I think I’ve previously expressed that it’s been hot here, but the past couple days have been a whole different level of hot. Yesterday morning when I woke up, I looked at the current conditions and noticed that it was 97% humidity. It was only 75°, but felt like 83°. This morning we got up to take a little hike out by a waterfall in Santubong National Park in Sarawak (currently in a home-stay only 1km away) . In the 4 miles that we walked on a loop trail, my entire shirt and shorts looked liked I took a dip in the waterfall – but I didn’t. Sara and I have traded off being extra “hot” at times, but rarely at the same time. Today we shared in being uncomfortable. Currently sitting on the veranda writing this (in the shade) and the weather says it’s 95° with 55% humidity and feels like 107 °. Whew!
So in Kuching/Sarawak we’ve have a ton of adventures – and a lot of luck seeing wildlife. I already detailed the Proboscis monkey and Bako sightings. Since then we’ve visited a nature reserve with Orangutans, and managed to see two females, took a road trip and passed by a very large Asian Water Monitor (we think) on the road. At Wind cave we witnessed thousands of Dusky Fruit Bats, and also some other smaller echo-locating bats. Yesterday on a boat tour we saw Irrawaddy Dolphins, some more Proboscis monkeys, and a couple wild crocodiles (which are apparently very numerous here). We’re loving Borneo for the wildlife! I guess they like the heat better than us 🙂
I have yet to dig through some pictures, so when that happens Sara will probably post more to Instagram.
Hoping you have some AC for relief?
Yes, fortunately the AC has worked well everywhere we’ve stayed.