First of all, apologies on the photos front. I was uploading some there onto the PC and my camera battery just died so will have to wait a few more days unfortunately.
We visited a city called Kuching in Borneo where we were invited to both a Malaysian rugby match? and to the home of a Muslim family living in KL.
Unfortunately had to turn down both offers as time was limited. Eric, our host, took us to visit a Long House where one of the native tribes of Borneo still live!! We got to drink some "rice whiskey" with one of the local elders after eating dinner with him! Not bad stuff at all. God knows what was in the bottom of his bottle.
After our quick tour of Kuching we flew back to Miri and then onto Mulu National Park famous for its caves and bats. Our first days activities involved watching over 3 million bats exiting a cave all within 30 minutes, pretty cool if you are into bats!!
The next days we did a tour of the 4 show caves which includes the largest cave passage in the world. We also got to see a lot of bat sh1t. Gwano as the locals call it!!! Apperantly the deer love it out here!
On the third day we decided to try our hands at some adventure caving. This was the highlight of the trip to Mulu without a doubt. We spent two hours exploring Racer cave (named after the type of snake that calls it home!!), climbing over and squeezing through rock, and all in the near dark! This was great fun.
By the way Jeanette added considerably to her bite count in Mulu.
Arrived in Kuala Lumpur last night and had the pleasure of going out to the Batu caves this morning to watch the Hindu Taipusam ceremony unfold. Taipusan is a kind of pilgrimage for Hindu people from all over the world. They come to the Batu Caves, Kuala Lumpur on a yearly basis to celebrate their belief by offering up burdens to their gods (by carrying them up the 272 steps to the temple) and in doing so carrying out some pretty grotesque stuff to their bodies. I could go on about this but I think the pictures below say it all. Enjoy!
Heading north to Taman Negara national park tomorrow morning and after that onto the Thai islands hopefully.
Ok, talk soon,
Brian
2 comments:
Hey Brian, good to see all is going well, Cathal says happy birthday, N4 AIM* rolled over just after you left, lol!! - Its still half dead!! Keep an eye on them Orangutans, specially the frisky ones.....
Gabriel.
Hi Brian/Jeanette, Great to get the regular updates. Off to Santiago de Chile myself today 8 weeks. Keep enjoying the good times - sounds fantastic. Happy Birthday Brian - you're pushing on!
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