Not too much to report today. James took some tourists on a night trek last night and they saw a slow loris! I hope we get to see one. It rained quite heavily last night, so the leeches were out and about a bit more. I ended up with two on my skin, one hand leech and one titty leech! They are quite slimy, but you just pluck them off and roll them in your palm to stun them so you can flick them away before they bite you and draw blood. Some are quite big and some are really small – they are the ones that concern me because they could get anywhere!! You walk past a bush sometimes and you can see them all waving in the air looking for the next victim!
After work we headed down to check out the menu at the Forest Edge resort. It is quite pretty, and we took our silly group photo for the day – something we've tried to get every trekking day. We had not long arrived and decided to head down to the pool to have a closer look. Suddenly we heard April and Steph scream from behind us, and they had both been bitten by a bee – April on the elbow and Steph on the ear! They immediately broke out in a sweat, and although we were all chuckling about it, apparently it was super painful, like a red hot poker. So we got some ice and cut the trip short so the guys could recover.
rlunicomb
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15 Apr 2020
September 29, 2017
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Sepilok, Borneo
Not too much to report today. James took some tourists on a night trek last night and they saw a slow loris! I hope we get to see one. It rained quite heavily last night, so the leeches were out and about a bit more. I ended up with two on my skin, one hand leech and one titty leech! They are quite slimy, but you just pluck them off and roll them in your palm to stun them so you can flick them away before they bite you and draw blood. Some are quite big and some are really small – they are the ones that concern me because they could get anywhere!! You walk past a bush sometimes and you can see them all waving in the air looking for the next victim!
After work we headed down to check out the menu at the Forest Edge resort. It is quite pretty, and we took our silly group photo for the day – something we've tried to get every trekking day. We had not long arrived and decided to head down to the pool to have a closer look. Suddenly we heard April and Steph scream from behind us, and they had both been bitten by a bee – April on the elbow and Steph on the ear! They immediately broke out in a sweat, and although we were all chuckling about it, apparently it was super painful, like a red hot poker. So we got some ice and cut the trip short so the guys could recover.
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Day One - Arrival
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Day Two - Quarantine Week
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Day Three - Sightseeing Begins
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Day Four - Sandakan
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Day Five - Nosey Monkeys
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Day Six - Induction Day
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Day Seven - Last Free Day!!
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Day Eight - First Work Day
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Day Nine - Outdoor Nursery
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Day Ten
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Day 11 - A New Visitor
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Day 12
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Day 13- Night Out in Sandakan
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Day 14 - The Tea House
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Day 15 - Working with Babies
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Day 16
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Day 17
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Day 18
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Day 19
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Day 20 - Last Day of Rotation
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Day 21 - Visiting Lankayan
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Day 22
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Day 23 - Heading Home
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Day 24 - Trekking Rotation
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Day 25
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Day 26
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Day 27
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Day 28
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Day 29 - Farewell Trekking!
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Day 30 - Turtle Island
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Day 31
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Day 32 - Back in Juvie
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Day 33
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Day 34
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Day 35 - Sweat it real good!
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Day 36
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Day 37 - Last Day of Juvie
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Day 38 - A Visit to Kota Kinabalu
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Day 39 - KK Continued
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Day 40 - Caves, Caves and More Caves
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Day 41 - Back with the Babies
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Day 42
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Day 43
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Day 44 - Awkward Poses
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Day 45
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Day 46
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Day 47 - The Kinabatangan
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Day 48
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Day 51 - Team Awesomeness gets Super Productive
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Day 52 - The Machete's Get Used
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Day 53 - More Tough Goodbyes
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Day 54 - Last Day of Work
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Day 55 - Tomorrow I Fly
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