This post is the first of an undisclosed number of updates from Kirsten on her trip around and about Borneo with her school.
It's a trip organised by www.worldchallenge.co.uk and will be over the space of a month.
Enjoy!
Hey everyone!! I finally made it to Borneo after all the talk.
Started on Saturday at the army barracks in Hounslow for our build up day - met my team, went through kit, got shown how to put up shelters etc. That night we slept in Heathrow as check in was at 06:30, it was a joyous experience.
Eventually got on our plane to Dubai for 6ish hours, then another to Brunei for another 8, which was followed by a 7 hour wait at the airport for our flight to Kota Kinabalu (I can't guarentee any of these spellings) Finally got here feeling absolutely hanging, but the kids made us laugh all the way, so it wasn't so bad.
All in all they're a great bunch to be away with, they've worked really well as a team, and there are no really annoying individuals.
Today we had to buy food and stuff for our first trek which starts tomorrow morning. I was put in charge of this task with 3 other incompetents, what a crock. When we were in the supermarket agonising over noodles all the lights went out and we were left in the pitch black for several minutes holding our shopping baskets like a bunch of tw@ts. Would have shop lifted, only we were in the dog food aisle, or was it the tinned dog aisle....?
Had lunch in some scabby food shack, but it tasted great, as has everything from every scabby emporium we've sampled so far. Meals with drinks are working out at roughly 2 quid per head, so nae bad.
Anyway, it's our first trek tomorrow, starting early. We're off to the Crocker range, although not doing the trek we planned - have to do a higher one due to flooding. Also been told it's monsoon season so we're prob gonna get soaked - woo! come alive! It's gonna be a leech fest, bring it on!
After that, supposing we don't all disintegrate, we're off white water rafting, so if the rainforest don't get me, then that might.
Following that it's a visit to the orange-yootang rehab centre, hoping to get to feed one of those bad boys with a bit of B-nana, then we're going to climb Kinabalu, which takes about 3 days all in I reckon.
Sooooo, that's it for now, I'll be in touch again when i've got all that under me belt (not much room left under there) and am on to the next batch.
Hope you're all good, catch you later, Love Kirsten xxxxxxx
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