Larry from 97

Ok this guy pretty much deserves his own mini blog entry...Larry is basically one of the Mulu National Park guides, that was working at the park in 1997, when I first went there on me schoool trip...and hes still working there....and he remebers me! :) Ok so the fact that i was wearing the exact same clothes i had back in 97 when i bumped into him might have been a dead giveaway, mebe lol, but it was just completely random how he remembers me. Apparantly people dont generally return to the park, once theyve visited once. So anyway, then we had to chat for hours about old times etc etc (in slightly simplified english) and along the way i got a free ride on teh back of his motorbike to the net cafe at teh next resort (my first time on any motorised two-wheeler, malaysian-stylee) and an open invitation to learn how to dive when Larry get his PADI diving qualifications (he wants to move on from Mulu NP and retrain as a diving instructor). I really wasnt expecting to bump into any ppl that remembered me from 97, so taht was incredibly cool.
Anyway, as it happens i still need to go back to the park, as i didnt manage to climb to the summit of Gunung Mulu because u can only go as a group and no one else wanted to go (ok so its the hardest climb that available in the park, but still...) - seeing as my shcool group didnt manage to climb it in 97 is exactly the reason i wanted to prove i could....so might be coming back in January.