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Send us a Text Message.Malaysia may be amazing, but it also has a dark side. We came face to face with that dark side when exploring Niah Caves in Sarawak, East Malaysia. The deep cavernous labyrinth that we explored is no ordinary cave system – these are huge pre-historic caves that are situated in the heart of one of the world’s most inhospitable jungles: the ancient rainforests of the island of Borneo. And here in Niah Caves, the many remains of neolithic dead humans in this cave is fascin...

Send us a Text Message.This cave in Sarawak, East Malaysia isn’t just a cave, it’s an enormous cave! And more than being even just an enormous cave, it’s an archeological site with some of the oldest modern human remains in Southeast Asia.So how big and impressive is Niah Cave? Well, you’re just going to have to take the journey with us into the darkness to find out…Our NEW Borneo Motorcycle Tour link! ➜https://www.2upandoverloaded.com/borneotour.htmlSupport the Show.

Send us a Text Message.One thing you find a lot of when traveling around Southeast Asia is people. As one of the most densely populated regions of the world, we did not expect to come across a long stretch of beach without a house, a piece of garbage, or even a single person on it.But then we stumbled upon this hidden gem while riding our KTM 250 Adventure motorcycle through East Malaysia. 40 kilometers, or 25 miles of pristine sand and shimmering waters… Undeveloped, unpolluted, untouched, v...

Send us a Text Message.Our first time crossing into Brunei was a rained-out disaster. But this time the sun is out, Marisa is feeling better after her sickness, and we are ready to experience Brunei and its world-renowned bridge for all it’s worth.Actually, it is up for debate of whether the Sultan Haji Omar Ali Saifuddien Bridge is the longest bridge in Southeast Asia (more about that in the video), but it’s certainly a spectacle to behold! Brunei might be a tiny country, but it has made a b...

Send us a Text Message.No gas, no food, no towns, no hotels. Pure jungle.It’s one of the most remote roads on the island of Borneo, through one of the densest and oldest rainforests on earth. So of course we wanted to ride through this interior road into the heart of Sabah, Malaysia, but there were a few major problems with this trip.The first is that there are very few amenities on the road. Without camping gear and no hotels along the way, we simply have to make it to the other side or we’l...

Send us a Text Message.They call them “water villages” or “kampung air” in Malay, but I call them “fantasy floating villages” because they remind me of fantastical cultures of people that live completely off of the ocean. But these people are real, and there’s more than 50,000 of them in Malaysia, with an estimated 10,000 water houses built on stilts over the water. So of course, while we rode across the island of Borneo on our KTM 250 Adventure motorcycle, we had to check one out, and see ho...