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Sad news out of Sabah. A young Australian tourist died while apparently — if news sources are to be trusted — taking photos with a flash of a single bull elephant in the Tabin Wildlife Reserve. From just 10 metres … Continue reading
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…across the world’s third largest island. Taking off from Lahad Datu, east coast of Sabah, Borneo Mangroves, coastal protection and the nursery for so much sea life The death of irreplaceable rainforest, the birth of monoculture oil palm and wealth … Continue reading
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
I had a load of fun over at Sia’s Blog. Although I didn’t imagine that we’d end up talking about cockroaches. Anyway, you can see the conversation in the comments section here. And here’s a few more photos from Borneo … Continue reading
I suppose to out the words “pygmy” and “elephant” together (see my last post) is a bit ridiculous. But the Bornean elephant is small, hence the name. Smaller than its cousin found in Peninsular Malaysia, the Asian Elephant. But here … Continue reading
Forgive me for the lousy pictures in this post – I was much keener on looking at these six Bornean Pygmy Elephants through my binoculars than worrying about taking photos through the dusty windscreen. While I was away in Borneo, … 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
…this past week, finishing the final* (I hope) major re-write of Stormlord’s Exile, husband was off having fun on Sipadan Island, off Borneo, where the world’s best diving is to be found. Of course, he calls such perambulations work. Hmph. … Continue reading
Just in case you wanted to know what sea cucumbers look like – live ones. (They were lifted out of the water briefly for the photo shoot). And these things are delicacies?? They look like over-sized well-fed leeches… About 15 … Continue reading