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12 juillet 2011

SEPILOG, SABAH BORNEO

SEPILOK JUNGLE RESORT SABAH So here we are near the town of Sandakan and had a great view of the highest mountain in Borneo ,Gunung Kinabalu (4,101 metres) We are staying at the Sepilok Jungle Resort which is just by the rehab centre ;for orangutans....

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25 juillet 2011

Poring Hot Spring, Sabah, BORNEO

23rd July PORING HOT SPRINGS Well , when I last wrote we were about to go and eat a `steamboat`.We had no idea what this was but thought we`d give it a go having seen it on the menu a few times .We discovered it consists of the waiter placing a mini stove...

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10 juillet 2011

DAY – NO IDEA! Thursday So here we are in Kota

DAY – NO IDEA! Thursday So here we are in Kota Kinabalu the capital of Sabah . The flight was great as it was Malaysian Airlines so we had food! On arrival we got our t axi and headed to the Pantai Hotel . Nice staff and the room is basic but clean and...

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Tags: Tomorrow we`re going to try and do something away from the city

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10 juillet 2011

Semanggoh Orangutans nature reserve, BORNEO

Dances with Orangutans Well today was an early start (7.45)because we had made plans to go into the jungle to see the orangutangs at a rehab centre ( not like Amy Winehouse) These orangutangs are protected because hunters want to chop of their paws and...

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26 juillet 2011

Sabah Tea Plantation & Fish Spa

SABAH TEA GARDENS AND FISH `SPA` - 24th July I think we managed to sleep four hours between the two of us last night mainly because Pat felt sick and I shared his pain ! I`m being a bit mean there because I was getting a bit anxious about creepy crawlies...

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19 novembre 2011

Australia day 1

Sydney vendredi Long trajet, Geneve Abu Dhabi Sydney, parti un mercredi arrive un vendredi matin avec la disparition du jeudi entre deux, un des mysteres des fuseaux horaires. Dans l'avion un voisin sympa, qui revenait de son village en pleine montagne...

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25 novembre 2011

Sydney centre : Martin Place, The Rocks, Royal Botanic Gardens,

Darling Harbour Balades dans les quartiersdu centre, tout d'abord Darling Harbour, le quartier de David et Lea, un port naturel, musee maritime, aquarium de Sydney et le wild life centre d'un cote de Pyrmont Bridge (pont pieton) et de l'autre, des resto,...

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1 juillet 2011

Singapore

Singapore PATRICK AT RAFFLES HOTEL WAITING FOR HIS SINGAPORE SLING ! So , we are staying in a nice hotel next to the Singapore river ....there are lots of renovated warehouses and it`s central for everything and VERY clean. Singapore is a great place...

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22 juillet 2011

On the move again- KUNDASANG - 21st July Well

On the move again- KUNDASANG - 21st July Well ,here we are in mountains that look a lot like Savoie but with different trees. The view from the hotel window is wonderful and all around we can see people working the land – it`s like a giant green patchwork....

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26 juillet 2011

Tenom, BORNEO

TENOM 24th JULY Well , it was my turn to give Patrick a sleepless night - I will not go on about it but let`s just say than cockroaches NOT on a weightwatchers diet and strange scratchy sounds coming from the other side of the wall played a major part...

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22 novembre 2011

Sydney Apres quelques jours a Cronulla beach,

Sydney Apres quelques jours a Cronulla beach, descente sur la city, david m'attend a Martin Place on passe devant le resto ou il travaille, l'endroit est magnifique.On passe chez lui a Pyrmont, rencontre de Paul, son coloc a l'air tres sympa et l'apart...

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19 juillet 2011

MANANA We have now been at `Manana ` beach

MANANA We have now been at `Manana ` beach chalets for 24 hours .I have only the vaguest idea where we are i.e somewhere north of Kota Kinabalu. At this very moment I am sitting in a hammock outside our tiny chalet on the beach , the sea is about 10 metres...

