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Transporting Livestock

Monday, August 14th, 2006

Wherever you go in Sarwak (Malaysian Borneo), be it on a boat, a bus or whatever other means of transport you may come up with — you will inevitably hear the sound of chirping chicks. It seems to be completely normal to transport them on public buses and boats. Now mix this with a (loud!) [...]

Mischievous Macaques

Monday, August 14th, 2006

Bako National Park is famous for its great wildlife. You can see the incredibly rare proboscis monkey, right outside your cabin. Other highlights are bearded pigs (they look weird!), monitor lizards, and — Macaques. These are small, grey monkeys that can be incredibly brazen. They will come into your room, open your backpack and steal [...]

Borneo — The Adventure Begins

Friday, August 4th, 2006

Well, it is really not so adventurous yet but we are in beautiful Malaysian Borneo — actually in Kuching, ‘the cat city’ (Kuching means cat in Malay). It is ‘only’ a city but it is really pleasent and oh how friendly the people are. It is like a different world compared to peninsular Malaysia and [...]

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