Hi and also goodbye this will be my last update to my blog - how sad is that I've really enjoyed doing it but sometimes it's stressed me out too. Sometimes I've had time and money to relax and enjoy writing but other times I've been doing it against the clock then I've not had time to really concentrate on what I was writing and no time to check it afterwards therefore I made mistakes so apologies for that.

The final 'hard core' jungle week. Met up with my new group - two from my previous group (a girl from London and a woman from Canada), two 19 year old student girls from Denmark, one girl a doctor from Switzerland and a 66 year old weirdo from New York. Our new guide was called Amadul and at the meeting he informed us that we would be depending on public transport all week and that we needed to pack our cases and have them downstairs by 7 a.m. the next day because we would be saying goodbye to all our things - they would be flying on ahead of us and we would see them again late Friday night. We needed to keep back the things we would need for the next four days bearing in mind that we would be carrying it ourselves whilst trekking through the jungle - 100% humidity.

The next morning we got a ferry to Labuan which is off the coast of Brunei had lunch there and then another ferry to a place called Limbang which was up the Limbang river in Sarawak. It was the most God forsaken place I have ever been to - dirty, sad and very smelly. We stayed in a hotel that wouldn't have looked out of place in Eastern Europe but little did I know that this would seem like a palace to the accommodation I would be experiencing later in the trip.

Next morning we drove by public bus to a place up river that was a complete shanty town, how on earth the buildings - shacks actually - stood up is anyone's guess. I should imagine that not one of them kept the water out - how people live like that is amazing. Here we got in dug out long boats and headed up river for 3.5 hours sitting on plastic chairs with the legs sawed off. We arrived at the Iban (one of the tribes of Sarawak) long house mid afternoon. Unbelievable like travellng back to the dark ages. Our accommodation that night was a room with thin mattress on the floor and a mosquito net hanging from a piece of string - we all slept in the same room - nice. The shower and toilet situation was not good but we managed and it was quite refreshing having a cold shower next morning - it's the way forward - not. About thirty families live in each long house and it is so far removed from the way we live - it's mind blowing.

Next morning back in the long boats to travel again up the river to the start of the Headhunters Trail - a 12K hike through the jungle. We had a little meeting with our guide before setting off about the pitfalls of jungle trekking. The big number one - LEECHES - we would all at some point have to deal with them landing on us and sucking our blood - get used to it it will happen numerous times - at this point I wanted Scottie to beam me up. THE TOILET SITUATION - go off the track do what you have to do get back on track - it's the bloody jungle almost pooed myself there and then. Sweat bees - they are a nuisance but ignore them don't flap they will sting you and it is painful - what am I doing I should be on a beach somewhere drinking a cocktail. I've paid for this torture - seriously thinking of getting my head seen to when and if I get back to the UK. Humidity - 100% you will be wet through. Rain - it will rain you are in a rain forest but you are already wet from the humidity so not a problem. The track - it's not a walk in the park.

We arrived at our next camp accommodation 4.5 hours later very dirty very tired and everyone one of use bleeding from the leeches. We all slept again in one room - I use the word room it did have a sort of a roof and it did have three walls - it didn't have a door or glass in the windows or beds to sleep on so maybe room is a little exaggeration. The bugs here had definitely been taking drugs to build themselves up - huge is too small a word. Loved the cold showers again.

Next morning set off again for a 9K trek to the river - this was a much more challenging terrain but still with our trek companions the leeches. Arrived at the river back on the long boats for a couple of hours to a lodge near the bat caves. Surprised to find that the accommodation had everything you would want bed, shower (still cold) and a sort of toilet. Then a 6k trek to see millions of bats leave their caves at dusk - one of the most amazing sights I have ever witnessed - breathtaking my photos don't do it justice.

We stayed at this jungle accommodation for two nights then by plane to Kuching and a hotel with a proper bathroom and hot water - wow the height of luxury.

Next morning a serious uphill downhill climb to the beach overlooking the South China Sea - see the attached photo - lovely last meal that night and our goodbyes. The jungle was hard but I loved every minute of it - I definitely need my bumps feeling.

I left Borneo early the next morning for Singapore - I spent the day in Singapore at a lovely hotel using their facilities and having a full body massage - that's more like the real Lynne Johnson. Got to the airport to find that I'd been upgraded to premium economy - the way to travel and what a great end to a trip of a lifetime.

Thanks so much to everyone for sending me messages it really helped to be thought of and remembered by you all - I will be seeing everyone over the next couple of weeks and I will be boring you all stupid so go out now and buy some heavy duty earplugs otherwise I will make your ears bleed. Love you all so very much and I realise now what a wonderful set of family and friends I have something I will cherish for the rest of my life.

THANK YOU ALL - OVER AND OUT