The next destination was Sepilok which is home to one of only three orangutan sanctuaries in the world. I stayed at a place called Uncle Tan's and had to walk from the bus stop [VERY tricky with a big packpack and completely fucked up legs that were swollen and kept shaking with every step] with an Austrian guy who told me he'd scaled up and down Mount Kinabalu in just one day and didn't seem to be feeling any side effects. Twat. The hostel was incredible - it included 3 buffet meals in the price with constant tea, coffee and snacks, internet, hammocks, basketball court, and ping pong table. I shared a dorm with an english girl Holly and met 2 guys Hitesh and Peter who I hung out with and taught 'arsehole' to [which had been pretty much The card game of the trip that me, tom and shapiro played constantly], and we were joined by a couple Simon and Rose who it turned out had bought shapiro and robbie's tent off them.

I got a shuttle bus to the Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre and met the boys there. The centre is a home for semi-wild orangutans who have been orphaned and need to be trained to go back in the wild. There is a feeding platform where they are fed milk and bananas and where a gang of little monkeys try and steal their food, and there is also a video to watch about the centre and walks through the forest you can do to see other monkeys.