We arrive into Kota Kinabalu (KK as they call it) early afternoon and are greeted by a tropical storm. However after the cold weather of China we find the warmth quite nice. We trudge through the rain to our accommodation and settle in. We remember how great Malaysian food is from our past trips to mainland Malaysia so we go straight out to find some. The waterfront markets are in full swing and great restaurants are everywhere. We like this place already!! the following day we head out to Manukan Island for some snorkelling and chilling in the jade waters. Our only complaint is like most of Asia there is always so much rubbish in the water but the islands are beautiful. We are keen to get out in the jungle so we make our way to Sandakan, passing Mount Kinabalu on the way and jump on a three day tour to Kinabatangan via Sepilok Orangutan Centre to see plenty of Orangutan action. Once at our jungle camp, we jump aboard a boat and head up river and discover elephants grazing on elephant grass on the banks. We nose up to the bank and are within 2 metres of a herd of 10 elephants including 2 babies. It was amazing to watch them and enjoy their company,
although a little scary at times as the mother got a bit cranky towards the end. so we left them in peace and continued up stream to see probiscus monkeys, macaques, hornbills, egrets, kingfishers and more. After a couple days of trekking through the jungle, cruising the rivers and fighting off leaches we leave with great memories and equally great photos. Its was definetely a highlight of our trip. We head back to Sandakan stopping at the Gomantong Caves to see the nests made by the birds with spit. The nests are harvested and sold for a fortune to the chinese market who use the bird spit in soup, which is apparently a delicasy. Yuk!! hope we did eat that whilst in China, who knows?? We arrive back in Sandakan and spend some time browsing the fish markets, we come across a local village out over the water and josh and nath spend the afternoon playing soccer with the locals which drew quite a crowd. We then take a flight to kuching where we hope to spend a couple days living with the Iban people. http://www.byokids.com.au/ ...your family travel gurus
although a little scary at times as the mother got a bit cranky towards the end. so we left them in peace and continued up stream to see probiscus monkeys, macaques, hornbills, egrets, kingfishers and more. After a couple days of trekking through the jungle, cruising the rivers and fighting off leaches we leave with great memories and equally great photos. Its was definetely a highlight of our trip. We head back to Sandakan stopping at the Gomantong Caves to see the nests made by the birds with spit. The nests are harvested and sold for a fortune to the chinese market who use the bird spit in soup, which is apparently a delicasy. Yuk!! hope we did eat that whilst in China, who knows?? We arrive back in Sandakan and spend some time browsing the fish markets, we come across a local village out over the water and josh and nath spend the afternoon playing soccer with the locals which drew quite a crowd. We then take a flight to kuching where we hope to spend a couple days living with the Iban people. http://www.byokids.com.au/ ...your family travel gurus
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my relatives on my mom's side of the family tried to make me eat it. i think i had the same problem at the time i heard it was bird spit. but for the sake of health, I am now taking it regularly.
btw, i don't buy the super-expensive kind like old people do. the ready-to-drink kind at the stores are pretty affordable. (e.g. www.geocities.jp/hongkong_bird_nest/index_e.htm)
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