Hey, so we made it in and out of the jungle and I think the chillis must have worked cos we don't have too many mosquito bites. I will tell you about the other bites in a bit!!! We almost didn't make it in as the lady booked our flight for the day we bought it instead of the day we wanted to fly! Bless her, anyway....

Before we left for the camp we were lucky enough to visit the Sepilok Orang Utan Rehabilitation Centre, which was fantastic. Definately a highlight. We have lots of photos that will go on the blog soon no doubt. The Orang Utans are generally orphaned or they have been rescued from areas which are made too small for them to live in by deforestation. They have them at different stages and the ones we saw were wild but could come back for fruit and milk up to twice a day if they want. There were about 10-12 that came for feeding. There were babies (so cute) and older ones too (so human like!). Did you know that you are all 96.4% Orang Utan (genetically speaking)???!!

Arrived in the camp which is in the Lower Kinabatangan River Basin. The journey to the camp was a safari enough - we saw wild pigs, birds and monkeys on the way in! We stayed in a hut which has wire mesh type stuff over the doors and windows to (supposedly) keep things out. It was up on sticks so no water got in there, although the water level kept rising even though it barely rained. We were downstream and just kept getting more water from upstream. The path to our hut was knee deep in water by the time we left. Thank the lord for wellies! We had a mattress and a mosquito net for a bed. Quite cosy in there and nothing got in, so that was good. Not sound proof though, so the monsters of the jungle could be heard all night long! No sleep for me! The food was really good, all cooked for us and some of it was jungle food. They treated us to huge freshwater prawns which were about 15-20cm long head to tail, lush. There were not many people there so we got to go on some extra tours. We did day and night safaris in the boats, day and night treks on foot and through the river. We saw lots of wildlife.....pigs, bats, snakes, spiders, scorpions, monkeys, birds, frogs, lizards, owls, crocodile, insects. But the biggy had to be the elephants that were early in the season (normally only seen there April and August). They got us out of the boat and told us that we might get trampled on if the dominant male elephant got aggressive, and then said we might get enclosed by them. At this point I nearly passed out....but they took us in further and flashed lights so that we could take photos. Unfortunately the anti shake doesn't compensate for fear and they are all crap!! Not such highlights were the non-existent showers, washing my hair over a bucket of river water, the lovely Aisan toilets and the rats that ate our bags for chewing gum and malaria tablets.All part of the fun.....

Anyway, the photos will be up as soon as we have a better internet connection. Hop ethis finds you all well. Take care xx