Similajau National Park and Kota Kinabalu

After the church dedication services we left the longhouse for Similajau National Park in Bintulu, Sarawak. For the next couple of days we enjoyed the chance to relax on the beach and explore the park’s hiking trails. I enjoyed Similajau more than Bako last year, especially since there were no thieving monkeys at Similajau.

We spent our last day in Borneo in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. We stayed in a hotel Friday night and attended an Adventist church on Sabbath. Saturday night we did a little shopping near our hotel. It was well after dark as we walked through the rain back to our hotel through the bustling city streets. A little boy about ten years old appeared out of the shadows and trotted beside me, shaking a dirty yellow cup. I looked down at him for only an instant, but he spotted the sympathy in my face and followed right at my elbow. I knew he most likely wouldn’t be able to keep the few coins I dropped into his cup,that they would probably go to some creep hiding in the shadows. That was the first time I’ve ever encountered a begging child.

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