Borneo & Asia - RTW

It is almost 10month since I have decided to move corporate again and joined SAP to run CX for MEE, working fully focused to get started.
Time to have a break to recharge battery - Borneo it is. Brother & both my son joining in.
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May 19, 2018
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Day 1
Saturday, May 19, 2018 at 3:25 PM
⛅ 19 °C
Altitude: 475 m
Germany Gröben-Bach 48.261452, 11.44839148°15’41” N 11°26’54” E
Ready to go!
May 19, 2018 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
All stuff packed - haircuts done. Ready to kickoff another great adventure.

Kilian, Nico, Andi and myself. So excited!
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Day 1
Saturday, May 19, 2018 at 4:30 PM
⛅ 18 °C
Altitude: 469 m
Germany S-Bahnhof Flughafen München 48.353916, 11.79012948°21’14” N 11°47’24” E
Airport
May 19, 2018 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Up and away
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Day 1
Saturday, May 19, 2018 at 7:22 PM
☀️ 18 °C
Altitude: 109 m
Germany Frankfurt Airport 50.044151, 8.57445450°2’39” N 8°34’28” E
First leg done - FFM
May 19, 2018 in Germany ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Nothing special. Boys n brother still excited. 2h Transfer to international.

Empty terminal - Terminal Z wie Zombie

A380 is it for the long leg- very nice.
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Day 1
Saturday, May 19, 2018 at 9:44 PM
🌙 15 °C
Altitude: 116 m
Germany Frankfurt Airport 50.046974, 8.56214850°2’49” N 8°33’44” E
Singapur ahead. Long distance
May 19, 2018 in Germany ⋅ 🌙 15 °C
It’s real - we have an A380 - the right planning catched the emergency row again - other call it luck.

Looking forward to the flight and Malaysia ahead.
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Day 2
Sunday, May 20, 2018 at 4:24 PM
⛅ 26 °C
Altitude: 12 m
Singapore Flughafen Singapur 1.35422, 103.9917831°21’15” N 103°59’30” E
Arrival in Singapor
May 20, 2018 in Singapore ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
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Day 2
Sunday, May 20, 2018 at 6:10 PM
⛅ 27 °C
Altitude: 7 m
Singapore Flughafen Singapur 1.356216, 103.9926911°21’22” N 103°59’34” E
Off to Borneo - Kuching
May 20, 2018 in Singapore ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Last leg ist 1.5h. Easy going.
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Day 2
Sunday, May 20, 2018 at 8:20 PM
⛅ 25 °C
Altitude: 27 m
Malaysia Kuching International Airport 1.486784, 110.3411031°29’12” N 110°20’28” E
Arrival to Borneo
May 20, 2018 in Malaysia ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
Long trip finally arrived. Let’s get started. Moving to daily update
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Day 2
Sunday, May 20, 2018 at 11:00 PM
⛅ 25 °C
Altitude: 11 m
Malaysia Town Reach 1.556641, 110.3615511°33’24” N 110°21’42” E
AirBnB best way
May 20, 2018 in Malaysia ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
As last travel in Asia, Airbnb is just awesome. 4 peeps, 3 nights - 150€ rents you a modern 10th floor appartment with plenty of room and all what u need.
Better WLAN as Marriott charging u 24$

Thanks to our host Eddie who rented us in - but for sure can’t be a bad host with this name ;)Read more
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Day 3
Monday, May 21, 2018 at 7:44 AM
⛅ 24 °C
Altitude: 9 m
Malaysia Blacksmith Rocks 1.557087, 110.3611761°33’26” N 110°21’40” E
Day 1 - here we go
May 21, 2018 in Malaysia ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Heading towards first national park - Semenggoh
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Day 3
Monday, May 21, 2018 at 8:34 AM
⛅ 25 °C
Altitude: 92 m
Malaysia Tenth Mile 1.399843, 110.3182831°23’59” N 110°19’6” E
Semenggoh national park
May 21, 2018 in Malaysia ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
A quick GRAB ( Asia Uber) ride by 30min arrival at the national park.

