Tom & Lori
The Wonders of Borneo
The MILD Side
2006

Sunrise over Mt. Kinabalu

Gorgeous view from our room at the Sharngri-La Tanjung Aru Resort

Beach on Manukan Island, part of Tunku Abdul Rahman National Park

Crysal waters off Sapi Island

Sports Illustrated on location in Borneo?

Kota Kinabalu Yatching Club at play

Fore!

Looks like happy hour to me

Happy hour: it's official

Yet another gorgeous sunrise over Mt. Kinabalu

View overlooking the resort pier

Very patriotic people of Malaysia celebrating 50 years as a nation on Sept 1

Poring Hot Springs

Kampung Ayer (stilt village) in Kota Kinabalu

Village children at play during low tide

Water village home

Looks like happy hour to me

And a perfect spot for it, too!

Door to a longhouse, traditional housing of the natives of Borneo

Bamboo floors of a longhouse

Longhouse kitchen

Tom at Coco Joe's cook-your-own seaside restaurant

Delightful dinner, just like home

A sampling from the Asian-American breakfast buffet

Another happy hour; must be near sunset

The local flavor

Possible inspiration for the 1st Survivor series, filmed just off shore near here

English Tea House overlooking Sandakan and the Sulu Sea

Seafood market

Seafood restaurant

Seafood dinner

View from our room in the northen town of Kudat

Our very curious upgrade to a suite at Sutera Harbor

After the rain

Jame'Asr Hassanal Bolkiah Mosque in Brunei

Empire Hotel, $1.1 billion folly of Prince Jefri of Brunei

Part of the 10 story lobby at The Empire

Marble, marble everywhere

Dolphin cow-girl

Seafood dinner buffet at The Empire

Taxis await a patron at Kampung Ayer, Brunei

Embarking on our tour of the Venice of Asia

Exploring the water village

Traditional housing

Unique gas station...Brunei's wealth began in 1967 and is founded in oil

Rush hour

The tourists

Tom, a tree and the South China Sea

Singapore skyline

Singapore favorite...soon to be a spicy crab

Famous Merlion statue of Singapore

One very expensive Singapore Sling at Raffles Hotel

Mooncake Festival celebration in Chinatown

Mee something or other

Night falls on Singapore and the end of our journey