Reasons to go North

Food. My favourite thing in Saigon. Vietnamese food is full of flavour but if you can not find what you want among the phở, spring rolls...

Danum Valley Conservation Area at 438sq km, is the largest remaining area of undisturbed lowland dipterocarp forest in Sabah. The Danum...

Posted by reasons on Mar 16, 2015 in Blog, Elsewhere, Food | 0 comments

Despite living in one of SE Asia’s purported meccas of shopping its not usually one of my favourite pastimes, nor how I would usually...

Tabin Wildlife Reserve is the largest protected wildlife area in Sabah. Still resident are Pygmy Elephant, Pygmy Rhinoceros and...

“He’ll pick you up from the ‘central’ market” . A rather vague rendezvous with a guide from Abai Homestay. Fortuitously...

Posted by reasons on Feb 25, 2015 in Blog, Elsewhere, Nature | 0 comments

Flying over Borneo from mainland Malaysia the jungle on the highlands drops away to neat rows of Palm Oil trees. Natural...