Impressive djungle. Let’s see if we have a chance to see some Orang Utans
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Day 3
Monday, May 21, 2018 at 11:23 AM
⛅ 30 °C
Altitude: 14 m
Malaysia Bukit Tapang Batu 1.363992, 110.4136051°21’50” N 110°24’49” E
Jongs crocodile farm
May 21, 2018 in Malaysia ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
Just scary as hell. Feeding the beast. Krokodile having lunch.

Love to see two big fat Dragon fishes in a big pond. Their shiny and sparkling skin is amazing. Added with other reptiles - overall a fun experience.Read more
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Day 3
Monday, May 21, 2018 at 1:11 PM
⛅ 32 °C
Altitude: 36 m
Malaysia Sungai Sibireh 1.393438, 110.352181°23’36” N 110°21’8” E
Busride to Kuching after fruit lunch
May 21, 2018 in Malaysia ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C
We tried to get a Grab - but failed being to far off. To get into the shadows, we sat down at a bus station, to continue with Grab. The fun - sitting like a minute, the bus stopped - and lol, the right one back to Kuching.

Lucky foot at its best !Read more
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Day 3
Monday, May 21, 2018 at 5:36 PM
⛅ 26 °C
Altitude: 14 m
Malaysia Fishmarket Rocks 1.561139, 110.3414641°33’40” N 110°20’29” E
Dinner on a Boat ride and city sunset
May 21, 2018 in Malaysia ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Thx to our host - the idea was executed to have our dinner on a boat ride. Asia flexibility let us book very easily, just on the pier.

The punctual everyday thunderstorm- already hanging tight in the clouds, waiting to crush on us, was left behind by the fast ship moving off city.

Gorgeous experience and reminded me of Thuy in viet who invited me for birthday last year.

Arrival - we went to backpacker district and enjoyed a wonderful whiskey in the drunken monkey bar, ending a enormous cool day.Read more
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Day 4
Tuesday, May 22, 2018 at 8:12 AM
⛅ 25 °C
Altitude: 11 m
Malaysia Blacksmith Rocks 1.556428, 110.3601231°33’23” N 110°21’36” E
Day 2 - Breakfast to start the day
May 22, 2018 in Malaysia ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
Food is different from viet or Thailand but very good. Soup for breakfast.

Getting energy up for djungle hike later in Bakos
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Day 4
Tuesday, May 22, 2018 at 9:15 AM
⛅ 26 °C
Altitude: 19 m
Malaysia Bukit Bako 1.663574, 110.4311681°39’49” N 110°25’52” E
Bako - djungle time
May 22, 2018 in Malaysia ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Next to alot of animals, insect and pigs - we finally met monkeys - all 3 kind of, living with the park. Awesome experience, next to hiking within high humidity and 30 degree plus.
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Day 5
Wednesday, May 23, 2018 at 6:46 AM
⛅ 25 °C
Altitude: 28 m
Malaysia Kuching International Airport 1.486331, 110.3416751°29’11” N 110°20’30” E
Day3 - change of location
May 23, 2018 in Malaysia ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
Early up - leaving Kuching behind. Flying to Miri as quick stop and turn over.
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Day 5
Wednesday, May 23, 2018 at 7:55 AM
⛅ 25 °C
Altitude: 51 m
Malaysia Miri Airport 4.325105, 113.9843754°19’30” N 113°59’4” E
Onwards to Mulu - djungle
May 23, 2018 in Malaysia ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
After waiting 1h in transfer zone - Propeller machine is our next transporter. Excited ...

Return to sender. Morning flight could not land due to low clouds. We had to return to Miri.

1pm next try. Going to see Miri downtown then - shifting our toursRead more
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Day 5
Wednesday, May 23, 2018 at 5:42 PM
☀️ 12 °C
Altitude: 24 m
Malaysia Sungai Melinau 4.031536, 114.7980674°1’54” N 114°47’53” E
Djungle arrival - check in. Night tour
May 23, 2018 in Malaysia ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
Offline until we get back. It’s just awesome. The appartment we rented is back to basic - sweating including.

