2019 · Malaysia

October 2019

Malaysia

7 chapters

Start at chapter 1 → Newest: chapter 7
Chapter01

What’s your beef?

BA to KL

This feels wrong. Why aren’t I writing about our journey back from Helsinki in early September? Leaving that whole trip unfinished makes me feel uneasy, but obviously not so much that I’ve actually done anything about it. No, instead, I’ve…

Chapter02

Is it a bird? Is it a plane?

It’s Several of the former and one of the latter.

In the previous episode: we flew 12+ hours to Kuala Lumpur, then had a few drinks in our hotel next to the main train station, before going to bed with an alarm set for 0630. Why would we do such…

Chapter03

The Borneo Identity

Orangutan clan ain’t nuthinG tA F’ WIT

Having spent Tuesday night and most of Wednesday flying to Kuala Lumpur, then a good few hours of Thursday travelling from our KL hotel to accommodation in Kuching, Sarawak, on the island of Borneo, you might be forgiven for thinking…

Chapter04

Y’orchidding me

Sarawakaday

This is episode 4 of me and Helen’s trip to Borneo in October 2019. You can read the other episodes by visiting the trip’s homepage, until the URL changes in early 2020 because to this day I still don’t have…

Chapter05

Ready Trek

Monkey business

In a blatant attempt at trying to catch up, though with good reason that will become apparent later, this ‘ere diary entry what you are reading covers both Sunday and Monday in Borneo. As with 2 of the prior 3…

Chapter06

Drain forest

Pipe life

Right. If things go to plan, this will be the last but one episode of the holiday which Helen and I took in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo during October 2019. With 5 days of (mostly) early starts and wildlife behind…

Chapter07

Borneo “yesterday” Newest

Here’s something novel: I’m actually writing up the tail end of a trip! Only the best part of 10 days late. Better than never, maybe? We’ll see. Last time, I wrote about our luxury resort stay that was actually glamping,…