Borneo Travel Guide
Borneo has it all! Visit stunning beaches, explore beautiful national parks, ancient rain forests, enjoy rich flora and fauna and experience the adventure of a lifetime in places like Sabah, Sarawak, Kalimantan and Brunei.
By Carrie on May 28, 2012
Travel Tips Kota Kinabalu The Kota Kinabalu City Mosque should be on your list of things to do in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. Day or night, the mosque is a stunning combination of Islamic modern architecture and landscaping with aspects that have been compared to Nabwai Mosque in India. The mosque opened on February 2, 2000 [...]
Posted in Borneo Travel Guide, Features, Malaysia Travel Guide, Photography | Tagged Borneo Malaysia, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia Travel Guide, mosques, Sabah, Temples, things to do in Kota Kinabalu, travel Malaysia |
By Carrie on January 19, 2012
The Lunar New Year is the most important festival in the Chinese Lunar Calendar, luring thousands of friends and families to participate in games and watch Lion and Dragon dances, martial arts demonstrations and other fun events. We witnessed no less than three lion dances in various areas throughout the Lunar New Year in Kota Kinabalu.
Posted in Borneo Travel Guide, Cultural Travel, Features, Malaysia Travel Guide, Photography | Tagged Chinese dragon, Chinese New Year, Chinese New Year fireworks, culture video, dragon dances, lion dances, Lunar New Year |
By Carrie on May 23, 2011
Imagine our surprise when we turned up at Poring Hot Springs in Sabah, Borneo and ended up having a very up, close and personal rendez-vous with their local celebrity, Jackie the Orangutan.
Posted in Borneo Travel Guide, Features | Tagged Borneo Travel Guide, Hot Springs, Jackie the Orangutan, Kinabalu National Park, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia Travel Guide, Malaysian Borneo, Poring Hot Springs, Sabah, travel Borneo, travel Malaysia |
By Carrie on May 2, 2011
Travel Borneo: The deep resonating sounds of handmade gongs resonate through the air as we enter Kampung Sumangkap Gong Making Factory in Kudat, Sabah in Borneo Malaysia.
Posted in Borneo Travel Guide, Cultural Travel, Features | Tagged Asia road trips, Asian art, Borneo Travel Guide, Cultural Observations, Kampung Sumangkap Gong Making Factory, Kota Kinabalu, Road Trips, Sabah, travel Borneo, Travel Photography |
By Carrie on March 31, 2011
A flash flood in Kota Kinabalu during rainy season in Borneo leaves motorists stranded on the road. Not us, though. My husband decides to drive through it!
Posted in Adventure Travel, Blog, Borneo Travel Guide, Features, Malaysia Travel Guide | Tagged Asia, Asia road trips, Borneo Travel Guide, Kota Kinabalu, Road Trips, Travel Advice, travel Borneo, Travel Journal |
By Carrie on December 8, 2010
Travel Borneo and don’t miss an opportunity to visit a coral atoll island known as Sipadan. Incredible scenery, vortexes of ocean fish, and breathtaking beauty are just some of the things you can expect from these beautiful living islands of coral.
Posted in Adventure Travel, Borneo Travel Guide, Features, Malaysia Travel Guide, Travel Advice | Tagged Adventure Travel, Asian diving vacations, Borneo Travel Guide, diving in Asia, diving vacations, Sipadan Island |
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