Finally in Borneo! Kota Kinabalu Adventure

How to start, how to start? Well, we got into Kota last night around midnight and decided to get a Hotel room. It started out very exciting with Hanna, Kylie, BJ and me in a cab. But when the guy kept on driving and driving I must confess, I got a little worried. However, we did get to the Tune Hotel but unfortunately, they ran out of rooms after we had been waiting for 45 minutes. We were all so tired, it seemed like everywhere the eye looked there was either a sleeping body or one that wanted to be. After hearing we couldn’t stay at the hotel, we all shuffled outside to wait for taxis. But they were miles away and asleep. So the majority of the 16 of us plopped down right where we stood and snoozed till Mr. Blankenship found us with good news. He said the hotel close by would take us for four to a room for $15 a person. That was the best night I have ever slept in Borneo! The beds were so nice, the blankets cozy, the air conditioning roared to life when we got there. The shower was different from any other shower I’ve seen. The shower head came out of the ceiling! We stuffed four girls on two twin beds but we slept soundly. Going back to the airport we got to see the city in the light of the morning. It was spectacular! There are so many trees and cars and even houses supported by stilts in the shallow part of the sea.

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In the hotel last night we had to wait a while for our rooms, so I went outside to talk to Dean Kristen and Hess. She was talking to one of the guards while he squatted on the ground next to something. It was a big black Rhinoceros Beetle. It was so big and spiky, and the guy taught me how to pick it up too.

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