Finally after weeks of neglect I’ve dragged myself away from the obvious pulls of the sun, sea and sand to fill you in on all the news here in stunning Indonesia. And although you may think that our month here would be spent crisping up our tans under the baking heat of the sun or training for our attempt to break the record for the worlds longest lie in, or indeed perfecting the best sunbathing position in order to maximize the sleeping potential for a day...

Here we are again and I’ve got just enough time to fill you guys in on our rather brief episode in Singapore…  Our flight over was pretty uneventful save for the fact that we were sat by an Angeles resident who spent the entire trip bestowing the virtues of the ‘beautiful city’ upon us – and those of you that have read about our short stopover in the sexfest capital of the Philippians’ will know that the only thing beauti...

So the plan was simple - chill out on some deserted islands before making our slow and steady incline up SE Asia's tallest mountain - that was until yours truely landed herself with a bout of food poisioning; putting an end to thoughts of beaches and making the climb - well, a bit of an anti-climax! And apart from meeting some great guys to share the agony with us; Mount Kinabalu was too much like hard work! From the ridiculous 3am start time to the mind numb...

Not in our original agenda but with so many people raving about it we decided to change schedules slightly and pay a visit to Sabah before we fly in the Philippines (also an added extra). And it may have been a bit of a task (well concentration is something that James and I lack when there's beaches-a-calling!) but instantly our efforts were rewarded as we paid a visit to Sabah's Orangutan rehabilitation centre. The centre rescues little monkens (a James and Kati...

And so our adventure into the 130 million year old rainforest, the oldest in the world, started with a jungle train which took us through the beautiful Malaysian scenery before depositing us at the gateway to Taman Negra and our boat trip into the thick jungle. Here with only a couple of other ardent travelers (and our ongoing supply of duty free booze) for company, we abandoned civilization for a few days of trekking and a night under a canopy of stars in the ho...