Blogs from Gunung Mulu National Park, Sarawak, Malaysia, Asia - page 4

(Day 435 on the road)After our wonderful time in the lush jungle of the Kelabit Highlands, it was time for - some more jungle! To that end we made our way to the grand Mulu National Park. As with Bario, the park is only sensibly accessible by plane, so we had to take another two flights across the massive Borneo rainforest (one Twin Otter 21 seater, one Fokker 50) to reach there. Our plan of action was simple: Spend a few days in the park exploring the massive limestone caves, then hike up a steep mountain to see the pinnacles, and then trek and boat across the jungle almost all the way into Brunei on the northeastern border of the park. The first part of this plan was easy enough: A few of the most beautiful ... read more

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UNCLE TANS, SABAH, BORNEO The legs had finally recovered from our ascent of Mount Kinabalu a few days previous and it was time to be off once again, so from Kota Kinabalu I headed for Sandankan where I had arranged to meet up with Zaid one final time and we were to head to "Uncle Tan's" jungle camp and spend a few days in search of all things wild. Uncle Tans is famed on the backpackers circuit as giving a real jungle experience in an area of Borneo that still has quite high numbers of wildlife inhabiting the areas around the camp. And its fair to say that it did not disappoint. But before setting off up the Kinabatangan river to the camp and away from civilisation I had one day to play around with before ... read more

Three weeks off work. Two for holiday, one for study. Somewhere to hike, and somewhere to try out my new camera. Not too far away. A couple of Christmases ago, I bought Justin a book called 'Trek', which has beautiful photos of some of the world's best hikes and has proven a winner at selecting spectacular holiday destinations. So, it was to this we turned again to decide where next. Borneo definitely ticked all the boxes. We debated whether to climb Mt Kinabalu or hike the Headhunters' Trail, settling on the latter to spend some time in a jungle and decide for ourselves just how horrible leeches are. I'd just read 'Borneo and the Poet' by Redmond O'Hanlon, a naturalist and writer who joined an expedition of British special operations forces to explore the deep dark ... read more