A thousand words: Borneo

Michael and I embarked on a quick trip (and very unplanned!!) to Borneo from the 27th May till the 1st June.

It was meant to be a very relaxing, sit by the pool and get massages type trip, but there was so much to see and do, that we only did a bit of that :)

The adventure started before we even stepped off the plane. I have never been to a muslim country before, so the first plane ride was an experience for me... They bless the plane ride! It was pretty cool, and very interesting to see another religion that I knew not much about.

When we got to our second plane, there was dance music playing and bright lights flashing. I called it the party plane to the party island. The music and lights continued till we landed! Good times!!!

Then we get to KK and went to our beautiful hotel.

The hotel we stayed in. The Magellan Sutera Resort. Looking across the pool from the South China Sea looking through to the lobby of the hotel.

The Sunset while having drinks at one of the hotel bars.

We took a trip to the forest and hot springs. Along the way we stopped at a market place and had a really beautiful view of Mt Kinabalu. Most of the markets there were in a tin shed and filled to the brim with stalls. They mainly sell handicrafts (bags, wallets, pearls, beads, gems and wooden crafts) but we didnt do too much shopping.

Market stalls

Mt Kinnabalu. Its a 2 day trek to climb it. Michael says its an easy hike, but we didnt have time or much inclination to climb it!

After the market place, we headed to hot springs, butterfly sanctuary, Botanical Gardens and Canopy Walk.

Michael on the Canopy walk. It was very unstable and moved alot! It was so high.. about 200 ft off the ground. We had kids behind us that were running and jumping on the canopy.. like I said, it moved around quite a bit!

Me with my "humidihair"!!! haha

The Poring Hot Springs. They dont have the natural springs anymore. The water is pumped through pipes to these pools. We didnt swim in them (it was really hot.. hot springs didnt inspire me when it was so humid!) but it was pretty cool that they still have them.

One of the many photos of flowers I took in the botanical gardens.

On the drive back to KK we drove through heaps of clouds. The visibility was so poor, at one stage we had about 50 Mtrs to see!

Sunset on the second night back at our hotel.

On the last day we took a boat tour around different Islands around KK. We went to Manukan Island and saw some amazing fish just from the Jetty. The snorkeling was amazing. The reef was right on shore and the water was about waist height.

We also went parasailing. I had never been before, so didnt know what to expect. It was fun, but not as fun as I thought it would be... although getting wet and then shooting back up to the air was great!