Land Below The Wind

SABAH BORNEO THE LAND BELOW THE WIND

End of August 2012

Its now only 50 mins away from August 25th 2012 so just goes to show it was never going to be a daily blog in fact i forgot most days and eventually the days went to months and the months turned to years. But the good news is i am back to give it another go we eventually got the Apartment in Borneo sorted and have been there quite a few times now it is really nice a home from home. I just love waking up in the morning and listening to the waves of the sea only metres away so relaxing early in the morning you can watch the water buffalo walking along the beach back to the jungle and they arrive back in the evening to lie on the beach to get the cooler sea breeze.

It wont be long and i will be back there again 22nd of September it cant come around quick enough for me i really enjoy my time there after a week i just loose track of all time. The fact that the TV is almost 90% in malay or Chinese stops me sitting watching the square box for hours its like a magnet once you get in front of it you can not draw yourself away from it and most of what you end up watching is usually shit but you still sit there out of boredom i reckon. I was there in March with Dave & Lisa good friends they said they had a great time it was good to have them out there and show them around had great time nice to have spent some time with them.

AND MORE OF THE WATER BUFFALO......

Still 2 days to go and lots to do...

Still got to finish packing the bags always something you forget to put in after you have zipped it and locked it.

Got all the gifts for friends and family mainly England football items trying to convert a few more fans to following england in the world cup in June..

now we are off to the sunshine...The BLOODY sun has come out here and its getting much warmer maybe i should hire a rain dancer.

Must go and finish off my bits to do list,

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Sunday 16th May

Sunday 16th May 2010



Woke up this morning to the news

that the Volcanic Ash is heading this way again.

BBC (News Channel) ASH FLIGHT RESTRICTIONS EXTENDED
Many UK airport to close over the coming week because of the drifting volcanic ash

"Looking Like Volcanic Ash is Heading This Way Again In The Next Few Days"

Like i said at the end of yesterdays Blog things change from day to day now the ash is coming back i am really hoping this is not going to affect our flight this weekend.

We will just have to wait and see if we can fly off to Malaysia this weekend but its not looking good at present.

With all the technology we have you cant beat Nature.

The First Page

Saturday 15th May 2010


This is the first page of my Blog I really have not got a clue where this is going to go from here.

It will probably include daily events thoughts and activities plus a lot of my own personal views on things that get under my skin and things that dont,

I decieded to start this daily account so i can look back in a few years to see the good things and bad things that happen over the year.

"So here goes and this could the first day of the rest of my life"

Its only 7 days now before we leave for Sabah Malaysia its been a fraught couple of weeks as we are in the process of buying an apartment next to the beach at Millinsung about 40 mins from KK (kota Kinabalu)

Like most things in Malaysia nothing seems to move very quickly and as they are 7 hrs ahead theres not a great deal of time for sorting out any problems (and there are lots believe me) unless you want to get up in the middle of the night to make phone calls nothing ever gets done so when i am not calling Lawyers during the night i am writing emails to keep them on the boil.

We origonally started this back in October last year and its still looking 50/50 if they are going to have everything ready to go by the time we arrive on the 23rd May (my birthday if anyone is interested, NO okay)


The best present would be a call before we leave telling me its all ready to go. (Sal my wife is usually optomistic but even her optomisim has been tested recently)

So it looks like we will just have to wait till we get there to get the final outcome "watch this space"

So the bags are packed only a few more things to do now the flight leaves Bristol on Saturday at 18:30 for amsterdam then after a 1hr transfer is on to KL (Kuala Lumpur) before taking the 5pm flight to KK. arriving at about 8:30pm.

Anyway i am getting ahead of myself now its supossed to be a daily blog no point in writing it up for the future that has not arrived yet things change on a daily basis especially in Malayisia.