Island life

We get breakfast early and have booked a boat to take us to a small island where we can swim. The boat driver picks us up at just after 9 and the 11 of us board onto the little boat. When we arrive to the island there are a couple of little houses and we all bombard the beach like an invasion. I set up my towel and a few of the guys get in the water but when they're in there they say something is biting them so I make the decision not to go in. We spend an hour on the beach before taking the trek up to the mausoleum. It's a legendary monument on Lakei island for more than 300 years. The tombstone made of hard wood still stands today and is dedicated to the late Datuk Haji Ibrahim, a devoted Muslim who was a renowned strongma able to carry his longboat from the top of the hill single handedly. We walk a little further to Salumun pond called the "mother" pond, is one of 7 and has writing in the bottom said to be written by Datuk with his bare hands. It's said to be Arabic but looks more like Roman numerals and we all have a giggle trying to decipher it. Back up the steps we take a walk to the viewpoint giving us a full view of the mountain range but the fire ants are the size of beetles and We're all slapping ourselves like We're playing snap. The mountain in front of us is once again governed by a myth and another guessing game pursues before Vanessa tells us the story of the warring princesses. Back on the beach we enjoy our last hour of paradise before being taken back to HQ where is another lunch of noodles or rice. The boat picks us up at 2 pm and a short walk boards us on the bus back to Kuching. In the evening I take the guys for Indian before we take a stroll along the river an we thoroughly enjoy the entertainment from a guy playing the Sape to little kids dressed as transformers. I also take them to the hidden door bar and we finally end up in the junk which is a huge nightclub with a pool table at the back. It is absolutely packed and with more people coming in all the time it's pretty impossible to move let alone dance or get a drink. I head outside for a cigarette and get chatting to 2 girls and one of them is called Amber. I have another attempt at going back into the club but i quickly decide that's a bad idea and I'm shortly joined by the rest of the guys and girls. We attempt to get some beers but end up coming back with nothing more than scooby snacks a wonderful day and evening.Read more