Rain: cat-and-dog weather, cloudburst, condensation, deluge, drencher, drizzle, fall, flood, sprinkle, wet stuff, window washer, pouring, monsoon...

We've been at the 121 B&B for 8 days now. I feel like we live here. The staff know our names.

Our fantastic plans to fly by the seat of our pants and get from one end of Borneo (Kuching) to the other (Kota Kinabalu) without flying in 12 days are, we found out, unrealistic.

The only flights we could find at such short notice that wouldn't break the bank give us 10 days in Kuching and 2 days in Kota Kinabalu. Not perfect but at least we feel we know Kuching rather well now as we've been tramping it's damp streets every day for over a week.

It is rainy season which puts the mockers on doing all the usual activities tourists do such as seeing the Orang Utans in the rainforest (we went but they didn't come out), going kayaking, trekking in Bako national park...

I'm sure the reception staff here are sick of looking at me on the internet. We're totally up-to-date with our photos (the last was from lunch time today), and when the weather is really bad I am able to keep tabs on you all via Facebook,making hilarious observations and commenting on your photos - that sort of thing.

We actually move to a new place tomorrow, Basaga Holiday Residences. http://www.basaga.com/. Sounds rather good doesn't it. We thought we'd have a bit of posh for a couple of nights what with the money we've saved on not going on these bloomin' excursions.

Hope you're all well. Am loving the trip but missing Blighty a bit too.
Until next time...

xxx