“….
don’t change a thing!”
Margaret
Kenny, Co. Tipperary, Ireland - July 1999
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“We
loved the place and the kind people. Had a perfect stay; we will come back
again.”
Hans
& Lisa Oostenbrink, Holland. May 2000
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“We
thoroughly enjoyed our trip, everything was excellent and very authentic,
which I think is very important.
Borneo
is a wonderful place, the people in the travel arena including Hotel staff are
in my opinion the best in Malaysia...We had an awful experience following
Borneo when we went to Tioman Island; we were booked in for 10 days expecting
the pleasures of one of the worlds most beautiful Islands...Total
disappointment, we cut short our trip to 3 days and went to Penang instead.
I
have expressed our delights with Borneo to many people since our return, and
we will certainly return to Borneo to sample the delights we didn't have time
for this time...”
Ian Maylard-Mason, Cunard Travel. April
2001
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Hi
Mike
We
had the most amazing holiday! Many thanks to our guides - Joey and
Jamie. We know Joey has now left to join the police force and we wish him
well. Jamie - we can't say enough about him, there is nothing he doesn't
know about the river. We were very impressed and have not stopped
talking about the trip, recommending and giving the website to all.
Many thanks for your help.
We
will be back - in the right season - hopefully next year!!
Gabi and Rob November 2002
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The
discovery tour was really good and the accommodation in Sukau was better than
our guide had made out. Our guides for this trip were excellent and really
knew their stuff. I think the mountain climb was probably the hi-light
although it nearly killed us. It rained solidly on our first ascent but the
following day was beautiful. We managed to descend quite quickly much to the
surprise of our guide. We were very grateful of the 2 Singapore stops and
would maybe have preferred an extra day there. It is a wonderful city and the
hotels are excellent and very reasonably priced. I would recommend any one
coming from the UK to make the stop as it is a nice bit of luxury after all
the trekking and breaks up the travel.
Julian Evans,
VERCO, U.K. Xmas 2001
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Fantastic
holiday, enjoyed every aspect, especially meeting local people. All of the
guides were excellent and all of the accommodation was excellent even when
roughing it with the mosquitoes!. The climate was hot but bearable. The whole
experience was magical.
anon (feedback form)
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I really enjoyed
myself at the lodge and it was all I expected. On Saturday I did parts of
several of your walks that I had printed from the web but couldn't complete a
couple of them due to flooding as my walking boots are only good to about 6
inches of water. The paddy fields of walk 2 were under water as was the path
just after the metal bridge of walk 4 and I wasn't brave (or foolish) enough
to "make your way across fields back to the Lodge" since the crops
were about chest high.
Your balcony must be
the most pleasant place that I have set up my laptop to do a little necessary
work. If I have some spare time next time in Miri I'll certainly be back to
the lodge. Please pass on my thanks to the old folks.
Jon
Elphick May 2004
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Mini-Trek
The Lodge in Miri was extremely
welcome! Very friendly, wonderful hot showers and brilliant opportunity to
wash clothes! The food was great. The pool was probably my favourite thing
after the long, hot flight.
Bario was a fantastic experience.
It is hard to explain to people the contrasts of the long houses - open fires
for cooking but full AV set up for watching Britney Spears videos! The people
were extremely friendly and coped with my vegetarianism brilliantly (except
for one morning when the veggies were fried in fresh venison lard, but I think
that’s forgivable!). I surprised myself at the amount of trekking achieved,
became a local legend with my time from Da Pali to Ramundu and was certainly
sorry to leave. Douglas is a fantastic host and Millie the best cook in
Kelabit country!
The stay at the Seaside Inn was
fantastic. I have the most amazing photos of sunset over the south China sea
taken from the terrace. We recommended it to a guy we met in Sandakan and were
pleased to see him there a few days later.
Mount Kinabulu climb was
exhausting and awesome. I have framed enlargements of the sunrise from the
summit on my bedroom wall to inspire me as I wake each morning. The lodge is
basic except for the hot water, true luxury!
Jungle camp was undoubtedly my
favourite experience; it felt like Never-never land! The closeness to the
animals is wonderful; you don’t even need to see them, just knowing you’re
sharing their neighbourhood is enough.
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