of undoubtedly restless travelling I'll be bumbling through the Bornean jungle; breathing in the faint aroma of humidity and playing (yes actually hands-on working) with the fuzzy-or...