Category: Adventure
#18 Onwards: Borneo to Philippines
Our two families worked together well, and all of our travel plans had been executed with minimum upheaval. The kids even squabbled sporadically like siblings would! It was decided to continue our... Read More
#17 Boys to Men
It was decided that the dads and sons would do the gruelling 2 day 1 night hike up Mt Kinabalu which was a not too shabby 4095 Metres. Mark and I had vowed to take the boys up and bring them back as m... Read More
#16 Borneo – Kota Kinabalu
Kota Kinabalu or KK for short, is probably the most populated city in Borneo including the Indonesian part of the Island, but still tiny in comparison to Cape Town. Our apartment was within four huge ... Read More
# 15 Borneo-Kuching
Kuching, the capital of Sarawak, was our next stop and it was quite a shock to the system arriving at our new home for the week; a family room in a backpackers. The room was small and, as is quite the... Read More
#14 Borneo – The Kebun Part II
Staying at the Kebun was a reasonably gentle landing for us after the immense changes we had gone through during the previous 12 months. We had supper cooked for us every night, access to WiFi and als... Read More
#13 Borneo – The Kebun
..so we linked arms and boarded the plane, which set off into the sunset….Utopia bound…. Not quite. The tannoy announced we were boarding, so we headed to our gate to queue up. It was then... Read More
#12 Lift Off
It was great to get out of Cape Town for 4 days and spending few days in Pringle Bay with Becky’s mum prior to leaving. The sunset on the way there sensational, and another reminder of how Cape To... Read More
#11 One Step Closer
Closing the door of your home for the last time with no fixed abode to go to isn’t a great feeling… Being in and around Cape Town, I kept bumping into people who were full of admiration and in... Read More
#10 Tick Tock
The countdown chart on our wall was down to one page. Only April left; down to single digits until we vacate our home and officially become nomads. I generally get nostalgic, but with gravity of what ... Read More
#8 First Stop
The wheels were fully in motion and our mindset was right, but the burning question that was undecided was where the hell were we going to go first? When the trip was first discussed, the idea was t... Read More