Daily Dose of Beauty: Borneo Beach Time
Bungaraya Island Resort
Daily Dose of Beauty: Adding a bit of light to the darkness as we get through the pandemic together.
This series features travel photos and stories from my archives, shared with you as we shelter in place.
April 5th, 2020
After yesterday’s lunch in the jungle, let’s head to the beach for some blissful relaxation.
From Kuching, we fly over to Kota Kinabalu on the northwestern end of Borneo. Here, we catch a boat to Gaya Island. After a twenty-minute ride, the dock greets us with a long view toward the jungle surrounding a quiet bay. Beyond the planks, we set foot on the sand and find our way to the infinity pool where lounge chairs and a sun umbrella await.
Unpack your bag here, dip your feet in the water and think about a soak in that aqua-blue ocean just a few steps away. Paradise does exist.
Until tomorrow,
Kelly
P.S. Visit the Bungaraya website for more info.
Bungaraya Island Resort
Bungaraya Island Resort
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Quite the resort!
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Yes, it was nice. 🙂
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Ooooh. The color of that water 😊
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Perfect, right? 🙂
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In my imagination I’m already there! Swoon . . . .
Alison
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Exactly the effect I was hoping for! 🙂
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Now THAT’s an infinity pool! Wow – this is so peaceful-looking, and I must cluelessly admit that I had no idea there were beaches and resorts like this in Borneo! As if I needed more reasons to go … which makes me wonder if I will ever be able to go now … I am fearful that this crisis will forever change our ability to roam the world as freely as we used to. (Then I think maybe that’s partly a good thing. Ahhhhh, too much time to think!)
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Yes, it was quite a pool. There are actually two sister resorts on this little island, both of which are quite nice and surprising for mostly-rustic Borneo. The travel landscape is definitely going to change. I’m happy I’ve done so much travel at this point (I’m sure you feel the same), knowing future freedoms may be limited for some time to come. I fear many developing nations without capacity to test and treat this proactively will be slowly decimated. Loss of culture, knowledge, traditions, elders will be the worst, permanent effect. So hard to think about.
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Agreed. Our daughter is in public health, much of it centered in Africa, and she is terrified by what will happen when this finally arrives there in force. 😦
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Hooray! So happy to see your Daily Dose series. Hope you are keeping well in body and mind. Take care!
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Hi! 🙂 Thank you! Always lovely to hear from you. I’m healthy and staying at home, writing daily which is fun and challenging. Hope you are healthy as well!
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Doing well, thank you for asking! Happy to hear you are safe. Take care.
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