The Pinnacles

Sometimes the best way to start a holiday is with a slow relaxed boat rideup a river. It was our second day in Gunung Mulu National Park and we’dalready seen the caves and now we were heading up the river to KualaLilit.
Unfortunately the peace of the boat ride had to end and it was time [...]

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Snippets

Observations===========1. It wasn’t the people or the heat that told me I was back in Asia, it was the signs that said “No Durians”. Only here can a fruit have so much power…..2. I was chatting to the Iban man who owns the B&B where I’m staying and he was saying that for every time [...]

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Escaping the heat

I took a break from the Malaysian heat to head into the mountains nearKota Kinabalu. It was a change to wear long sleeves and long trousers again.We were staying at Mount Kinabalu National Park just to relax and look at some trees and flowers, nothing too taxing, you know me, always one to take the [...]

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City Of Cats

For my last few days in Borneo I decided to give the mountains a rest,after all once you’ve done the highest mountain in SE Asia, what more canyou do?I flew to the capital of Sarawak, Kuching. Kuching apparently means “cat”in Malay and the people of the town have obviously embraced the ideacompletely, there’s a cat [...]

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Kilimanjaro

Finally, here’s the details of my Kilimanjaro trip.

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The Ascent

It’s Christmas Day and we’re in the bus to the Marangu Gate to start our walk. It’s hot and I’m wearing a santa hat, probably not the wisest piece of head gear given the temperature but I thought I’d get into the season a little, the discussion is how long I’ll wear the hat in [...]

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The Summit

Leaving Horombo the next day set us on the path to the top, gone was the rain, replaced by a much welcomed sun and lifted spirits, gone too was the alpine region replaced by the desert zone, it was like stepping from one room to another, the change was so quick. It was a good [...]

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Tales From the Top

Now what ever happened to all those other people who went up the mountain…..
When I left the others Hans Meyer Cave, they spilt the group into two, a strong group and a not-so-strong group, which had people already finding it hard going, most were in worse condition than I was and I was expectingsome of [...]

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Impressions

I know that now that I’m back people are going to ask me what I think of Africa and how it affected me, to be honest I’m not sure how much of an African experience I really had. I was on the mountain for 6 days and that didn’t feel like Africa at all, it [...]

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