Borneo?

Your going to work in Borneo for six months for free? Your moving to
Burma? You just got back? Where is Borneo? These are just a few of the questions I was
asked when I told people I was moving to island of Borneo for six
months to volunteer for the company Borneo Eco-Tours (BET). Exploring
an island full of wildlife, mountains,  white water rapids (classes
1-5), jungles, beautiful beaches, a vibrant city full of rich culture
all while working for a socially responsible Eco tourism company it
wasn't a hard decision  to make.

Just a quick background on Borneo its the world's third largest island
after Greenland and Papua New Guinea and located in South East Asia.
Borneo is occupied by 3 countries, with the largest portion part of
Indonesia (Kalimantan), followed by Malaysia (Sabah and Sarawak) and
finally Brunei. Borneo is renowned for its untouched rain forests that
are home to a myriad of endemic and endangered wildlife species (pygmy
elephants, rhinos, proboscis monkey the clouded leopard etc).

A few months of negations, planning and saving money, I was off for
another adventure. A quick four hour stop over in Malaysia's capital
Kuala Lumpur and I arrived in Kota Kinabalu (KK) my new home. Picked up by a tour
guide, Randall who gave me the low down on the company, the city and
the dropped me off a Borneo Backpackers (BB), my new home. Borneo
Backpackers is part of the BET group and they have kindly given me free
board.The backpackers also known as Australia Place because the
Australian Army stayed here after World War Two. It's your basic
backpackers located in the heart KK and the ladies who work here are
lovely and it already feels like home!