Borneo Trip: Sungai Kinabatangan Exploration

Borneo Trip: Sungai Kinabatangan Exploration

A thorough description of the second portion of our Borneo adventures will be added later. For now, here is a collection of highlight photos for your enjoyment. We decided to journey across the state of Sabah to the eastern coast to visit an orangutan rehabilitation center. After a bit of a let-down there, we decided on a whim to hire a guide service and travel along a river and in the jungle around it for a few days, exploring the land and searching for wildlife. What we found and experienced was way beyond our expectations.

Borneo Trip: Mount Kinabalu Climb

Borneo Trip: Mount Kinabalu Climb

A full description of the first portion of our Borneo adventures will be added later. For now, here is a collection of highlight photos for your enjoyment. The moths are all ones that were outside our bedroom at a crazy hostel we stayed at. I took about 40 pictures of different insects that night, but here I selected a few that are interesting due to their leaf-like appearance. So far, the collection includes photos of our time in Borneo up to reaching the summit of Mount Kinabalu. The descent was just as much of an adventure as the ascent.


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I have uploaded photos of the descent, as of 6-7-09. The trip down on the via ferrata was very enjoyable. Scott and I felt completely relaxed on the rock and were able to revel in the beauty of the scenery. The hike down from the base camp was another story, as my legs became increasingly sore. It was a grueling 2.5 hr. hike down, and I was seriously spent by the time we reached the end. My knees and calves ached whenever going up or down stairs for three days afterward. But it was so worth it.