Today felt like two days, and as I’m short of time again (and as it’s 23:30 late at night), here’s a brief again:

• flight to Kota Kinabalu was better than any roller coaster I’ve ever tried; had they only played “Highway to the Danger Zone” over intercom, it would have been the ride of my life
• Malaysia is the first country I visited that kindly remembers people in their customs declaration that you can be executed if you bring in the wrong things. Made me feel much safer.
• the shower here has only a single faucet (for cold water), however, the temperature is always right
• by the way, we live in an apartment with five girls; if I shouldn’t come back in two weeks, don’t search for me
• some buildings over here have a really beautiful architecture (especially at the university), however, some of them could need a cleanup for the inside
• it’s sometimes hard to tell what’s a car’s alarm system and what’s a bird
• did I already mention that it’s hot and humid?
• sun in Borneo just laughs at LSF 30. Will switch to a thin layer of concrete tomorrow.
• some of the butterflies I’ve seen are palm-sized
• think you were a rockstar when visiting Japan? Visit Boreno. Over here people even greet you or try to talk to you. I guess I nodded to more than 50 people today; some even say ‘hello’ when you pass by.
• lunch at expensive restaurant: ~10€
• took a cab today to ride from one end of KK to our home, the ride across the city took ~15 minutes; it then took the driver additional ~15 minutes to find the proper house (he stopped three or four times to ask locals until he finally convinced a biker to lead us the way). Total cost of the trip: 5€.
• dinner at local restaurant: 2,50€ (including two drinks with fresh orange juice)
• bottle of sun blocker LSF 50: 11€ (WTF?!)
• bringing only four bottles of Autan Plus was very optimistic; mosquitos seem to like the challenge
• internet uplink appears to work with bongos, images are still being drummed
• my cell phone stopped working; no matter which number I dial, I always receive something like “person not connected”; learned it the hard way today.

(Sorry, image uploads are messed up, some appear twice, other are damaged, will investigate it as soon as I have nothing better to do …)