Tag: Caves

  • On the nature trail in Kuching (Borneo)

    On the nature trail in Kuching (Borneo)

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    From the Cameron Highlands I headed down to Kuala Lumpur to catch a flight the next day to the Malaysian city of Kuching in Sarawak on the island of Borneo. I bough my ticket here on a bit of a whim after checking the AirAsia website – the flight was about £20 return! In KL…

  • Living like a local in Ipoh

    Living like a local in Ipoh

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    From Georgetown I decided to take a bus to the city of Ipoh, not a place in Malaysia that is well-renowned for tourism, but it was only a short journey away and the bus was cheap! The bus dropped me at a bus-station that was quite a way out of town, but I didn’t feel…

  • Caving in Phong Nha

    Caving in Phong Nha

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    The evening after Ninh Binh I caught an overnight bus to Dong Hoi, where I was met by a taxi pick up I had arranged through Easy Tiger hostel in Phong Nha national park. Phong Nha is home to the largest cave in the world, but the entrance to that cave is only for scientists…