A Shrubbery...

Day 9. Still my leadership! Today we were off to Sepilok Orang-Utan Sanctuary! We travelled for several hours by coach, only stopping once for a toilet break and some dodgy food at a roadside cafe. The food was slop, full of bits of animal tubes and nostrils! Not only was it unappealing to look at, my lack of hunger coupled with an ill-feeling stomach meant that the disgusting food didn't go down very well at all!
Approaching Sepilok territory, we were unkindly dropped 2.5km away from the sanctuary, and almost had to WALK! ...shock! horror! Where we were dropped off, there were some suspicious looking locals standing by their cars. They kept talking quietly at each other, occasionally looking up at us. We slowly edged away and began walking! Ten minutes into the walk (already knackered!), we were picked up by Sepilok workers that were driving past. One of the pick-ups that collected us had a big hole in the vehicle floor, giving good air conditioning! I somehow think MOTs mean nothing here! However, the pick-up i was in was very nice and far more stable!
The Sepilok hostels were very nice in all fairness, well built and clean. Outside the chalets were large benches and carved things (mushrooms?!) Although I suspect that these were rather plastic or concrete instead of wood! The only problem with the whole complex was that the toilets were far from ensuite, and they had a big spider in! mUsT rEmEmBeR tO cHeCk UnDeR tHe ToIleT sEat! mUsT rEmEmBeR tO cHeCk UnDeR tHe ToIleT sEat! mUsT rEmEmBeR tO cHeCk UnDeR tHe ToIleT sEat! mUsT rEmEmBeR tO cHeCk UnDeR tHe ToIleT sEat!
The restaurant at the site, basically next to our rooms, was nice, but expensive by Borneo standards. The food wasn't even anything special.
We're off to see the orang-utans tomorrow, woop! woop! And they'd better be worth it, as they were a clinching factor in me choosing Borneo over Central America or other places that I could have gone with World Challenge...
Despite the flood the other night, there has been far less rain than I expected there to be. I don't think it's wet season, which might explain a bit, but still!
Trying to go to the toilet in the evening was hell, especially after you'd just had that big spider run under your feet and out of view. Pisses were now reserved for the bushes, and I'm sure I can hold a number two in...
Tonight, I'm staying in a room with Calvey, Kyle and Lucy. It was time for us to go to bed, and everyone was tired after today's long bus journey. However, we wouldn't be sleeping for a while yet, as shadowing into the night came the pointless laughter! Us four were all laying in bed... not together, and began to say goodnight to each other:

Calvey: "Goodnight!"
Me: "Goodnight!"
Lucy: "Goodnight!"
Kyle: " "

Kyle's non-response tickled something in Calvey and me, and we were off! Mu ha ha ha! HA! It wouldn't stop! Literally for more than 30 minutes, pure laughter! And when it did briefly stop and we'd try to hold it in, we'd just burst and trigger each other off again! Dear lordy! It HURT! It was painful to keep laughing - but it was unstoppable! That was until we got tired, so so sleepy... and fell asleep!