Simon at Sepilok

After a huge buffet breakfast and a generous layer of sun cream, today was all about team building with organisers from the hotel.

We split into 3 groups and were set 4 tasks:
1) Crossing a river with blocks
2) Building a tower out of paper and masking tape to support a book
3) Dropping 3 eggs from a fixed height protected by paper, straws and masking tape
4) A dingbats type quiz

After each round the winning team was able to face paint members of the losing team, which is why i ended up looking like a Little Britain Lady today...


After cleaning up it was time for a steep jungle trek up to the Observation Tower at the top of the rainforest reserve. Great views of the hotel...

...and the surrounding rivers and beaches from the top...

Later in the day we had some free time and tried out a bit of sea kayaking and wave surfing with them. Very refreshing after the sweaty jungle heat earlier!

Early night tonight as we need to head back to Kota Kinabalu airport tomorrow for flights to Sandakan and on to Sepilok for our orientation and induction there for next 4 days. Work "proper" starts the following Monday. At last!

BTW My group is Group 1 and we will be flying back to KK and Rasa Ria for the first 9-day stint at the NIC here. After that I'll be back in Sepilok for the remainder of the 2 months.