Borneo Baby!!!

I have been in Borneo for 2 weeks now and the time is just flying by!! I met Mike at the airport and was surprised by Abbey and Andy! It was really great to see them all and we found a lovely little bar where we started our New Year celebrations and had a good catch up. After a couple of days in KK getting over our Jet lag and enjoying the sunshine and a spot of snorkeling on the surrounding islands, we headed off to The Kinabatangan river to stay in the jungle.We all stayed in a basic little hut with nothing but a bed and went on 4 river cruises and 3 jungle walks (2 at night!). We saw plenty of wildlife: The amazing Proboscis Monkeys, Macaques, Monitor Lizards, Crocodiles, Giant poisonous spiders... the list is endless! Unfortunately we weren't lucky enough to see any pygmy elephants or Orangutans. However when we were on one of the night jungle walks the guide found a pretty big scorpion and picked it up, after a minute or 2 he asked if anyone wanted to hold it. Before it had even registered in my brain I was saying "I will!" Then immediately wishing I hadn't said it and not wanting to back down I let the poisonous scorpion crawl up and down my arm! He took it back and after another girl had a go, I took it back and this time it crawled up my right arm and right across my chest under my chin and down my left arm!
After our junge fun we headed to Sepilok Orangutan sanctuary! It was amazing! Feeding time is twice daily and although the Orangutans dont hang around for long it was amazing to see them and one of them had a baby which was adorable! There were some other cheeky monkeys constantly trying to steal the food and climbing all over the viewing platform where we were stood, this was alot of fun!
We decided to head across to Semporna for a spot of Scuba diving before heading back to KK. We needed to backtrack all the way to KK before we could travel south into Sarawak, which was a bit of a pain, but when we arrived at KK (after our bus breaking down and being practically stranded for 4 hours!) we decided to hire a car in order to journey down South!
The weather is AMAZING, the food is a bit of a let down, but the people are really friendly and I'm having a brilliant time!!

Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia