Hi guys, We're back in Kota Kinabalu now after another couple of amazing days. On Monday we stayed on the most idyllic island - Turtle Island, crystal clear turquiose sea, white sand...absolute heaven! In the evening we watched a female Green Turtle lay its eggs on the beach and then we watched the ranger release some baby hatchlings into the sea...it was an incredible experience. After Turtle Island we headed over to Sepilok Orangutan Reserve to watch the Oran...

 What a crazy day we've had today! We went white water rafting along the Padas River (grade 3-4 rapids), it was amazing fun. The best day we've had here so far!To reach the Padas River we had to take a 2hr bus ride to Beaufort train station and then a further 2hr train journey to the River, hence we started out at 7.30am.We were greeted outside our hostel by a young man called Ed. Ed turned out to be one of the funniest and nicest people we have met,...

Hi everyone! Today we went in search for monkeys with long noses - Probiscus monkeys. The English weather seems to be following us, this morning we had torrential rain and last night there was a terrific thunderstorm - very exciting. We thought this morning that our trip would be cancelled because there seemed to be no end to the rain but fortunately the sun did make an appearence at about 1pm - just in time for the start of our cruise at 2pm. We had to take a 2h...

Today we took a trip to one of the neighbouring islands - Manutik Island. We saw our good friend Mec who booked us on board the boat and threw in some free snorkelling equipment for us - awww, what a lovely guy. We boarded the boat, kitted up with lifejackets and headed, pretty fast, towards the island. It took about 15 minutes to reach it. It was quite a bumpy ride and we got a little wet with the splash, but it was fun. On reaching the island we had to pay a 1...

Hello everyone! Today has been another chilled day. We took a walk down to the ferry terminal this morning to enquire about a trip to the neighbouring islands. We met this extremely helpful young man called Mec - the manager of one of the tour companies. We ended up chatting to him for about an hour about Malaysian life, he gaves us some useful tips about the locals - apparently, if asked about our religious beliefs, we must declare ourselves devote Christians an...