Monday, February 04, 2008

Road trip!

"You look more alive", commented 'the Friend' on Monday. One day later, 'the Friend' commented - "you've lost most of the glow". By Thursday we were dead on our feet. Demotivated and demoralised.

The break was good, too bad it just didn't last.

Travelled more than 1300km across from KK to Miri (return). They managed to collect a record 20 stamps on their passports! I only managed a paltry 8 due to my 'status' in that land.

Out of Sabah, in to Sarawak (Lawas)
Out of Sarawak to Brunei (Labu)
Out of Brunei to Sarawak again (Limbang)
Out of Sarawak to Brunei (Bandar Seri Begawan)
Out of Brunei to Miri.

Thats already 10 border stops one way. whew.. Wikitravel was very useful. We used this itinerary. The waits for the ferry weren't long at all, perhaps due to it being non-peak season.

We made it from KK to Miri in 1 day - 12 hours (including numerous stops for food). The next day drove to Niah (about 1 1/2 hours away) for some walk-about in the jungle. The caves are a little surreal, no time to sort the pics yet. Here's a teaser, probably the best shot of the trip. The flora in the caves practically glowed in the darkness..