I’m still in Kuching. After hearing some stories from people who had recently endured the Belaga adventure, one of the English guys and myself have decided to stay here tonight and then fly to Kota Kinabalu tomorrow, skipping the river trip. I really wanted to travel to Belaga, but recent reports say it’s not worth it – the guides there now are terrible, and have a tendency to spend all the money meant to go to the long houses they visit on booze. As such, they get drunk and angry and try to extort more money from tourists who don’t really have a choice.
No, thanks!
We’ll arrive in Kota Kinabalu tomorrow afternoon, and then decide what to do from there. If we can, we’ll visit Gunung Mulu National Park first, then explore the rest of Sabah.
Edit: Later today, I went to a place to check out some Orang Utans. They are awesome. Unfortunately, there were a lot of people checking them out with me…
My plans are still a bit vague. The English guys are heading to Belaga, but I’m feeling terrible and I think I might just go to Kota Kinabalu and figure things out from there…