After checkin we had a bath in the river - just the thought being maximum in the djungle and swimming in a river - amazing.

Dinner was a great soup to be prepared for the night walk.

Nightwalk itself was ok but nothing special. We could spot some animals and enjoyed the restless noise out of the wood.

Early bed as the power will switch off at 12 pmRead more
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Day 6
Thursday, May 24, 2018 at 5:47 AM
☀️ 21 °C
Altitude: 24 m
Malaysia Sungai Melinau 4.031534, 114.7980464°1’54” N 114°47’53” E
Day 4 - Hot Spring - Deer & Lang Cave
May 24, 2018 in Malaysia ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Early up as the rooster had an opinion when to start the day. Reading a book and come done. With no signal - Facebook free it is ;).

We have decided to use the morning for hiking to the Hot spring - which is at the river a spot where hot sulfur comes out of the ground bubbling. Taking a bath was a interesting experience.

Afternoon we went to the Lang cave and the deer cave. Long walk in the djungle. Very impressed by the site and the size of the cave. We learned it’s holds up to 3Mio Bats - which we failed to see getting out for night hunting.

Today we had the first time a big rain shower and could check our rain gear.

Dinner at the park and met some nice backpackers at our condo - talking and having tea until bedtime.

Internet is still bumpy. Which makes it another adventure to book the flights.Read more
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Day 7
Friday, May 25, 2018 at 6:09 AM
🌫 13 °C
Altitude: 24 m
Malaysia Sungai Melinau 4.031385, 114.7981364°1’53” N 114°47’53” E
Day5 - clear water cave - canopy walk
May 25, 2018 in Malaysia ⋅ 🌫 13 °C
Another day in paradise. Getting big up early
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Day 8
Saturday, May 26, 2018 at 7:12 AM
☀️ 11 °C
Altitude: 34 m
Malaysia Sungai Melinau 4.03066, 114.798574°1’50” N 114°47’55” E
Bat exodus - nightwalk
May 26, 2018 in Malaysia ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
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Day 8
Saturday, May 26, 2018 at 7:13 AM
🌫 13 °C
Altitude: 33 m
Malaysia Sungai Melinau 4.030749, 114.7985414°1’51” N 114°47’55” E
Day 6 - boat ride and hike to waterfall
May 26, 2018 in Malaysia ⋅ 🌫 13 °C
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Day 8
Saturday, May 26, 2018 at 3:09 PM
🌫 13 °C
Altitude: 80 m
Malaysia Sungai Iman 3.982539, 114.7845173°58’57” N 114°47’4” E
The Best Place on Earth
May 26, 2018 in Malaysia ⋅ 🌫 13 °C
Ba a negdesai waterfall.

Der Wasserfall - einfach nur der Hammer. Mitten im Nirgendwo - man findet keine Worte den Ort zu beschreiben.

Das Versprechen wiederzukommen fällt nur zu leicht. Da man hier auch übernachten kann - vielleicht auch nochmal Wirklichkeit.Read more
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Day 8
Saturday, May 26, 2018 at 6:12 PM
⛅ 18 °C
Altitude: 21 m
Malaysia Batu Malan Rapids 3.978307, 114.8193683°58’42” N 114°49’10” E
On the rapid river
May 26, 2018 in Malaysia ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Our Guide asked us if we want to go more upwards the river and introduced us to this wonderful place. What a great event again. Speechless.
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Day 9
Sunday, May 27, 2018 at 8:05 AM
☀️ 22 °C
Altitude: 24 m
Malaysia Sungai Melinau 4.031275, 114.7981494°1’53” N 114°47’53” E
Day 7 - pack and leave for KK
May 27, 2018 in Malaysia ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
A wonderful time has its end - after the topping of the icecream with the waterfall and rapid river - we are having a lazy day in.

Plan is leaving in the afternoon and gives us time to slow motion pack and relax.Read more
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