Hello!
How is Europe doing? I’ve heard the spring is coming, I bet
it’s beautiful out there.
South East Asia is still hot and humid, summer never ending,
lucky me J
After our enjoyable stay at the islands in the Philippines
we went to Malaysian Borneo in a search for the wildlife, mountains and nature
in general.
If you are wondering what I am talking about, Borneo is a
huge island separated into a Malaysian and Indonesian sides. We did have a
chance to volunteer up in the mountains waking up with the Mount Kinabalu
(4095m!) view. We met great volunteers there and were really lucky to stay so
close to this beauty Mt Kinabalu. However, the concept of volunteering in the
place we stayed was completely misunderstood. Volunteering is not a cheap
labour, it is an exchange where both sides learn something new, teach and
change the ideas. We did not regret though. We met some great local people and
some cool international volunteers as well.
And so we ventured back on the road again. I know I know, I
told to quite few of you that I need some project in my life, traveling and
doing all cool stuff can get boring after a while. However, life want s me to
be on the road. That’s fine by me J
This time we were three, me, Dom
and our new friend Bella. We explored Brunei, the absolute monarchy country
with a sultan as a leader of the country. Rich of oil, this place seemed
completely different than other countries we visited in South East Asia. Don’t
get me wrong, people were great but there was not much of the character in this
place. And then we were back in Borneo again.
We did explore some great National
Parks, were amazed by giant caves, full of ancient paintings on the walls, saw
Proboscis Monkeys, were close to the crocodiles (still haven’t seen them) and
saw the great ginger men- orangutangs just out in the wild. No wonder why all
the scientists come here, the wildlife is FASCINATING and I am not even a
scientist!
Where next is a little secret of
mine. It is a surprise for Dom as well as he will find out where he is going
only at the airport. Little spice for our trip, haha!
Enjoy the spring, the nature is
waking up!
Ligita
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| some art work in Kota Kinabalu |
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| Kota Kinabalu |
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| our view in the volunteering place |
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| Mt Kinabalu just in front of us |
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| Chinese New Years with volunteers and staff |
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| beauty... |
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| Together with Cade, Bruno and Bella |
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| Brunei |
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| the fire station in the water village in Brunei |
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| what a reflection! |
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| Lambir Hills |
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| Bird's poo, haha, waiting for a good luck |
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| Niah National Park |
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| amazing cave |
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| 2 aliens: Dom and Bella |
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| Kuching-cat's city |
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| our new friend |
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| Bako National Park |
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| sweaty trekkers |
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| Proboscis monkey! |
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| wild bearded pigs |
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| who is this sexy lady? |
