Sukua

Third day in sandakan i wanted to hire a boat to visit one of the nearby islands. No tour company would agree unless i stayed overnight. So i went down to the harbour to charter my own ride. But english became a very real restrictor and ultimately didnt happen

So had a fantastic day lounging by the pool all day instead. Not a terrible plight :)

Next day, drove 2.5 hours to renowned kinabatangan area. Biggest concentration of wildlife in borneo.

Checked into my very simple hotel and found a small restaurant in a tiny village for lunch. Super duper muslim area, all women in headscarves. When i came out of the restaurant, tons of schoolkids in different areas all frantically waved at me yelling hi. I waved back and they repeated until i was out of sight. So cute. I should have taken a pic. Darn.

Did an early afternoon cave tour. I had heard about this cave being out of an indiana jones movie and yup, checked out haha. You would not believe how many cockroaches were in this cave. Wild.

On the way to the cave, there were two orangutans in the trees and also a rare red leaf monkey further down the path. Amazing!

Immediately after the cave tour hopped in a boat for the famous river tour everyone comes here for. Immediately came across two huge probiscus monkey troups. Only found in borneo btw.

But then the rainforest held up to its name and holy moly we all got wet. We pushed on and found pygmy elephants by the riverbank but my shots arent great

Our boat guys eventually called off the tour. Just impossible weather in fully exposed boats. My 3.5 hour tour was only 90 minutes :(

On the boat, met really nice lisanne and shadi from France and played yatzee with them at the hotel. Also met 6 really nice italians while my france friends did a night tour. Hung out with them for 2 hours

Then when my france friends returned, i taught them a card game that they loved and we played until midnight and then bed. Fun day. But maybe a little less rain in the rainforest next time :)Read more