2nd day in Kota Kinabalu. Yesterday was very hard - really tired. This is a very dofferent place - sounds, smells and customs - but very friendly. Had a probllem with money and went to one of the local banks who were simply wonderful!
Today is a free day - probably won't do much.
We begin the trek tomorrow at 4.45am!
Will try and add some more later!
Tuesday, 28 September 2010
Sunday, 26 September 2010
Sandakan Death March
AT 10 minutes to 1 on the 27th (tomorrow) I fly out with 2 students, an ex- student and a father to join 4 other students and a number of teachers and partners from Lindisfarne Anglican Grammar School to undertake the Sandakan Death March in Borneo.
This promises to be a challenging yet exciting event, tracing the footsteps of 2,500 soldiers of whom only 6 lived to tell their story. The rest died on the march between May and June 1945.
Students are walking on behalf of some of those who died. I am walking on behalf of the 5 Indigenous Australians who died their represented by Corporal John 'Jacky' Jackson who died of malaria at Sandakan.
I hope to blog my experience when technology allows, so watch this space.
This promises to be a challenging yet exciting event, tracing the footsteps of 2,500 soldiers of whom only 6 lived to tell their story. The rest died on the march between May and June 1945.
Students are walking on behalf of some of those who died. I am walking on behalf of the 5 Indigenous Australians who died their represented by Corporal John 'Jacky' Jackson who died of malaria at Sandakan.
I hope to blog my experience when technology allows, so watch this space.
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