Beverley Milner

With exceptional biodiversity, lush jungle, stunning scenery, eye-catching orchids, white-sand beaches and exotic ocean life, Borneo tops the bill for the ultimate adventure-filled tropical holiday. But planning how to get the most out of the third largest island in the world within a limited time frame can be intimidating. Fear not – we’ve curated the perfect itinerary for a ten-day family trip that you will never forget.   To avoid too much in-island travel, we’ve stuck to Sabah in the northern, Malaysian, part of Borneo rather than venturing into the Indonesian section of the island to the south or crowbarring in a trip to the oil-rich city state of Brunei. Time pressure means we’ve been forced to miss out a couple of big hitters - climbing Malaysia’s highest peak, Mount Kinabalu, makes many people’s bucketlists, but is beyond most younger children – but that gives us all the perfect excuse to come back. Instead, we’ve tried to strike the perfect balance between beachy chillouts and wildlife spotting in the wilderness, with enough downtime so it feels like a holiday but enough wild thrills that there’s no doubt that you’ve spent the best part of a fortnight somewhere very special indeed.    

This is the first part of a series: read part two here, part three here and the introduction here

The ongoing Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic is changing our world in unprecedented ways. In this series of conversations with movers and shakers from both Japan and elsewhere, we’re taking a look at how the pandemic is already transforming city life and what changes are still on the horizon. Hoping to find out what’s to come for society, daily life and the environment, and eager to hear how urban space will accommodate and leverage the ‘new normal’, we’ve lined up interviews with experts from a wide range of fields. This time we’re talking with Gernot Wagner, a climate economist and professor at New York University. This is part of the New Normal interview series. For the list of features, click here.

The ongoing Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic is changing our world in unprecedented ways. In this series of conversations with movers and shakers from both Japan and elsewhere, we’re taking a look at how the pandemic is already transforming city life and what changes are still on the horizon. Hoping to find out what’s to come for society, daily life and the environment, and eager to hear how urban space will accommodate and leverage the ‘new normal’, we’ve lined up interviews with experts from a wide range of fields. This time we hear from Anna Whitehouse, the radio presenter, best-selling author and campaigner behind the UK-born Flex Appeal movement, which pursues flexible working for all. This is part of the New Normal interview series. For the list of features, click here.

This article is the third and final part of a series: read part one here, part two here and the introduction here

This article is part of a series: read part one here, part three here and the introduction here