Jeg ved godt det er lang tid siden jeg sidst har skrevet herinde, men proever nu saa godt jeg kan at huske hvad jeg har lavet siden jeg sidst skrev:

Da vi tog fra Kota Kinabalu var det for at bestige Mount Kinabalu, der er 4095 m hoejt. Det var planlagt saadan at vi skulle bruge den foerste dag paa at afklimatisere os selv, da vi gik fra 35 grader i byen til omkring 20 i Kinabalu Park. Huset vi skulle sove den foerste nat i, var fyldt med skimmelsvamp, som isaer var mest udbredt i Emilie, Charlottes og mit vaerelse, saa vi valgte at sove paa verandaen og ringede til Joanne fra Downbelow for at klage over det. Dagen efter stod vi tidligt op og begyndte opstigningen af bjerget. Foerst var vejret ret godt, men det aendrede sig ret hurtigt til regn og den sidste halve time gik man naermest i en flod op af bjerget - saa det var rimeligt haardt og jeg var ret traet da jeg endelig naede Laban rata ved 3000 m hoejde. Der troede jeg saa at man havde mulighed for at faa et varmt bad og slappe af paa vaerelset, men der maatte jeg saa tro om. Deres elektricitet forsvandt omkring 5-6 gange mens vi var der og de ville ikke bruge unoedig el paa at varme vandet op, saa man kunne vaelge at tage et iskoldt bad :( Vi gik tidligt i seng, da vi skulle op igen kl. 1:30 om natten for at starte den sidste opstigning, hvor vi skulle se solopgangen fra toppen af bjerget. Vi skulle naermest kravle op af bjerget i moerke med vores pandelampe paa. Selve solopgangen var ikke noget specielt, men det var rigtig flot at se selve bjerget og udsigten da der blev lyst. Nu kunne man ogsaa lige pludselig se, hvor stejlt bjerget rent faktisk er :) Da vi havde set solopgangen, tog vi nedstigningen samme dag. Den tog ca. 5 timer at komme ned og det var utroligt haardt for knaeene og laarene. Heldigvis havde Joanne fundet et nyt sted for os at sove foer vi skulle videre til Sepilok dagen efter.

I Sepilok var det meningen at jeg skulle paa city tour til Sandakan, men jeg blev desvaerre syg og maatte ligge derhjemme med Christine, der ogsaa var syg, mens de andre var afsted. Dagen efter tog vi over til orangutangcenteret for at se aberne blive fodret. Det var en meget stor oplevelse og jeg var meget glad for at jeg var blevet frisk nok til at tage med. Om eftermiddagen noed vi at vaere kommet til et hotel med pool :)

Saa tog vi til Kinabatanganfloden for at se paa dyr og planter. Vi startede ud med en eftermiddagssejltur, hvor vi saa orangutanger, mange fugle, makak-aber og naeseaber :) Dagen efter tog vi paa sejltur kl. 6 om morgenen for at se regnskoven vaagne og om eftermiddagen skulle vi trekke ud til en soe kaldet Oxbow Lake. Det var mere eller mindre bare en gaatur i mudder i 2-3 timer, saa det var der ikke meget sjov i. Dag 3 skulle vi deltage i et traeplantningsprojekt, hvor vi hver isaer fik lov til at plante vores eget trae. Det er nu dejligt at taenke paa at man har vaeret med til at reducere CO2-forureningen :) Om eftermiddagen spillede vi fodboldkamp mod de lokale paa en meget alternativ fodboldbane, som egentlig mere var en stor mudderpoel. Vi vandt 4-2 og fik derfor en praemie med slik og kager osv. Paa dag 4 tog seks af os ud paa morgensejltur inden vi tog tilbage til Sepilok

Da vi ankom til Sepilok igen, havde vi et par fridage, hvor vi badede ved poolen og slappede af. Paa 3.dagen tog vi til Rainforest Discovery Center, hvor vi skulle se paa planter og dyr og gaa lidt rundt i regnskoven. Derefter tog vi tilbage til Kota Kinabalu, hvor vi har 3 fridage inden vi tager til Java d. 4. juni. Jeg glaeder mig rigtig meget til at komme derhen og se templer, kaffeplantager og vulkaner!

Jeg skal nok proeve paa at faa skrevet herinde lidt oftere :)

I know it's been a long time since I've written something in here, but I'm gonna try the best I can to remember what I've been doing since the last time:

When we took off from Kota Kinabalu was it because we were going to climb Mount Kinabalu which is 4095 metres high. It was planned so that we should use the first day to acclimatize because we went from 35 degrees celcius in KK to about 20 in Kinabalu Park. The house we were sleeping in was attacked by fungus which were especially in the room where Emilie, Charlotte and I were supposed to sleep in, so we decided to sleep on the veranda and to call Joanne from Downbelow to complain about it. The second day we got up early and started the ascend. At first the weather was pretty good but it changed really fast to pouring rain and the last 30 minutes we were walking in what seemed like a river down the mountain - so that was pretty rough and was very tired when we finally reached Laban Rata in 3000 metres height. At the hotel I thought it would be possible to get a hot shower and relax in the room, but that was wrong. There were about 5-6 blackouts while we were there and they wouldn't use the electricity they had to warm up the water, so you could just decide if you wanted a cold shower :( We went to bed early because we had to get up at 1:30 am to start the last ascend, where we were going to see the sunrise on the top of the mountain. We almost had to climb on the last part of the mountain with our torchlights on. The sunrise itself wasn't anything specia;, but it was really beautiful to see the mountain and the view from the top. Now you could also see how steep the mountain actually is :) When we had seen the sunrise we started the descent. It took about 5 hours to get down and it was incredibly hard for the knees and the thighs. Fortunately Joanne found us a new accomodation before we went to Sepilok the day after.

In Sepilok I was supposed to go on a city tour to Sandakan, but unfortunately I turned ill and had to be at the hotel together with Christine who was also sick, while the other ones went on the tour. The day after we all went to the Sepilok Sanctuary to see the orangutans getting fed. It was a very big experince for me and I was really happy that I was well enough to go there. In the afternoon we enjoyed the pool at the hotel :)

Then we went to the Kinabatangan river to see animals and plants. We started with an afternoon cruise where we saw orangutans, many birds, maqaque monkeys and proboscis monkeys :) The day afterwards we went on a morning cruise at 6 am to see the rainforest wake up. We actually saw an elephant only 2-3 metres from the boat - it was one of the most amazing things I've ever seen! In the afternoon we trekked to a lake called Oxbow Lake. It was more or less just a walk in the mud for 2-3 hours, so it wasn't that funny. On day 3 we were participating in a tree planting project, where we all planted our own tree. It's nice to think that you have reduced your carbon footprint you left when you travel :) In the afternoon, we played a soccermatch against some of the locals on a very alternative footballfield, which was more like a big mud hole. We won 4-2 and got a big prize with candy and so on. On day 4 some of us went on a river cruise before heading back to Sepilok.

When we arrived at Sepilok we had a couple of days off, where we swimmed in the pool and relaxed. On the third day we went to Rainforest Discovery Centre to see some of the flora and fauna of the rainforest. Afterwards we headed back to KK, where we have 3 days off before going to Java on the 4th of June. I'm looking forward to go there and see temples, coffee plantages and volcanos.

I'll try to write in here more often :)