Monday 10th April- back to KK Flight OK, checked back into Hyatt- went to get a few things, like copy CDs, reply to emails, visit school to collect the stuff I wanted Gran to take home for me, then we packed Gran's case. That night, we met Aman's family for cocktails- they were really really nice. Her wee bro was a little nervous at first- but later on he really loosened up. He must've been pretty bored though- good job he had his PSP with him! Went and bo...

Sunday 9th April Not very eventful- got up to see the Sunday market but turned out to be mostly food. I was a bit disappointed cause I thought there'd be loadsa cool tribal crafts for cheap but to no avail. And we got trapped in between stalls next to the Durians, which was just naaasty. We also found ourselves in the fish section, and in the heat it certainly did stench. If I was almost boking, I don't know how mum or gran coped. We then headed to a nearb...

Saturday 8th April- Bako National Park Up early to head of to Bako National Park for the day. Bumpy ride in the minibus for 40mins, which took us to a picturesque fishing village along the river inlet. We then hopped in a speed boat and set out on a 15min ride to the park. We passed many fishermen in their traditional tinky boats and using cool nets. Was exciting jumping out of the boat onto the beach- a bit like Ardtoe. Around the beach were gorgeous rock...

Friday 7th April- Orang utans In the morning, we headed back to the waterfront, to walk to the Islamic Museum. Although, along the way, we were distracted by the colourful and fragrant food market. There were stall upon stall of fresh fruit and veg, a few Indian stalls with oober cool mounds of vibrant coloured chili paste. Mum was mega impressed by the presentation of each stall- ie the carrots were made into little pointed mounds and tied neatly. They also...

Thursday-6th April Early start as we headed for the Cultural Village that morning. All of our trips were arranged by the "Concierge", who was very enthusiastic in assisting us as much as poss- he was lotsa help but a bit overwhelming at times. So we set of in our wee mini van and once at the village we received a cool wee passport we took around with us. We visited 7 diff houses- each resembling the traditional accommodation of different tribes in Sarawak,...