Across the water in Sabah

Hi folks! Sorry for the interruption in posts, but we haven't been near a pc since last Thursday and I still haven't been able to connect my phone to the GPRS/Edge network even though DiGi says I've got access. Anyway, we have a bit of catching up to do! I'm writing this in a internet cafe in the Centre Point shopping complex in steamy Kota Kinabalu, the capital of the Malaysian state of Sabah on the island of Borneo. We've got to get a move on as Marion is in the handicraft market and we said we'd meet up on the waterfront at 6.30pm and that's in 15mins time! The sunsets here are dreamy! No time for photo uploads today, but we've got loads to show you at some point!

Last few days in KL

OK, after the Batu caves, we went to the amazing government new town of Putrajaya. Basically it's like a whole new city created out of nothing just for the government offices and departments. A bit like Whitehall meets Milton Keynes, only with 95% humidity and 30C all year round! There's the Kings residence, the Prime Minister's house and office (we are definitely not talking No. 10 here!) as well as a massive mosque, a huge lake, and of course all those amazing buildings just for the department of this and that. And it's only a small country. And to support all of this, they've built a new city alongside called Cyberjaya - I'm not kidding! As it is out of the city there are no traffic jams so the civil servants can all get to work on time!

Friday going away party!

On Friday evening we all met up at a swanky floating restaurant on lake Titiwangsa in the middle of KL for a farewell dinner. It's a sort of thank you to our relatives for hosting our stay. Then it's early to bed as we have a 7.00am taxi to take us to KLIA for the flight to Kota Kinabalu.