Archive for the 'Borneo' Category

The second act - Travel to Bali

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

The resort in Sipadan were over and we booked us an intercity bus to Kota Kinabalu (Since we were already last year). The bus ride took about eight hours. From Borneo I (and many others had) always a romantic, romantic notion. Fact is: we see eight hours palm oil plantations. The rainforest was in favor of more lucrative [...]

Difficult road to Bali

Wednesday, September 12th, 2007

With the bus we were on our way from Kuching, Malaysia to Pontianak, Indonesia. A cozy, nine EWRS bus trip through Borneo and in between the "visa free entry point" to Indonesia. The fact that our translation and interpretation of a visa-free entry with their korelliert not the author, we noticed when we turned on the border [...]

Sarawak

Sunday, August 12th, 2007

We had planned Tachen in Miri, but has beaten us the stormy sea a bargain. We our AirAsia flight to Kuching on the overnight shift day. I was of course not the first rig of the city, lead by its museum to heart. A good opportunity to get a few hours dead. Luckily we have [...]

بندر سري بگاوان

Sunday, August 12th, 2007

From KK to Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei, it is a stone's throw away. By boat to Labuan, and from there directly to the port of BSB. But immersed in a completely different world when you are KK or worse, Semporna is usual. If everything is quite clean and decked out - after all, [...]

Stairway to heaven

Sunday, August 12th, 2007

After our dive adventure, we fly with AirAsia from saving back to Tawau to Kota Kinabalu at the time. Unfortunately, we do not save very much, as our plane was four hours late. Never mind, is always more pleasant than twelve hours bus ride.
The next day we want to climb the Mt Kinabalu, which is remarkable 4095 [...]

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