After Sepilok we travelled from Sandakan on a 2 day/2night wildlife tour of Sungai Kinabatangan River. We were to stay in a jungle lodge in Sukau.From Sandakan we had a four hour bumpy ride to the jungle lodge. The roads were terrible, we couldn't take a bus so had to use a 4x4. Our first stop after a couple of hours was at the Gomangtong caves. These caves were renowned for their valuable edible swiftlet nests, which are harvested for birds nest soup. The mo...

After Singapore we travelled overland to Johor Bahru, Malaysia. From the minute we reached Malaysia it became clear that Allison was invisible. Rich was expected to do all the talking etc, or 'Mr Richard' as they all called him. All of you who know Allison know this wasn't received well, especially when Rich seemed to be enjoying the attention and service a little too much. At dinner the waitress said to Rich, "will sir be having t...