Category Archives: Malaysia

My motorcycle diaries in Borneo, Sabah (part 2)

Posted on April 28, 2014 by ellenopreis

Words cannot describe the satisfied feelings of my world in balance. I took a lot of pictures in order to try to make an image of that, but I would have to delete them all because they’re not even close … Continue reading →

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Sipadan dive!

Posted on April 21, 2014 by ellenopreis

Going diving in one of the best dive sites in the World! I’m lucky in many ways! Many thanks to Seahorse, Joe(Jawhar), Nor, Salem, Jojo! First day we went diving at reef house and (I think) nude point in Mabul. … Continue reading →

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My motorcycle diaries in Borneo, Sabah (part 1)

Posted on April 17, 2014 by ellenopreis

15/4 I had to get up very early in the morning and the kitchen of the hostel was still closed. Byebye delicious melon in the fridge. Also the reception was closed. Byebye key deposit. Who is trying to tell me … Continue reading →

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Snorkeling Pulau Kapas

Posted on November 2, 2013 by ellenopreis

After filling our empty breakfast stomach with anything from the morning market that looked appealing, plus something to take away for lunch, we waited for the ferry (forget about time schedules) to Pulau Kapas while eating some of the fruits … Continue reading →

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Driving to the coast, to Marang

Posted on November 1, 2013 by ellenopreis

Today we drove from Kuala Lipis back to the coast. Passing the town of Gua Musang I wanted to see the climbing rocks there. You never know, there might be climbers there… There were no climbers, and the area was … Continue reading →

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No more leeches please!

Posted on October 31, 2013 by ellenopreis

First discovery this morning: an animal had been eating our bread. The bread was in a plastic bag, in a (thin) backpack, hanging 1,5m high next to our high sleeper bed. So whatever rat-like animal it was, it climbed the … Continue reading →

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Taman Negara

Posted on October 30, 2013 by ellenopreis

Something remarkable while driving: one of the towns we passed hosted a sacred tree which according to the legend, started bleeding when they started chopping it down to build a road on that place. So the people decided not to … Continue reading →

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Berkelah falls

Posted on October 29, 2013 by ellenopreis

The next day in Paradise. We had a hard time finding the place, nice Malay people but not menu of them knows about that spot. Once there were realized the trouble was all worth it. My bad temper melted away … Continue reading →

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Mersing – Ai Papan beach and Kuantan falls

Posted on October 28, 2013 by ellenopreis

Omar told us that there was a beautiful beach a little while north of Mersing. We decided to go and explore and it was spot on! Some rocks on the beach, a beautiful sunshine (we had had quite some rain … Continue reading →

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Prac rental car

Posted on October 27, 2013 by ellenopreis

We took a bus to cross the border to Malaysia at Johor Bahru. You get dropped off at the border, then you have to walk across the Singaporean border, then the same bus company drives you to the Malaysian border, … Continue reading →

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