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Malaysia { 43 images } Created 3 Nov 2009

Photos from Malaysia, mostly the malaysian part of Borneo, taken in February-March 2009.
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  • In 2009 we decided to travel to the malaysian part of Borneo. After a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Miri, in northern Sarawak, we took a second flight to Bario.
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  • Bario is a village located in the Kelabit Highlands of Borneo.
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  • On the way from Bario to Pa'Lungan, John, our private guide, showed us some interesting plants like this Nepenthes, a carnivorous plant.
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  • A local man and his water buffalo we met on the way to Pa'Lungan.
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  • A male "Lexias Pardalis" butterfly.
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  • John, using his machete to cut down a young palm tree.
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  • John showed us how to get the heart of a palm to eat it.
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  • Water buffalos, a couple of minutes away from Pa'Lungan. Pa'Lungan is easily reachable by foot.
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  • According to "Wikipedia" - The Kelabit Highlands is a highland plateau in the interior of Sarawak in Malaysia. The isolated region bordering Kalimantan, Indonesia, is now very popular for jungle trekking as well as those hoping to get away from it all.
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  • We arrived in Bario late in the afternoon. Happy to have a rest, we fixed our moskito nets over our beds. Later, dinner was really good: we got cooked jungle furns and chicken wings while we were talking about scotch whisky with an irish guy, who tried to persuade us that irish whiskey is much more better.
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  • On the next morning i noticed that my eye was swollen. Although i had spread the <br />
moskitonet over my bed, i was bitten by a bloody bug, probably by a spider or by mites.
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  • Our guide, John, found this praying mantis on the way back to Bario.
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  • Still far away from Bario, we were supposed to be picked up by a boat in the morning, but nobody came. We had the choice to sleep in the jungle for one more night, or to dig out a boat which was no more seaworthy. As the jungle was infested by moskitos, we decided that it would be the best to go for plan b.
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  • John and our soon-to-be boat, after we had removed the mud on it.
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  • A couple of hours later - after we embarked into our own boat, the boat which was supposed to pick us up, arrived...
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  • We decided to keep our boat and to bring it back to Bario. We thought that there was perhaps somebody who could need it there.
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  • John bailing the leacky boat with a deformed bucket.
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  • Kuching is the administrative capital of Sarawak. According to "Wikipedia" - Numerous natural attractions including National Parks, notably the Bako National Park and the Kuching Wetlands National Park as well as the Semenggoh Wildlife Center which operates an orang utan orphanage and rehabilitation program are popular attractions near Kuching. Also, available near Kuching are the Gunung Gading National Park and the Kubah National Park. Located about 40-minutes drive from Kuching is Santubong, a prominent beach resort area home to numerous world-class beach resorts, the Damai beach and the Sarawak Cultural Village.
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  • These friendly men were constructing a house in Kuching.
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  • Students posing in Kuching.
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  • Colourful painted fishing boats in Kuching.
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  • A boy sitting on a bronze dragon statue set along the Kuching waterfront. The  Sarawak River separates the north and the south of Kuching.
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  • A riverfront docking area in Kuching, just before sunset.
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  • According to "Wikipedia" - The Kuching Waterfront is an approximately 1 kilometer long riverside esplanade stretching from the main hotel and commercial heartland of the city to downtown Kuching. The landscaped waterfront is dotted with food stalls, restaurants and benches and offers excellent views of The Astana, Fort Margherita and the New Sarawak State Legislative Assembly Building. The waterfront also features an observation tower, an open-air theater and musical fountains. The Sunday Market at Satok operates during weekends offers a large diversity of items for trade. The Kuching Civic Center offers a panoramic view of the city from a viewing platform during the day.
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  • The Semenggoh Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre is a recommended place to visit during your stay in Kuching. The Rehabilitation Centre was established to rescue Orangutans who were injured, to save orphaned baby Orangutans, or to release Orangutans from captivity.  After reeducation, these Orangutans are reintroduced back into the wild.
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