Welcome to the jungle

Feeling a lot better from my sore throat and ear infection i was prepared for the day trip to the jungle today. Well, i was, unfortunately Andrea seems to of got a sore throat today and her energy levels were down and wasn't fully on the trip today. She'll be making a trip to the doctors tomorrow to get the same stuff i did (minus the ear drops...ew), she's ok and should be on the mend in no time. In the mean time it's my turn to look after her.

Firstly we went to Mount Kinabalu to take a look. The size of this mountain is impressive, it just dominates the landscape and with the jungle seemingly creeping up the side of the mountain made it even better. If my energy levels were fully back to normal I would certainly be up for the mountain climbing expedition to the top, ropes and all ! After visiting here we moved to the hot springs on the other side of the mounting, noting a POW camp from world war II (Ranau) on the way. The hot springs were great, we both jumped straight in and started to detox our skin, it's a good job that it was open air 'cause it would of been pretty smelly otherwise. After that Andrea went to the outdoor pool filled with freezing natural spring water, she sat and continued to read her Jilly Cooper book (again!). I however went on a trek to another waterfall and a bat cave. Water, sunblock and hat on my head i headed into the jungle. The first thing i noticed on the walk was the complete lack of people around. You could hear the birds, insects and even monkeys in the jungle calling each other....i was half expecting a tiger to jump out at any moment. The waterfall was pretty and full of locals swimming in the pool at the bottom. I tried to go further to the bat cave but a combination of time and extreme heat made me turn back. I got back to the pool and jumped in to cool off :)

After waking our guide up (btw there was only Andrea and I on the tour so we were in the guides car for the day!), we headed into a cafe in the village (for local people). The ladies quickly scuttled around and presented us with a really nice traditional Malaysian meal of rice, chicken in a nice sauce, and bok choi. After all this fun the trip was pretty much over as it was a three hour drive back. The drive back was relaxing as we took in the sights around us.

Sorry for the factual nature of the blog, but i'm on a timer and my belly is empty at the moment...now where's that KFC? ;)