After seeing the orangutans, which was pretty amazing, Amanda and I went to the Labuk Bay Proboscis Monkey Sanctuary. Proboscis monkeys are endangered, mostly due to deforestation that destroys their natural habitat. They are found only on the island of Borneo, and this sanctuary was built in an effort to help protect the monkeys. The […]
Amanda and I used Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia as a jumping off point in the Malaysian state of Sabah to go see the orangutans and proboscis monkeys. After a six or seven hour bus ride, we arrived in Sandakan or Sepilok, we never could tell when we were in which town, checked into the lodge and […]
When we left Yogyakarta, we had to connect through Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to get to Kota Kinabalu, which is on the Borneo part of Malaysia. Since most Air Asia flights seem to let you off down a staircase onto the tarmac, we had to walk towards the building to get inside the airport. When we […]
After a few days in Hong Kong, I headed to the ferry terminal to go to Macau. Despite two separate ports with frequent sailings, the ticket issued to me was for the noon sailing, almost two hours after I got there. I tried getting on standby but no luck. So I sailed at noon, arriving […]