Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Sabah: Monkey Magic


From Real Travel blog:

Sabah is one of two Malaysian provinces in Northern Borneo and one of the few remaining places you can see orangutans in the wild. Being a monkey-lover, this was a good enough reason for Monts to want to visit, and will explain the absence of almost anything else in the photo album for the last two weeks.

We arrived safe and sound in the capital city, Kota Kinabalu (or "KK" as it is known), which after Singapore seemed rather downtrodden and smelly, with an especially rich fragrance of raw sewerage wafting along the newly developed bars and restaurants on the waterfront.

Our "to do" list included a visit the main orangutan sanctuary down at Sepilok some 350km away, arrange to climb a rather large lump of a mountain called Mount Kinabalu and spend some time on a beach getting a bit of colour before we headed for colder climes in New Zealand.

The foolish idea of going up the mountain was hatched by Monts in the comfort of Guildford six months earlier. Her second foolish idea, on arrival in KK, was that it would be easier to rent a car and drive across to Sepilok rather than catch a bus, as we would need to stop on the way back to climb the mountain, two hours out of KK.

Continue reading (incl. pics) at: Sabah: Monkey Magic

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