One Country at a Time
Posted in Asia, Borneo, Honeymoonin', Malaysia, Mataking Island, Photo Friday, The Travel Bug on Aug 20th, 2010
As I mentioned, there was a glorious, expansive sand bar off the coast of Mataking Island that just beckoned for frolicking. When the tide was low, it connected Mataking to its second, uninhabited isle. When the tide was high, you could wade a bit out to the sandbar—if your feet could take the heat, that [...]
Posted in Adventure Travel, Asia, Borneo, Diving, Honeymoonin', Malaysia, Mataking Island, The Travel Bug on Aug 11th, 2010
When we arrived at Mataking Island, they didn’t waste a minute. After giving us the island briefing, we were whisked away to the dive center to be outfitted for our equipment. We were then made to do a shore entry dive to prove we knew what we were talking about. It was clear that people [...]
Posted in Asia, Borneo, Honeymoonin', Malaysia, Mataking Island, The Travel Bug on Aug 8th, 2010
After a few good days at the Shangri-La Rasa Ria and some rather creepy ones on Gaya Island, it was time to hop a plane and fly across the deep jungle of Borneo and explore Sabah’s east coast. Truth be told, the east coast’s stellar diving reputation is what drew us to the island in [...]
Posted in Asia, Borneo, Gaya Island, Honeymoonin', Malaysia, Photo Friday on Jul 23rd, 2010
In the beginning, our sole purpose for spending the first week of our honeymoon in Borneo was to check out this new resort, Bunga Raya, that had recently open and with which I was obsessed. (Or so I thought.) I had the intention to write about it for some of my outlets—I know, I know, [...]
