Reality versus an idealised version of it


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February 17th 2013
Published: February 17th 2013
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Sabah likes to advertise itself as some kind of real life Eden, a nature paradise full of wild and fantastic creatures. And to reinforce that image you have the Lonely Planet, which has this to say about Sabah: ‘Malaysia’s state of Sabah proves that there is a God, and we’re pretty sure that he’s some sort of mad scientist. Sabah was his giant test-tube, the product of a harebrained hypoth... Read Full Entry



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Yellow Trumpet Fish
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Oriental Sweetlips hiding beneath some corals
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Banded Sea-snake sticking his head in the sand...
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Lion Fish
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Common Ralf
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Scorpion fish (yes I know you can hardly see it, but I assure you it is there)
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Green Turtle
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Common Octopus, well camouflaged
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A better view of it
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Blue spotted sting ray
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Yellow Cube Boxfish
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Not sure what this one is called
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Ghost Pipefish
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Giant Moray Eel
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Green Turtle hanging out
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And swimming away
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Cuttle Fish
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Sea horse
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Another blue spotted sting ray
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Frog fish



17th February 2013

Amazing!
Thank you so so much for that wonderful and very very honest blog. I cannot thank you enough.
19th February 2013

Thanks
Well, it is of course just an opinion. I wouldn't let it stop you from going there, make up your own mind about it all.
18th February 2013

Yep..cant beat the palm oil now
Amazing how far the palm oil virus spreads so quickly. Year after year the wildlife squeeze gets worse. Good blog

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