A quick update on us Morling's... I have finally finished my mentorship module, although I do not yet know if I have passed! This is a huge relief and I now feel I have loads more time on my hands (Apart from having to work nights the past few weeks).
Kieran has just about finished his final essay for his masters course and just has some revision to do for his final exam. After that he has to complete a placement alongside one of his work colleagues and then he is done!
So because of the boring essay writing we haven't really been up to too much. We have managed to squeeze in watching few good films, including In time (With Justin Timberlake) and Thor (A marvel film, which we thought this was going to be pants, but it was actually really good in the end. Were looking forward to watching The Avengers now). We also managed to squeeze in watching the full Harry Potter series for the fourth time since christmas!
Since I handed my assignment in my main focus has been booking our holiday to come out and see you Dumesny's and then stop of in Borneo on our way home!!!
We have booked our flights, finalised our itinerary, and now just need to book up a few of the hotels.
Our itinerary is as follows:
20/09/2012-21/09/2012 London Heathrow to Melbourne via Brunei
Two lovely weeks to spend with you guys. I'm leaving it up to you to sort our activities!
5/10/2012 Melbourne to Kota Kinabalu, Sabah via Brunei
Our Borneo adventure:
Day 1 We arrive late, so we plan to transfer straight to Ranau for some sleep and then wake up to a view of Mount Kinabalu
Day 2-4 Travel to Poring from Ranau and either spend the morning relaxing in their hot springs or perhaps some canopy walks. We should then get picked up from Poring and have a short trek to our Jungle hut (Lupa Masa). Here we will be sleeping in the open, bar a thatched roof overhead. We hope to spend two nights here. The reviews on trip advisor are amazing - Amazing pools, waterfalls, noises of frogs and gibbons to wake you in the morning, snakes, centipedes etc etc.
Day 4-7 Journey over to Sandakan by bus (Sabah's second largest town). We get collected from here and taken to Sakau Rainforest Lodge for our 3 night Orang Utan Search! This includes various treks and tours down the Kinabatangan river. Hoping to spot some Orang Utans, Proboscis monkeys, Pigmy elephants, hornbill etc etc.
Day 7-10 Early morning flight from Sandakan to Tawau. Here we are collected and transferred to Pom Pom Island. This looks like paradise! We plan on doing some snorkelling, kayaking and perhaps diving. It apparently takes an hour and a half to kayak round this island. We are here for 3 nights and the aim will be to recharge after all the trekking we will be doing, before heading back home.
Day 10-11 Flight back from Tawau to Kota Kinabalu. We will spend the night in KK. Possibly check out a market in the morning, before catching our flight back to Heathrow.
15/10/2012-16/10/2012 Kota Kinabalu to Heathrow via Brunei. We have 7 hours in Brunei, so might be able to go out and grab some lunch in the capital.
We are so excited!!!!
Speak soon. Love you all! xxx
