Destination: Malaysia

The mountain knows

Sat, 10 Feb 2007 | By shanglee | Views [1186]

I have recently embarked on the tallest journey I’ve ever been - on foot. More than 4100 meters above sea level, that’s how high Mount Kinabalu is. It’s not the highest mountain in the world, but if you ask my legs, they will definitely tell you otherwise.... Read more >

Tags: hiking, malaysia, mountain, sabah

Georgetown

Mon, 5 Feb 2007 | By the_whaleys | Views [550]

  Yesterday we went to Little India, about a 6 square block of Indian clothing, spices, food, music, and colors. At an Indian restaurant we had a hot pocket pizza thing with curry sauce and a huge pitta with a flaming red colored chicken leg. It ... Read more >

Tags: Markets

Gallery: Penang

Sat, 3 Feb 2007 | By the_whaleys | Photo Gallery

Into Malaysia

Sat, 3 Feb 2007 | By the_whaleys | Views [681]

  Thats a little crab in her hand    So we have skipped a few days of writing, but that is due to the expense of the Internet at our last location and the couple of days of traveling.     In Trang we had a travel agent convince us to go to ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Gallery: Malaysia

Fri, 2 Feb 2007 | By discombob | Photo Gallery

The crew mates

Tue, 30 Jan 2007 | By grinda | Views [464]

A quick note to introduce the lads that I call friends from the Baltrum Trader: There is Joey and Freddie (he prefers to be called Eric). Young 25 year olds doing the best they can to secure a good future. Joey is a show pony, one day he will grow up ... Read more >

Tags: People

Rasa Ria Nature Reserve

Thu, 11 Jan 2007 | By mel_mel | Views [3082]

Selamat tengahari, Well, our time in Malaysia has drawn to a close. We spend one last night here, and then we fly off to Singapore for a few days before returning home. After posting last night, Chels and I just returned to our hotel, ate ourselves ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

Sepilok and KK

Wed, 10 Jan 2007 | By mel_mel | Views [1194]

We arose quite early (5:30am) and quickly had breakfast before boarding the boat to leave SRL and head back to KK. It had been raining heavily all night and did not let up. Torrential came to mind several times, and at that point I was in love with my ... Read more >

Tags: Misadventures

SRL - day two

Wed, 10 Jan 2007 | By mel_mel | Views [1234] | Comments [1]

....and up we got. We had breakfast and then onto the boat just after 7am to go to the Ox-bow Lakes for a boat cruise and jungle trek. It took about 45 minutes to get to the Lakes, which were covered in floating plants, making them seem very un-boatable.... Read more >

Tags: Misadventures

Sukau Rainforest Lodge - day one

Wed, 10 Jan 2007 | By mel_mel | Views [1483] | Comments [1]

We arrived at the Lodge after winding down more muddy roads, and crossing a river in a rickety old boat that took us away from all civilisation as we knew it. We checked into our rooms and had lunch. It was quite a quaint little lodge, particularly in ... Read more >

Tags: The Great Outdoors

Gomatong Caves

Wed, 10 Jan 2007 | By mel_mel | Views [1572]

Hello all. We're back in KK, earlier than expected, but we found the Sukau Rainforest Lodge a little too isolated. I will post our past few experiences separately, because I have a lot to tell and it will just be annoying in a single post. So..... ... Read more >

Tags: The Great Outdoors

Mt. Kinabalu

Sat, 6 Jan 2007 | By mel_mel | Views [2618] | Comments [4]

I sit here in an internet cafe, rubbing my knees and sighing at a glorious 25 hours. We have just returned from our hike up Mt. Kinabalu, and it was just incredible. I am quite tired (though not as tired as poor little Choppy), and Mum; thankyou. Thankyou, ... Read more >

Tags: The Great Outdoors

Spice Island

Sat, 6 Jan 2007 | By mel_mel | Views [1000] | Comments [2]

Hello kids. Just a quick entry to tell you about the wonderful restaurant that Chels and I went to on Thursday night. It was called Spice Island, and it was stunning. It was in the more expensive wing of our below average hotel, and we were expecting ... Read more >

Tags: Food & eating

Scuba me up!

Thu, 4 Jan 2007 | By mel_mel | Views [1695] | Comments [4]

Okay. I know that I said I wouldn't post for another couple of days, but our day finished early, and we thought, why not? I finally did it! I went scuba diving. It was bloody awesome. I wasn't sure how I'd go with it all, but it is amazingly tranquil.... Read more >

Tags: The Great Outdoors

Sweaty sticky KK

Wed, 3 Jan 2007 | By mel_mel | Views [956] | Comments [1]

Hello my little readers, Much has happened since the last entry. I do apologise for the belatedness of the update - apparently everything likes to close for a couple of days after New Year, and we don't love you enough to pay 20RM for 15 minutes. ... Read more >

Tags: The Great Outdoors