Asia almost over

Fly out of Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia tomorrow 22nd July to Singapore and following day to London Heathrow. To get here in time for the flight we had to cross Brunei by mini van and get a ferry to Labuan Island - back in Malaysia. Stuck there for the night then another ferry here, giving us one free day to do some snorkeling offshore. So the cycling part is over after almost 2700 km.

Miri Northern Sarawak

Ok so we took the bus from Sarikei - there was a stretch of 200 km from Sibu to Bintulu with no hotels which we couldn't cycle and an outbreak of Dengue Fever in Sibu so we decided to skip that too. Only 250 km ish. Cycled on from there via 3 National Parks and another 236 km to Miri. Now we have to be in Kota Kinabalu in Sabah in 3 days and have to cross Brunei. Gonna have to get a bus or fly, or miss our flight out.

Sarikei, Sarawak, Malaysia - 12th July

Nine nights in Kuching and one or 2 beers and even wines - some decent red provided at Interhash and chilled to a decent room temperature. Good to catch up with everyone and see Orang Utans, wild boars and monkeys, but good to be away from the city, tourists and hashers again. Back to being in towns where we're the only tourists.

Just done 400 km in last 5 days on 'undulating' roads. Pretty tired especially after getting up at 2.30 to watch the World Cup Final. Not long to go now. Looking forward to UK & catching up with everyone. 10 weeks in Asia tomorrow.