The flight was only 50 mins and the apartment we were staying at was just 10 minutes from the Airport.
There had been a huge typhoon in the Philippines a few days earlier and rumours were going around that it was headed towards Borneo. Fortunately it had a change of mind and course and the weather we enjoyed was brilliant.
The first full day we took a small boat and visited a couple of the Islands about 45 mins away. They were beautiful. A bit like the Maldives, quite small but lovely beaches. We met a lovely girl from the Netherlands as Billy did his battering for the boat to the islands. She was had a four week trip taking in Singapore, KL and Borneo before heading off to Brisbane.
On the first island Ross and I went snorkelling . There were loads of fish around, including a couple of rather aggressive clown fish (Nemo!) one who decided it would be OK to give me a couple of nips. All the fish were very brave, swimming right up to the front of the masks. A good hours swimming. As usual I had overdone it and ended up with a very pink and uncomfortable dose of sunburn!
We had arranged to be picked up from the first island at 1.00pm and be dropped off at a smaller island for another couple of hours on the beach and swimming in the South China Sea.
We headed back to Koto Kinabalu at 4.00 and headed off with Dorien for a nice pizza and a glass of wine.
The second full day we headed off to a beach resort and more swimming and sun. The Rasa Rea resort is close to the Jungle and an area that is the orang-utan sanctuary for those orphaned Orang-utan's who are up to three years old.
Just before I left BT I was presented with a leaving gift. An adopted Orang-Utan, Koyah, a three year old female. Today I met her!!! It was a lovely moment. As we wandered through the jungle, accompanied by a couple of park rangers, there was some rustling in the trees and then four young Orang-Utan's came into view. Koyah came within a couple of feet of me. They played around the feeding station for around 50 minutes and then off into the jungle to be replaced by around 20 smaller monkeys who cleared up the food that the Orang utan's had left.
A great day and I'm so pleased that I had finally got to meet Koyah.
I did tell her about her god father and godmother John and Jill. Her face suggests she was unimpressed.
We were back in Miri by lunchtime on Sunday. It was a great few days, lovely food, a great apartment and the kids were great fun. Billy has to catch the afternoon flight to KL. Lesley will be joining him on Wednesday and I face my biggest challenge yet. Looking after a 10 year old and four year old till Sunday.
More later.........
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Location:Jalan Pantai,Miri,Malaysia
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