Our initial plan was to explore Borneo for a while and work our way through Indonesia but we had to alter that plan due to the onset of the rainy season. It can get rather complicated trying to keep track…
Sarawak, Malaysia (Borneo)
As we headed westward through Sarawak toward Kuching, we hoped to find more places to hang out by the ocean and some opportunities to trek into the mountainous interior for hikes in the jungle, wildlife, and encounters with the indigenous…
Eating in Sarawak
We didn’t spend a whole lot of time in any one place in Sarawak but even for overnight stays in a town or city I always like to check out the main open market. It’s interesting to me to see…
Sabah, Malaysia (Borneo)
We left the Philippines and flew to Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, which is near the northern tip of the island of Borneo. I think we had some ideas about what we would find here and some of those those ideas have…
More great snorkeling
After a very long ferry ride and a VERY bumpy bus ride we eventually came to a little town on Palawan Island called Port Barton. It could have been another tropical paradise for us if it weren’t for the fact…
Filipino Barbecue
I hate to say it but most of the food that we had in the Philippines wasn’t all that exciting, especially compared to the cuisines of other southeast Asian countries. It’s almost frustrating because they could have amazing food, what…
Our second tropical paradise
The bus came to a stop, after heading out to the middle of nowhere for a couple of hours on Busuanga Island. We looked out the window and there was pretty much nothing around. Fern looked at me with a…