Thursday 22nd March 2012 - Borneo

Today I decided to go to Sapi Island again after not finding a tour that I hadnt already done or that I could fit into one day.

I slept in that day and didnt get to the boat port until 11am. I got on the 11.30 boat, looked behind me and low

and behold, who was sitting at the back off the boat.....Max!!! Aaahhh!!

Seriously starting to feel like I am being stalked. Last night may have been a coincidence but this was just too weird. We got to Sapi and Max jumped off the boat and onto his friends boat and that was the last time I saw him.

I went snorkelling and went behind the rocks - where Max had told me all the beautiful bright coloured coral was. I couldnt see any! Then I saw a boat and swam towards it hoping that they could tell me where to go. They were friendly guys and one of them said he would show me. I didn't see bright coloured corals like in Thailand but it was amazing nonetheless. The guy whose name I cannot remember lived in a hut in the forested part of the small island . His front teeth were missing and his finger nails were dyed orange. He was very kind and swimming came very naturally to him - it was like he was a merman or something. He held my hand and pointed out all the various fishes to me. It was a whole different world down there. He picked up a blue starfish from the seabed, a sea cucumber and even caught a Nemo fish with his bare hands for me to take a photo. It was an amazing experience - so amazing that I was in the water with him for maybe 2 hours and got burnt to smithereens!!!!

That night I went back to the street market Max had taken me to previously and ordered Red Snapper fish, crab, steamed rice and vegetables. Whilst eating a white man walked passed me and asked if the food was good. I told him amazing and he joined me. His name was Alan, he was a retired man (although he didn't look old enough to be retired) from Canada. He moved to Kuala Lumpur two years ago and spends near enough all of his time travelling cheaply from place to place with AirAsia. We talked about all the different places he had visited and he informed me that this trip was to determine whether he should move from Kuala Lumpur to either Kota Kinabalu or to the Philipines. He told me that when I go to Langkawi I must visit the skywalk where you take a gondola up into the mountains and walk from one mountain to another. Alan has inspired me to travel during retirement. The exchange rate means that with a british pension I could live nicely in Asia!