Borneo - anyone been?
 

As the title - contemplating it as a homeymoon destination - wondering about things to see or do.

I have been to Borneo and it was a good place. I went to Sabah and Sarawak, went to an orangutan sanctuary, climbed Mount Kinabalu, went in caves and stayed in a long house for an evening.

All in all a great time, the hotels (well the ones I stayed in) were 5 star and I was loathed to leave to go and stay in a spider infested longhouse.

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Steve

I lived there for 11 1/2 years :thumb:

It was unbelievably hot I seem to remember.

Les

that might have something to do with it being slap bang on the equator :D
Lived in Brunei for all that time, but travelled around Borneo, sarawak etc
Lovely and warm it was.

What were you doing there? Working? Growing up? Pretending to be a tree?

Steve

Yeah, it was Wild, man.

Last time I went you were given free chocolate as you took the tour.

HTH.

Stayed in Kota Kinabalu in 2005 and have been several times to Brunei working.

Can reccommend the Shrangri-la in Kota Kinabalu, we split two weeks with Kuala Lumpur and had a fantastic time.

Allan

Lived there from the ages of 3 to 14 , as dad worked for shell. Absolutely best years of my life but when it went independant, it became really closed off to westerners and not such a good place to live or work.

Next stop was living in Bangkok from the age of 14...now that is a completely different story :norty:

Brunei is a great place to visit, got to see Banda Seri Begawen to believe it, KB is quite chiiled out and sarawak is well.......massive and hot :)

Do you know, I bet you are right there!

I enjoyed looking around Brunei though. Didn't they have a museum dedicated to Winston Churchill? Also spent a minute or two wondering how to get the gold off the turrets!

Les :)

I went a few years ago and had a great time. Not sure if I'd pick it as a honeymoon spot though, unless you want to climb mountains, walk jungles see monkies etc.

If you want something romantic and exotic in that part of the world Thailand or Maylasia might be better. I can strongly recommend the Pimlai resort in Thailand, its on its own little island.
Or why not African safari (luxury lodges are very romantic) combined with an Indian Ocean island