Here’s your chance to relive some of our holiday in Sabah, Borneo, starting, as one does, in the beginning with day one:
Getting there is a largely boring affair, chiefly consisting of a long-haul flight to Kuala Lumpur (approximately 12 hours flying time from London), followed by another 2.5 hours flying time to Kota Kinabalu. We arrived mid day with time to freshen-up, rest, and explore the local market before we met the traveling group. Since I’ll cover the market later in this mini-series, here’s another amusing aspect:
As shown in the image accompanying this post, one can buy “unlimited Miso Soup” for £1.75, and “unlimited filtered water” for £1.00 in London’s Heathrow. Apart from being an obvious rip-off, the comparison is staggering: 500ml of bottled water sells for 1 RM (£0.15), and a glass of (unbottled) water in a bar or restaurant is about 2 RM (£0.30, in case you weren’t paying attention). £1.75 (11.5 RM) buys 2 lunch-sized portions of delicious noodle-soup with greens, seafood and fish, and some change to spare. Or buys you about a dozen freshly charcoal-grilled chicken wings, or many other things.
Not that we travel anywhere because it is so cheap, but it is nice nevertheless. Being used to the insanity of London price levels can’t be a good thing.
It is nice to have a cheap enjoyable holiday, you would love India. But then London is way too expensive…