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14 juillet 2011

SEPILOK, SABAH BORNEO

SEPILOK – GOMANTONG CAVES AND THE SUNGAI KINABATANGAN RIVER Well I am writing this on the veranda of our room in Sepilok which overlooks the most beautiful tropical park imaginable. I have a cup of tea on the table + binoculars and it is 7.15 am …. yes...

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10 juillet 2011

Kuching, Borneo

Kuching Sunday Well we arrived OK and after going through a very friendly immigration control where we were given a three month visa , we were met by Nick from the Singghana guest house .It had been raining ,it rains a lot but not for long .It has rained...

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31 juillet 2011

Kuching, Borneo

Return to Kuching So here we are back at the Singgahsana Lodge in Kuching and it is VERY hot indeed.We had a wonderful lunch before we left – a `dimsun` which consists of ...actually I don`t know what but delicious steamed food in brought to your table...

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27 juillet 2011

Back to KK, Sabah, BORNEO

27 th July - Return to Kota Kinabalu So ,much to my great surprise the taxi came to pick us up fro m the hotel at 6.30 am to drive us down the hill and to the railway station – he didn`t seem very enthusiastic when we asked him yesterday. ( it`s such...

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9 août 2011

Damai beach, BORNEO - SINGAPORE

4th August This place in Damai beach is FANTASTIC – we don`t want to leave !!! We started with an early morning swim in the waterfall pool with an amazing view. The pool is big and there were four of us in it ( Ramadan means that the Muslims don`t take...

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28 juillet 2011

another day in KK, BORNEO

28th July Kota Kinabalu New pearl earring So , as we are leaving for Kuching tomorrow we thought we`d go over to one of the islands to say goodbye to the beautiful fish .Alas the weather was a bit dodgy BUT Pat was itching to go so we set off on a small...

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10 juillet 2011

EXPLORING KUCHING

EXPLORING KUCHING KUCHING MEANS `CAT`- HERE`S ONE OF THE MANY STATUES .CHAIRMAN MIOW! Well - today we had a slow start but we eventually managed to leave the guest house after a nice breakfast . We decided to take a trip up the Sungai river on a tambang...

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10 juillet 2011

BAKO NATIONAL PARK

MONKEYING AROUND Hope everything is fine and that Wimbledon was good.We have no TV in our room so haven`t really kept up to date. We had an amazing day today as we went to a national Park with two really nice Aussies and shared a taxi there ,one of them...

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1 août 2011

Bako National Park, BORNEO

Back to Bako Today we decided to go back to Bako National Park and with a bit of luck see the proboscis monkeys .We decided to go by local bus which are cheaper and more fun.It arrived on time despite warnings about bad time keeping and we chatted with...

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15 mars 2011

keukhenhof (Pays-Bas)

Enfin, j'avance pas à pas, j'ai pu créer un album, mais j'ai encore du mal à organiser les rubriques et à y associer les messages.... les photos de l'album Kukhenhof ont été prises dans ce jardin près d'Amsterdam, ouvert uniquement pendant la floraison....

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Tags: Fleurs

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14 mars 2011

La galère

Ce sont mes premiers pas de blogueur, j'ai l'impression que le voyage sera long et rempli d'embuches, à voir certains blogs tout parait facile à mettre en place, moins de 3 minutes pour créer un blog, disons plutôt pour ouvrir une adresse blog et puis...

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Tags: Blogueurnéophyte

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9 août 2011

last day at Singghasana, Damai bach, BORNEO

2 nd August Today was a good day despite not having organised anything particular. We had to move from `the honeymoon suite` ( because of the 4 poster bed which is the only romantic thing in the room) We have to downgrade to a room without a loo because...

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15 mars 2011

Amsterdam

Asterdam, c'est les fleurs, les cafés bruns, les canaux, les bières, les marchés, le fromage, les hollandais, etc... les musées, surtout celui qui retrace la vie d'Anne Franck, de sa famille et des juifs de hollande, très émouvant mais au-delà de l'émotion...

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