Tanjung Simpang Mengayau- where the sea meets the sea.

After trying to wrap your mouth around Tanjung Simpang Mengayau a few times it becomes clear why everyone refers to this part of the world as the Tip of Borneo. 

 

If you look at a map of Borneo you can see exactly where we are- that little sticky-uppy bit on the north-east coast which just peeks up over the 7th parallel; where the South China Sea meets the Sulu Sea. Both of those seas are ridiculously clear, blue and gorgeous. 

 

We came here on a bit of a whim after a recommendation from an English woman we met and loved it so much we ended up staying fourteen nights, instead of the planned four. 

  

 

We spent the first four nights at Tampat Do Aman Jungle Camp, about a 20 minute walk from the beach, before moving down to a longhouse located right on the beach and next door to Tampat Do Aman's awesome little restaurant. Longhouses are built by indigenous people all over Borneo and although they are pretty simple (bamboo partitions between rooms, mattress with mosquito net and a fan), they are also solidly built and quite lovely to look at!

Plus you can't really fault the view from our verandah....we wake up to this:

And we enjoy a sundowner with this: 

All of which is going to make it rather hard to leave...but we have a flight back to Kuching on 10 July so I guess we're going to have to!!!