[The late] Uncle Tan's Wildlife Adventures (Jungle Camp) I'd heard about this camp in a bit of preserved, primary rain forest, owned by a local, educated environmentalist. Arriving at the dorm accommodation in a nearby town, I discovered poor unc' had died the year previously. His relatives have taken over the business (which, thankfully, still seems to be run in an environmentally friendly fashion) and are doing a bludey good job! I've never met such educated tour guides, who are both friendly and young! They were either good liars or knew a lot about their surroundings, which is sadly rare in local run tour agencies across SE Asia. There were a lot of long-term tourists in the camp (some were the guides girlfriends!) who were all a lovely bunch and enjoyed the laid back camp life (its certainly different from chilling out on a beach)!

The camp also 'featured' its own scavenger visitors, a bludey great lizard and three wild boars, and some Meer Cats (who pop up at night ducking their heads up!). This certainly was a highlight on my travels, I recommend this camp to EVERYONE!! R.I.P. Uncle Tan. Xx

Had to cut it short

Sadly time was running out, and I'd spent too much time in Western Malaysia so I had to skip Sarawak, and head off back to KL to find a flight to Bangkok, to decide whether to head to Vietnam. Cambodia or Laos next. I arrived back in KL to realise there were no flights available to Bangkok, so I over landed by bus. Read as two days stuck on a bus smelling and getting forgotten about when I crossed the border to Thailand and getting stuck on a public, 3rd class bus with all the locals. This turned out to be a great experience and I will never take a tourist bus anywhere again (that is until I went to LAOS!)

I headed back to Bangkok, where I spent a few nights awaiting my Laos visa, and then took a bus to Vientiane.