The caves in Mulu National Park are legendary both for their sheer size and because they’re home to an incredible amount of bat shit. During filming of Planet Earth, the film crew had to wade through hundreds of feet of bat doo — and you can watch it here! I am not sure what kind of muck
Our trip to Borneo was meant to be a disaster. Chinese New Year had begun: vacationers were out in full force, flights were double the price and hostels were all booked. The Batang Rejang was dammed and the winter rain had flooded Niah Caves. It was beginning to feel like travel hell. It felt like
Traveling is a strange thing; you end up in odd, unusual places and wonder how the hell your life led you to this point. In this case we found ourselves drinking Tang with an Iban chief in a 100 year old longhouse. Tea time wasn’t our main goal in Borneo but as with all good
I used to believe Borneo was one of the world’s most removed locations. A place where tribes of headhunters lived in an impenetrable jungle communities enduring electrolyte-sapping heat and pesky disease carrying insets. So armed with our malaria meds, a huge bottle of water and some strong sunblock, we set off to discover the mysteries
Some people claim that Gonzo is a turkey. They’re wrong. He may have a chicken for a girlfriend, but Gonzo is most certainly a Bornean beast. It has been revealed that Gonzo is actually the blue bastard son of a Bornean Proboscis Monkey and a South African Vervet Monkey (photographed by our travel friends Zach and
In one corner, a 6’2″ human, weighing in at 200lbs, with full use of arms, legs and opposable thumbs, Ladies and Gentlemen, our defending heavyweight champion, Mr. Vinnie Lauria! And in the other, the contender, a well known brawler from the jungle, the 12-foot long Giant Thorny Bamboo. It was a drawn out battle. Mr. Lauria
The trip to Bako National Park is almost more fun than the park itself. You must hail down a red bus, hire a longboat driver and manage to avoid the river alligators. You certainly don’t want to fall in the water on your trip to Bako National Park – but they don’t make it very
We braved heat, humidity and left-side of the street drivers to check out the Orangutans at the Semenggoh Wildlife Centre. How could we miss this! Orangutans are only native to TWO islands, Borneo and Sumatra, so we’re basically in their back yard! Or what used to be their backyard… Rampant logging and clearing of the
This is not the kind of wildlife I was expecting to see in Borneo. Alas, I am proven wrong again. Borneo is not nearly as removed as I had expected when I booked a flight to the land of head hunters, wild animals and poisonous snakes. Some cool things about Borneo that I know now,
