Today saw us move on from the throbbing Metropolis that is Kuala Lumpur to Sandakan in Sabah on the island of Borneo,
I have been impressed by KL in particular and Malaysia as a whole. Everyone we have met has been so kind and welcoming. When we have be in the street or at a train station seeming lost or confused (it’s an age thing) someone normally someone young has approached us and given help with a smile. Yesterday we were at an Expo in the centre of the city in the area of Masjid Jemak the purpose of which was to tell everyone the plans the Government had for Malaysia and how everyone can play a part. How one should focus on what they can do `not what they can’t. By 2020, the aim is to have the whole of Malaysia connected by public transport. Trains will travel between KL and Singapore in 90 mins. New towns are being built everywhere with houses/apartments for all. Malaysia has a future.
Then we arrive here in Borneo. The contrast is so stark, yes there are new developments springing up but there is an awful of squalor. I suppose progress has to start somewhere. The vision is there and the poor will have help to move on. Let’s see what tomorrow brings
