Thursday, March 05, 2026

2025-01-16 (Friday) West to East - our 12 hour tour! Waterfalls, Tea Plantation







































We started at 5.50, and arrived in Forest Edge Resort at 6.30 - wowser!

We started with a 2 hour ride to our first stop and saw Kinabalu through the clouds - treks were cancelled today due to the weather. I rescued a beautiful moth from the bathroom, and another beetle that was being kicked around by a boy who shied away when I wanted him to touch it, when we stopped for coffee overlooking the valley - that was pretty cool.


The best stop was at the waterfall / hot springs. We couldn’t find the hot springs, so we hunted for a private place we could go into the waterfall, and found it - it was so nice! Once we got out though, it started to pour down, which was pretty cool!


We stopped off at a tea plantation where Rox had the best Kwey Teaw ever! I had chicken soup noodles, and mummy had clay pot rice. It was so nice. We swapped drivers, and finished off with a 4 hour stretch to Sandakan.


Forest Edge is so cool - so remote, our houses are in the middle of the forest, and the sounds are incredible! You can never get tired of being surrounded by nature!


Lamb shank, fish, meatballs, and sweetcorn ribs - yummy! BES to finish off the night!

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