Tired in Borneo - Kota Kinabalu

I arrived last night at 10pm with the morning memories of Bali's waves still crashing around in my head and I was met by Hody at the airport. She was looking for backpackers like myself for her new guesthouse. According to a map in the Lonely Planet, it was in 'the wrong area of town', by a street but: it was also 10pm, it came with an offer of free transportation and hey, I might even like the rooms so I decided not to complicate life when it had been made so simple. It work out really well, the rooms are great and I immediately bumped into a fun couple from London who were also staying. I ended up chatting to them until 2am. (another short night!!)

Im in KK, aka Kota Kinabalu and there are some great islands to hop over to from here but first I am going to do absolutely nothing and catch my breath, update this blog and do some general admin!

I did just that and then made tracks over to Sandakan, a 5hr bus journey to the Sulu coast up on the North Eastern side of Borneo. It was here that I could visit the Orangutan Sanctuary of Sepilok, do the Uncle Tan's Jungle Experience and finish it off with a grand finale Turtle Island.

Sepilok - The Orangutan Sanctuary

I missed the bus here and had to take a taxi up - it was all a bit of a rush but then that's been my life for the last two weeks. The feeding platform was filling up with people. We didn't have to wait long.
The crowd was silent and we just stood there and watched until it was time for a coffee. Uncle Tan's team picked me up at 12.30 from the centre and it was off on yet another adventure!