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Out & About: My Top Travel Experiences In The Great Outdoors

Sometimes there’s no better feeling than getting out and about in a country and doing something active in the fresh air and the great outdoors. Often it’s the best way to get the feel for a place, and leaves you with memories you’re not going to forget any time soon. I’ve been lucky enough to have had many incredible once-in-a-lifetime outdoor travel experiences over the years and thought I’d do a rundown of my 5 most memorable. 1. Boating and wildlife spotting down the Kinabatangan river in Borneo Kind of like your classic safari, except instead of in a 4×4, you are on a wooden boat on the river, and instead of spotting lions and elephants, you’re on the lookout for Proboscis monkeys and alligators. With a local tour guide and two safaris a day (both very early morning and late afternoon when the wildlife is most active), it’s truly incredible to see this wildlife, a few species of which are now endangered, in their natural rainforest environment. Visit full post here 2. Dolphin spotting …

My Top 10 Ultimate Travel Experiences

I have been lucky enough to travel all over the world experiencing different cultures, meeting the local people, sampling the food and trying out new activities. It has been hard to narrow it down to such a short list, but here are my top 10 unforgettable experiences over the years…

River Rainforest Safaris & Malaysian Monkeys: A Borneo & Malaysia Adventure In Pictures

From travelling down the Kinabatangan River in Sabah, Borneo (one of only two places in the world where you can find these species of monkey: Bornean Orangutan, the Proboscis Monkey, Macaques, Maroon Langur and Bornean Gibbon) to adopting a baby orangutan at the Sepilok Orangutan Sanctuary to the beautiful untouched beaches of Kota Kinabalu in the Northwest, here is my adventure…