13/4 - trip back

And a long journey it was about to began again.

... But went as my ingoing, long but quite ok. Once again a stop in ny and Amazon Locker pick up some things to sell in Brazil and that is it! 

What a great trip, probably come back for this asian people wich enjoys have you in their home in differents ways, good prices mostly and organized country! Coooool!

10 -13 /4 - End of Asia trip

Back to Singapore, Ruck Sack Hostel, went chinatown for this time taste a lot of different foods, duck and oyster

Back at hostel discovered that the barbecue was all set and I with no hungry, but has to joined since it was my idea. Bought a couple of beers and spend some time chating before going bed. Last day of trip, Universal Studios Singapore. Off course it is not like Florida, but went to be a pleasure day

And a extra gift it was where the parl is, at Sentosa Island, this all remodeled island to be like a giant resort with casinos, hotels, beaches, parks and a lot more,

simply amazing. Went to the beach by walk and know the place, after that come back.

Got at hostel by almost 9pm time to book the taxi and pack things

08 - 10/04 Bali Days

08/04 arrived at Bali by the night, said goodbye to Patricia and took the cab for my Matahari Bungalow Hotel

at Kuta (20 reais). Arrived at hotel and great surprise, as described a little paradise in middle of Kuta, huge room, great architeture, great pool.

..costing only 70 reais. Took a shower and went for a walk at Kuta. Definitely the right choice, so much options from eat and party and all by walk. Stopped at a bar ate some burger beer

a little more walk to know the place and went bed. Like 30 reais.

09/04 in the second day woke up like early took my breakfast and started to decide wich activities I will gonna do, mas what a tuff decision, so much to see and do it. Believe me, costed all morning to decide, after while I went outside to find some tour offices to buy packages.  Since in Kuta everyone wants to party the offices was horrible and no info about climb for example, that took the eafting package for the next day and by the afternoon decided to take the motorcycle to Aman Temple, costed me some time and a exprience to ride in Bali traffic

But arrived at rhe end. Not sooooi beautiful

as long on my way I could see a lot of more public temple and much beatiful. From there straight to Mana Loth temple for the sunrise, great and rouristic place, the tide was low so was able to walk all surrounded area

Andby the end discovered that the coast goes more, started walk with some dark already

And lucky arrived at almost beginning of the cultural dance fire, costed me 15 reais and entry, great show, so beatiful how they so many details with golden and everything 

By the end had the chance to took pictures with the perfomances

Back to Kuta and in my way on Legian street saw a bar with live music, decided to go there for dinner, great choice Nero Bar is great, not so cheap but worth

09/04 Rafting day, woke up and let's readting. The guy picked up me at 8am and some others guys and we arrived after some traffic around 10:30 at rafting area, the course here was so shallow butalways with turns wich makes a different and exciting, a stop at a waterfall 

And at the end a 4 mts drop 

We had some included lunch and it arrived back around 4:30pm. The rafting was 100 reais. Took a walk early as next day I will wake up at 1 am to the climb, and at last decided to repeat, yes, repeat Nero bar, today with acoustic band and a great tuna fillet, got bed for a few "moments" actually.

10/04 my last full day at Bali went to do the Mount Batur climb, a 120 reais tour took me at hotel and some other guys and we went to the volcano had some banana pancakes and started the climbing. A loooooot of people and my group was so slow that i escaped and went for myself, strong climb and arrived at summit 

With time to explore, went to the highest part, watch the guys cooking the eggs with the mountain steam, got back lowerto see the crater And took pictures with the sign 

Had my breakfast and time to descend. At the end good day, beautiful place 

And very polite the guys from Singapore. Went back to hotel after a long journey. After a luch at Vi Ai Pi and some rest went to Legian Beach, took a walk and by the end stayed for rhe sunset, the last in Bali. 

06/04/2015 Relax Day

Took my apartment thinking that it was a nice way to cook some seafood and relax at bedroom but huge mistake, the apartment was the worse, at least air con wich make me sleep well and a lot, go out for have lunch and by the afternoon Patricia , my portuguese friend joined me for a beer at waterfront and last KK sunset, after that she wants to go eat at mcdonalds, i agree with her since some at least some taste know food would be good. Ate a lot and went sleep

Cost of day 130 reais

05/04/2015 Sabah Adventure Challenge Race Report

Ok, another balance race report!

Day 1 - 35km -

We woke up very early took the vans And after a almost 3 hours arrived at Sabah Tea.

