On the final day of our trip to Scotland, we visited Calton Hill in Edinburgh, had lunch at Howies Restaurant and took the afternoon train back to Harrogate. Calton Hill The 52 metre Calton Hill, Edinburgh’s first public park at the eastern end of Princes Street, is only a short walk from the Travelodge. It…
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On Day 3, we drove back to Edinburgh and enjoyed a Loch Ness Cruise, visited Urquhart Castle, Glen Coe and Doune Castle en route. Breakfast at the Dalmore Guest House was excellent. We were served orange juice, strawberries, yoghurt, fried eggs, bacon, sausages, beans, mushrooms, tomatoes, GF toast and freshly brewed coffee. Loch Ness We…
We left Edinburgh on a two-day Scottish Highland Coach Tour with Rabbie’s Tours visiting Forth Road Bridge, Dunkeld, Highland Folk Museum in the Cairngorms National Park, Ruthven Barracks, Carrbridge Packhorse Bridge, Tomatin Distillery and Balnuaran of Clava en route It was just a five-minutes walk from the Travelodge to Gate K of Edinburgh Central Bus…
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For the second year running, we had a summer break in Scotland visiting Edinburgh, Inverness and Loch Ness. We travelled by train on a Sunday morning to Edinburgh from Harrogate via York. The LNER train from York was packed. We had reserved seats but many passengers had only standing room. It was not a comfortable…
That warm and sunny Sunday was our final day in Borneo. We packed our bags, had a last look at the food market on Gaya Street, and after a quick lunch, started our long journey home. Gaya Street Food Market Lunch We had Dim Sum for lunch in the Horizon Hotel Cafe. Flight to Kuala…
Members of the Borneo tour left for home this morning. We spent an extra day in Kota Kinabalu, as our flight back to the UK was a day later. Wendy Wu Tours arranged another day’s B&B stay at the Horizon Hotel and booked transfers to the airport. We had a lazy morning, getting up late…
It was another hot and sunny morning. After a cooked breakfast at 7 am in The Abai Jungle Lodge on Kinabatangan River, we took the boat to Sandakan at 9 am. The boats with 9 passengers and two crew, all wearing life jackets, sped along the wide and calm Kinabatangan River with brown water, slowing…
On the final day of our stay at the Abai Jungle Lodge, we had a pre-breakfast Kinabatagan River Safari, visited an Oxbow Lake, had breakfast in the rain forest, lunch with a Malay family in a local village and a memorable Evening River Safari. Pre-breakfast River Safari The early morning cruise upriver was ideal for…
We visited the Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre and the Sun Bear Conservation Centre in Sepilok and sailed up the Kinabatagan River to the Abai Jungle Lodge for a two nights stay. We checked out of the My Nature Resort after a sumptuous cooked breakfast and drove the short distance to the Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre. The…
We packed a small bag for a 3-nights stay in Sandakan and left our main luggage in storage at the Horizon Hotel. After an early light breakfast, we drove to Kota Kinabalu Airport, 15 mts. from the Horizon Hotel and took the one hour AirAsia flight to Sandakan to visit St. Michael’s and All Angels…
We drove from Kota Kinabalu along the ridges of the mist shrouded Crocker Range to Kinabalu National Park at the foot of Mount Kinabalu to explore Malaysia’s first UNESCO World Heritage Site. The 90 km, 2-hour scenic and winding, uphill drive via the Kota Kinabalu-Ranau Highway, provided stunning views of Mount Kinabalu. The Crocker Range,…
On a guided tour of Kota Kinabalu, we visited the Atkinson Clock Tower, The Blue Mosque, Sabah State Museum & Heritage Village and the Kwan Yin Chinese temple. Kota Kinabalu or KK, the capital of Sabah, is a vibrant coastal city, famed as the gateway to Mount Kinabalu, stunning islands and rainforests. It is known for…
On Day 8 of the Tour, we traveled from Kuching to Kota Kinabalu in Borneo’s other Malay state, Sabah. The State of Sabah in the north of Borneo is also known as the “land below the wind”. Renowned for its rich biodiversity, it features Mount Kinabalu – the highest peak in Southeast Asia, tropical rainforests,…
On Day 6 of the “Best Of Borneo” tour, we travelled back from Sri Aman to Kuching. We checked out of the hotel in Sri Aman after breakfast and started the coach journey back to Kuching. We drove past the statue of doves in the town centre – the symbol of Sri Aman representing peace…
On Day 5 of the Wendy Wu Tours “Best Of Borneo” adventure, we visited an Iban Longhouse on the Lemanak River in Sarawak. The Iban are an idigenou Dayak group in Borneo, primarily residing in Sarawak and known historically as “Sea Dayaks” or former headhunters. Dayak are the indigenous, non-Muslim peoples of Borneo. They comprise over 50…
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