We arrived in Borneo and achieved our primary objective: to catch up with James and Collyn and Simon's godson, Tom. They live in a nice suburb of Kota Kinabalu and are in the process of having a new house built. We spent a few days catching up, doing a lot of swimming, eating and playing with Slade Jr, as well as attending a wedding and going bowling. As a native of the city, Collyn did a great job of showing us around her favourite haunts until James got a well deserved 4 day holiday and we all went up to Rasa Ria, their favourite resort just north of the city. The rooms are huge and there is a fabulous multi-tiered swimming pool, sea the temperature of a warm bath, catamarans to go out on, a golf course and an orang-utan sanctuary. Needless to say, we did it all, as well as a batik when the rain forced us inside. We ate at the stunning restaurant, Coast, and gorged ourselves on the most sumptuous breakfast buffet before kicking off each day. We reluctantly left on an adventure to the tip of Borneo, the northernmost point on the island. We arrived there late in the day, with the intention of watching the sunset, but the weather pulled in and we went straight to the hotel on the golf course. After 9 holes the next morning we drove all the way to the tip and were rewarded with a gorgeous, deserted, white-sand beach and a roasting hot day. After lunch in the breeze we headed back to KK and Si and I packed our bags for our SCUBA trip. E
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Wow. The beauty is stunning and it sounds as if the food is as well.
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