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Efter succesfuld flyvetur, ankom vi til KK fredag aften, hvorefter vi straks blev taget med ud i KK city til en velfortjent omgang aftensmad.
English Version(EV): Upon arrival to KK, we were taken directly to town, for a well deserved dinner.
Naaste dag stod den paa shopping(det er jo da klart), men det bedste var nu en tur hos frisoeren, hvor en haar vask ikke bare er overstaaet paa et oejebik, men foregaar siddednde i frisoerstolen og bestaar af en lang omgang haarbundsmassage(20 min tror vi nok). Foerst derefter bliver haaret skyllet ved en vask i baglokalet, hvor man ligger ned under akten :o) Meget meget behageligt og egentligt ogsaa vandbesparende... men vanedannende! Lotte fik en klipning, hvilket var en oplevelse at se paa... han var godt nok hurtig, frisoeren, men utroligt dygtig.
EV: The next day was all about shopping(of cause), but the best part of the trip was going to the hairdresser, where your hairwash isn't over in a minute, but where they give you a hairscalp massage, which takes about 20 min. while you are still sitting in your chair. It is not until they finish the massage, that they take you outback to rinseout the soap, while laying down. Much more comfortable than at home, and addictive! Lotte got her hair cut, which was an experience to wach. The hairdresser was so fast, but amazingly skilled.
Hele dagen var lidt en forkaelelsesdag i det hele taget, for vi tog direkte videre til en omgang massage.. en time til hver, efterfulgt af en omgang zoneterapi. hurra hvor var det godt - oemt, men godt.
EV: The hole day was a bit of a pampering day, because just after the hairdresser, we went for some massage. One hrs each, followed by half an hrs. of reflexology. That was so good, but also a bit painfull.
Slutteligt grillede vi hjemme paa terassen - Kim diskede op med en grillet faeskesteg, men med lidt anderledes tilbehoer end, hvad vi lige er vandt til.. ris, chili og salat.
EV: At the end of the day we BBQ on the terrace - where Kim grilled a porkroast, but got some very different sidedished to it, than we are used to.......rice, chili and salat.
Naeste morgen stod vi klar til afgang kl. 05:45 - hensynsfulde, som vi er, listede vi ud af huset, smaekkede hoveddoeren efter os og der stod vi sa...uden den fjerneste anelse om, hvordan vi skulle faa aabnet porten ud til vejen, saa vi kunne moedes med vores chaufoer, Bob :o) Gode raad blev dyre, uden en doerklokke eller en telefon vi kunne brug som livline, saa vi maatte saatte vores lid til, at Bob kunne ringe og vaekke Kim, saa han kunne aabne for os, inden vi kunne tage afsted... men afsted kom vi.
EV: The next morning we had to be ready for our first adventure at 05:45 - and because we didn't wanted to wake up the hole house, we quitely got out of the house, clocked the dore behind us, and the......we had no idea how to open the main gate!! There we were, waiting for our chauffeur Bob. Well, what do you do without a bell to ring or no mobilephone to call on?(Lotte refused to clime the wall) We just had to waite for Bob to arrive and hope that he had a phone we could use. And he did, we woke up Kim and got on our way.
Foerste stop: Turtle Island - fantastisk lille oe, ikke stoerre end en femoere, med laekker hvid "sand", klart vand og smukke fisk & koreller. Om aftenen sad vi troeligt og ventede paa, at vores guide, Abbas, skulle komme og raabe "Turtle". Heldigvisl var vi heldige kun at vente en time(21:00), foer det gik loes. Alle sprang op og fulgte efter ham ud til den valgte skuldpadde, som havde fundet sig et godt sted at laegge sine aeg. Vi maatte kun se aeglaegning fra hendes bag, men vi havde rig mulighed for, at se da hun lagde 123 aeg, hvilket var aftenens rekord. Inden hun forsvandt ud i vandet igen, blev hun maerket, saa de kan foelge hendes videre faerd - hun fik med andre ord Malaysisk statsborgerskab :o) Hendes aeg blev lagt i en ny rede/hul i sandet, til udklaegning - ca. 2 mdr. tager det. Herefter blev de nye hatchslings fra dagens udklaegning sat ud i det fri, nede ved standkanten - et mylder af smaa skildpadder med et kaempe overskud af energi til livet. De var helt enormt soede!
EV: First stop was Turtle Island, a small island towards the Philipines(only 20 miles away) on the eastcoast of Sabah. A small island no bigger than a dime, but with beautiful white beaches, clear water, lots of colourful fish and beautiful coral. Had the afternoon to lay on the beach and go snorkeling if we wanted( and of cause we did!!). After dinner we we sad and waited as good soldiers for our guide Abbas to come in and shout "turtles". When that happend at 9 p.m(luckely, be cause you never know what time the turtles will come) we bolted out to "our" turtle. We were allowed to stand behind the turtle while she layed her eggs - 123 in all(that evenings record). An amazing experience. Since this turtle was new to the island and didn't have anyother tag, we got to see how they measure and tag turtles, so that they can track her movements in the furture. She was now a malaysian citizen. Her eggs were taken and put into a deep hole in the hatchery, and covered up. It takes about 2 months before new baby turtles hatch and are put out to sea(the sex is decided by the heat, and some eggs are therefore sheltered from the sun). We were lucky that some 70 small hatchlings had decided to see the day, that day, so we got to see them being set out into the ocean, so full of energy and a will to live. They were so cute!
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