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,...

Bought a new camera- woo friggin hoo! Bout time! On tues, I at last watched the end of Braveheart with my class- every time I have arranged to watch it, the VCD player has been missing etc. Mum and gran arrived later in the day to meet Johnston and Catherine. Mum chatted to Catherine for a while about child abuse and we arranged a time for her to give a presentation at the Society for the Deaf. Mum and gran then went back to the hotel and I continued with my afte...

Wednesday- Mammy and Gran still recovering from dodgy tummys (light weights), so we're sticking to the Western food from now on (although I'm sure there's just as much risk of food poisoning with western food). Set off pretty early to check out the "Main Bazaar", which consisted of gallery upon gallery, craft shop upon craft shop- heaven. Was fab- the first shop we went into had these to die for paintings- Clairie- wish you were there- you would've bought t...

Had a bright and early start on Saturday, as I was being picked up from the hotel by the big boss Guiding Commissioner to be taken to a "Thinking Day Ceremony". Unfortunately I had left my Guiding uniform at home, so I just dressed formally as requested, and wore my guider badge. We arrived at a beautiful modern building, which belongs to the Sabah State Government and is rarely used- therefore absolutely everyone we had met had managed to get lost inside. This...