There I took some banana and go start, for my surprise guys wasn't push too much and I got to first CP at first, let's the navigation begins. Didn't find the path to climb and neither others who got me, we decidded to climb trought the bushes as a Malaysian guy was doing, once we got the road I decided to go right and few meters discovered that was wrong, came back and was 3, was with the british guy who was the man to win the race but got problems with my backpack hose and got behind being catch up by others guys, by this time I was mentally bad and make a few more mistakes. By the ennd of the day got the 6th place around 30 minutes of what I could have done. 20 minutes behind 5th.

Day 2 38km - Off course decided to go amoothly and try to keep the pace with better navigators. Firta part was climbs and descents, wich I was able to keep a little together with the british but once we got in forest I loose contact and in the firrat part that we should make a detour from a obstacle i didn't saw and took me like 2 minutes, came back but still could make my way out forest still on 3th place. On the way to CP 3 the portugueses and the french that it was 3 general got me and I tought that they will drop me, but I was able to keep with them, we get to CP 3 together and stayed like this for the most part, at a time after we got a 4k road where the portugueses ran away as me from the french, but in the rest time at CP I could be able to leave with the portugueses and the french no, at this time we got into the trails again on the way to the finish, a long way with aome doubts, bad feelings from our 3 but at the end we got a good navigation and the portugueses arrived front of me for 2 min since they ran well the climb. At the finish we saw the french guy wich was impossible got first then us and later we discovered that he took a part of road and penalized in 15 min. well the 2 guys that was 20 min agead of me just arrived a hour and a half behind wich gaved me a loot of advantage for the last day.

Day 3 18km - now a day for some different, the first part was the climb of 700mts to the water fallin 4k, veeery step and I couldn't be able to keep the pace of french and portugueses, once we got back they gave us a map with 15 points where we should collet 6 of them, treasure hunt! By the end of the day I have discovered that I have choose good points but again a not good navigation, probably cost me around 20 minutes but would not make any difference since the french guy was tight to the portuguese wich make a great navigation and the others behind me was even worse than me. Arrived well took care of my nose wich have been hurt from a palm tree with spines on my climb to waterfall and at final kept my 5th place. 

Went very well since the portuguese and the french I think was better runners than, the portuguese has marathon for under 3 hours so... 

About the race I really really liked the enviroment of friendship, the days at my own tent, the portuguese guys that I met, what a great time and historic race for me.

Then time to pack things and come back, arrived at Promenade Apartments Services that I booked by the kitchen expeting to cook but the building is hust totally bad, old the worse, just resting and waiting for bali

01/04/2015 Pre Prova Sabah Adventure Challenge

Today was a rush day! Woke up, coffe, shopping to get the anti leech socks (34,00) and a idea of matress for sleep in camp, decided for a inflated one like use on pool, craziness but could be work (24,00). 

Back to hotel and change the hotel, got a little stress with taxis drivers, always the same, and at last cost me 20 reais. 

Arrived at Mega Daru hotel, got disappointed with quality but met the others athletes, race atmosfere i'm back.

Had a terrible lunch at KFC because there is nothing around here (20,00).

Back to hotel and shuttle take us to the briefing, got there and happy to be on a race again, a lot of locals and nearby countries wich make me a star coming from so far.

The briefing was quite good, honest, liked a lot the organization and could see that it will be very hard on navigation, looks like there is some traps on the way, lets see.

Well back to hotel again, decided to eat microwave pasta from 7-11 and get things for tomorrow, just finished at 23:00 got shower and time to bed

Pretty excited for all that waits me, it wil be different than El Cruce but not less good!

01/04/2015 Kota Kinabalu

Scuba Dive Day!! Woke up early and went to Gaya Island where is the Doen Below private space. Great place, calm, beatiful beach, own building,

we took the scuba class right on beach and the first skills on water warm, greaaaat!

After that we made our first dive on a reef right there in the beach, what a experience. 

After that, lunch, wich it was ok, 15 minutes relaxing on beach

and then 2 dive, it was in Sapi Island and more time on deep around 12 meters, greaaat,

could spot cloud fish, nemo, moreia and others....

Came back and a lot of thanks to our instructor wich was a great guy, Tommy. He also did the ultra marathon other years and love samba and capoeira. Great time!

Came back to KK decided to have a simple dinner at Pizza Hut , 20 reais and make some shopping at market and GNC for the race, total 130 reais.

Back to hotel wash some clothe and bed, tomorrow heading to Mega Daru

Total 150 reais