The mighty emergent that towers higher than the rest, the tualang, the mengaris, Kompassia exelsa, that harbours the hanging nests of the wild bees, that supports itself with buttresses taller than a man standing on the shoulders of another man. … Continue reading
Returning from birdwatching to the main lodge at dusk The road in – 2.5 hours in a 4WD over logging roads Refining the presentation of the report Awed Morning mist along the river The breakfast platform More of the team … Continue reading
On the very same project I am now working on, we were once offered free rooms in the staff quarters of a tourist site*. The only rooms available (for my two male colleagues and me) were ones no one wanted. … Continue reading
The canopy walkway at Borneo Rainforest Lodge. Dawn in the mist. The morning sounds of gibbons. Breakfast while watching a trogon, or a pygmy squirrel. The ringing call of the Chestnut-necklaced Partidge. The monotonous tone of the Black and Crimson Pitta. … Continue reading
