Back to the airport to pick up the car at 9am. To my dismay, google maps said 7+ hours to get to sandakan. Ugh. But at least it would be pretty and interesting.
Took hours to drive over and around the monsterous peaks of borneo. Stunning scenery. But a constant battle to get past really slow moving trucks too. The last 3rd of the drive was on really poor roads and construction as they are in the middle of building a new highway.
7.5 hours later, arrived at my hotel. I really really wanted a jungle lodge but amazingly everything around here was fully booked months ago when i tried to book. I didnt expect deep borneo to be so popular.
But i ended up booking a really nice resort style hotel towards the city. Giant pool, multiple restaurants tropical setting.
Ate my first meal of the day as i arrived and then went into relax mode sipping on beers by the pool and snacking here and there. By pure exhaustion, i went to bed around 1030pm.Read more
August 17 in Malaysia ⋅ ⛅ 33 °C