BORNEO etc

Hi all, I'm in Singapore now, have been here since Friday night. It is a really nice city, very clean and moderm, with a great train system! went to the zoo yesterday which was really great - they even had an aussie section with kangaroos etc. the flamingos and warthogs were my favourite! also went to the museum last night and went to see the famous raffles hotel which is beautiful - like something out of a movie! It was Vesak Day yesterday (Buddhas birthday) so also visited a few Hindu temples seeing as im staying in Little India - which is really interesting. Im flying to Bangkok tomorrow afternoon.
The trip in Borneo was lots of fun but also very adventurous. When we first arrived in KK we stayed at the Shangri-La Rasa Ria for 3 nights and it was so amazing! I've never stayed in a resort that nice, and the staff were very friendly, We had Teppanyaki for dinner one night and met a very nice chef Juraidah, she was lovely. While at the resort we rode a catamaran, saw baby orangutans and just swam in the pools lots. On the fourth day in KK we started out tour. Met up with the other people Becky, James, Steph and Sharnie. It was a good little group of 8 (me, mum, dad and tania as well) Our first night we stayed in the Jungle and had to set up our own hammocks! the second night we stayed with some local people (Miso Walai Homestay programme) which was very interesting. We had a cooking lesson and saw some dancing performances. We then went to Sepilok Orangutan Park and stayed at the B & B. Only saw about 3 Orangutans but lots of long tail macaques. Also when to Labuk Bay Proboscis monkey sanctuary. Then we climbed Mt Kinabalu which is by far the hardest physical thing i;ve done in my whole life! I didn't make it to the Summit because of bad weather - (only 3 out of our group made it but said it wasn't worth it because they could only see a metre in front of them!), we stayed about 3/4 of the way up for the night at a lodge. I think i got a bit of altitude sickness it was horrible. Then climbed all the way back down the next day and stayed at a lodge at the bottom of the mountain. Had very sore legs from going down! Then at the end of the trip we stayed at Seaside Travellers Inn for 3 nights, right on the beach it was beautiful. Went shopping in KK, had dinner at Pizza Hut one night, and went out to Lapi Island one day for snorkelling and trekking. Mum , Dad and Tania went home on Friday Morning at 5.30am, it was sad to say goodbye because i probably won't see them for a year. I'll write more when i get to thailand.
Natalie