Malaysia, Truly Asia

Maybe it was the people. Maybe the food, or the wildlife. Or maybe it was the damn CNN commercials that played incessantly while we were in Korea. Someway or another, I really liked Malaysia. In our 3 2.5 weeks there (thanks Air Asia) we saw orangutans, went on an amazing jungle trip, did 15 dives each at one of the worlds best dive sites, AND (although this really shouldn't be the highlight, it was really cool) spent a night on Pulau Tiga: Survivor Island. Since 90% of you will be sick of our stories in about 120 hours from now, I'll just put a few pictures up for now.

Sepilok Orangutan Sanctuary

Orangutan! Although the homo sapiens here outnumbered other primates 5 to 1, it was really cool to get this close to them in the wild.

Uncle Tan's Wildlife Tours

Pretty good digs for being in the jungle. The meals weren't bad either, so long as we could collect enough ferns and catch enough fish and ...

...prawns. Otherwise, it was noodles.

Lots of wildlife to see: wild cats and pigs...

...snakes, scorpions, and spiders...

...crocodiles, skinks, and monitor lizards...

... luckily they gave us these large knives to protect ourselves. The Korean Immigration police were kind enough to let us know these weren't allowed into the Republic of Korea.

Back at base camp. Had a simply awesome experience at Uncle Tan's.

Scuba Diving Pulau Sipidan with Scuba Junkie
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Diving, diving, diving. Diving was awesome. No diving pictures right now, maybe later. If you want to see what we saw, do a google search for "sipidan pictures". Note the abundance of sharks/turtles.

Spending a night on Pulau Tiga: Survivor Island

One of the deadliest snakes in the world. No antidote. I also saw a bigger one while doing a night dive. The dive master said: "If you get bit there is only one thing to do: take a deep breath and wave good-bye." Fortunately, they are the calmest snakes in the world.

Most surprisingly awesome thing I have done: swam in a mud volcano. Way better than it looked on TV.And she gets mad at the little bits of dirt I sometime track in on my shoes...

For when SPF50 just isn't enough... shot taken on Pagong beach.

Our last day in Bangkok. Ended up spending a LOT more time there than planned.

Anyway, back in Korea now. Feels really good to be back here, all the familiar food/buildings/accents/etc although at the same time strange because there is no familiar job/apartment/faces. Really going to miss this place. Not sure when we'll ever be back again, but who knows what will happen in the next few years.

Anyway, Tara is working on a post to sum up the jungle trip. We'll be home soon, see you then!