Arriving from Kinabatangan in our Borneo Explorer bus, which seemed able to conquer any road, we came to Sepilok Orangutan Centre – and later on Sandakan. [googlemap lat="5.875708" lng="117.951261" width="300px" height="150px" zoom="10" type="G_NORMAL_MAP"]90000 Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia[/googlemap]
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Sepilok & Sandakan
Sep 15
We flew in from Singapore and arrived at Kota Kinabalu. It was lated, and crashed at a hotel. Next morning we left early for Mount Kinabalu, and stayed a night at a hotel high up and with a stunning view of the mountain. Venturing down again, we found our way to Kinabatangan and explored rivers [...]
Singapore
Sep 12
Arriving by bus from Melaka, we now entered Singapore. It’s one of the cleanest places I’ve ever been to, and somehow felt like an Asian Dubai. [googlemap lat="1.352083" lng="103.819836" width="300px" height="150px" zoom="10" type="G_NORMAL_MAP"]Singapore[/googlemap]
Melaka
Sep 10
Moving on from Kuala Lumpur & Taman Negara, our next stop on the trip was in the city of Melaka. It was once a Portuguese colony, and today a UNESCO World Heritage site. [googlemap lat="2.205685" lng="102.256155" width="300px" height="150px" zoom="9" type="G_NORMAL_MAP"]Malaysia[/googlemap]
The big vacation this year, was once again with GAP Adventures. This time we joined the trip in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and after a brief meeting and dinner with the group – it was off to the first stop on our trip – Taman Negara. [googlemap lat="3.1405161039832485" lng="101.6839599609375" width="300px" height="150px" zoom="8" type="G_NORMAL_MAP"]Kuala Lumpur & Taman [...]
London & Greenwich
Jun 2
We visited London (again) in May. A brief visit with a lot of walking in the City and a visit to Greenwich. Here are a few photos from the trip.
Dubai, U.A.E.
Apr 2
We recently visited Dubai, U.A.E.. [googlemap lat="25.08660944454393" lng="55.140531063079834" width="600px" height="300px" zoom="9" type="G_NORMAL_MAP"]Dubai[/googlemap] Here are a few photos from the week down there.
Costa Rica
Sep 24
Visiting countries far away is always fun – and in September 2008 we went to Costa Rica. In Costa Rica we were on a trip around the country with G.A.P. Adventure and visited the Caribbean cost, the Mountains and the Pacific Cost. Here are some of the photos from the trip. [googlemap lat="9.925565912405506" lng="-84.2431640625" width="600px" [...]
Grado, Trieste and Venice
Jun 26
It’s always fun visiting Italy. Besides their wonderful food, there’s also losts of sights to explore no matter where in Italy you visit. In June 2008 we went to North-east Italy and stayed in the town of Grado. It’s between Trieste (near the Albanian border) and Venice. [googlemap lat="45.686755" lng="13.427552" width="600px" height="300px" zoom="9" type="G_NORMAL_MAP"]Grado[/googlemap]
Lisbon
Apr 26
Lisbon is the capital for Portugal, and an often overlooked destination for City vacations it seems. We rented an apartment for a week in the old part of town and went exploring. Lisbon is a reasonably small town making it easy to explore many sight by foot, by tram, by busses or by trains. Apart [...]