This is for budding writers:I have just updated the list of writing tip posts. You can always find the link on the sidebar. I was 18 months behind…sigh. Photos: Ok what’s going on here, on a street in Kudat, Northern … Continue reading
Tag Archives: sabah
Especially when I am sitting in a Kuala Lumpur traffic jam.Or being blasted via a loud speaker at any time of day or night.Or when I realise I haven’t seen a stunning dawn or sunset in weeks…or walked a deserted … Continue reading
Been a while since I posted any Malaysian nature shots – so here is some we took on Sipadan Island. This is an oceanic island off the coast of Sabah, Borneo, infamous because it was raided by some rather nasty … Continue reading
All welcome. Free. Place: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bandar Baru Bangi. Senate Room, Floor 5, Chancellory Building. Date: Wednesday 16th Jan Time: 2.00 p.m. I’ll be there… … Continue reading
Just hopped off yet another plane. I am now back in Sabah. And next week I am giving a short course to staff of Sabah Parks up at Kinabalu National Park. Payment is in kind…A trip. I am going to … Continue reading
Here’s how they do it in Merudu, Sabah. These flying objects are not birds, they are plastic bags on strings, flying in the wind over the ricefields to keep the pesky seed-eating birds away from the ripening grain. … Continue reading
Sometimes I am the alien. The creature that doesn’t belong.These photos were taken on the way back from Imbak…The first three were taken at our first stop back in, um, civilization, in a village of a few houses along the … Continue reading
Remember – we wanted to find the Bornean Peacock-Pheasant. Seems we went to the wrong place. The area where the last one anyone has ever seen in North Borneo was shot in 1996 (by the Sabah Museum) has the same … Continue reading