Well I survived a trek over the Crocker Range National Park, and a trop up Mount Kinabalu. Both were superb. We had more time free on the trek than I thought – we were finished by lunchtime or early afternoon which was great. We managed to go swimming in rivers, wash there, try to buy […]
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Early tomorrow I’m boarding the Nui Luck Express (sounds scarily close to Nae Luck Express!) for two hours to Tambunan to meet the trekking group I was on Mamutik Island with. From there we move on to start a week long trek along the Salt Trail of the Crocker Range. (the link provides a couple […]

Yes it’s not quite the hardship posting I expected while I’m at field base. Malaysia is definitely the most luxurious Raleigh destination…surely! The couple of pics uploaded today are from my few hours out at Sutera Marine and Country Club as mentioned in a previous post. This is the view to the islands of Mamutik, […]

Yesterday I went out on the initial visit of the loop (resupply) vehicle to a community project in Kampong Panaitan near Kota Marudu in northern Borneo, just over 2 hours north of Kota Kinabalu. The project site is right next to the local school, and the team lives on the school grounds. Within minutes of […]
Here’s a link to the first update for the current 06E Raleigh International Malaysia expedition I’m on at the moment, with details of the project and field base teams.
I had a hard day today…well not exactly. I took advantage of a rare few hours off, and went down to the Sutera Harbour Marina Golf & Country Club where we’ve blagged a bit of a deal for day’s off. I spent a good few hours just chilling out with my book, my (so far […]

I had my first picture published in a newspaper on Wednesday! After the press attending the opening ceremony for the 06E Malaysia, there were a couple of articles in the press about Raleigh’s work. My picture of a local staff member was published in the and my picture of one of the local staff was […]

Just a quick post tonight as its been a day in the office sorting out some images. I have scuba gear confirmed for tomorrow so it’s off to take some underwater pictures of one of the teams doing their PADI on Mamutik Island. I’m going to spend the night there on a hammock which will […]