Welcome to the Jungle: Photos 21 to 33

For the last few weeks I have been traveling around Brunei, Malaysia and Thailand. Following a brief stay in Singapore, I went out to Borneo where I met Brent. Our first stop was the tiny Sultanate of Brunei Darussalam. When we were going through customs they searched our bags for alcohol, which is illegal. The people of Brunei seemed very pleasant. If I flashed a smile, they tended to burst into a grin, but they were often the ones to be smiling at us first. Brent and I did some hitchhiking and we were picked up almost instantly. On the whole, people seemed perpetually eager to lend a hand, but they did not appear to aggressively pursue tourists to get their business. We visited the city mosque and then rode by the Sultan’s Palace at night on a water taxi.

Once we had crossed back into the Malaysian province of Sarawak, the cultural flavor changed again. Rural Malaysian Borneo is inhabited mainly by Dayak tribes which are an entirely different ethnic group than the mainland Malays, Chinese and Indians, and the Dayaks are predominantly Christian. From Miri we took a 45 minute flight on a propeller plane into the depths

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Amazing pics! What kind of camera do you have? Glad to hear you're doing well. Hope you've seen the last of those leeches!

This is the most intriguing blog yet. You were after culture shock and this seems to be the best so far. Maybe India will be worse, but do you really want more.....Monkeys seem to have a lot of personality. They probably remind you most of home. Their antics seem awfully familiar to me. Love you bunches, Mom

Hey Dude, Missin' ya. I loved reading about Taman Negara and stuff, I remember it pretty well. Glad you managed to get a hide, it's awesome. One of those things you HAVE to do. Have some friends from home here, they're about to head off here. We had a talk about India and all the places they MUST see. Was thinkin' of you, Buddy!

You guys are on another planet. Or atleast it seems that way. Hope you're enjoying yourselves! I LOVE YOU GUYS!!!!

Hey Bro... Glad to see you are getting along ok without me. And you even got to go in a cave - I know it isn't exactly an ice cave, but it sounds pretty cool anyway. Take care of yourself, and give me a shout next time you get sorted. Best - JJ

Still missing you round here but super glad you're having a somewhat eye expanding time. Wish I was there too! Stop walking through jungles on your own! love ya Abs

Amazing pics! What kind of camera do you have? Glad to hear you're doing well. Hope you've seen the last of those leeches!

This is the most intriguing blog yet. You were after culture shock and this seems to be the best so far. Maybe India will be worse, but do you really want more.....Monkeys seem to have a lot of personality. They probably remind you most of home. Their antics seem awfully familiar to me. Love you bunches, Mom

Hey Dude, Missin' ya. I loved reading about Taman Negara and stuff, I remember it pretty well. Glad you managed to get a hide, it's awesome. One of those things you HAVE to do. Have some friends from home here, they're about to head off here. We had a talk about India and all the places they MUST see. Was thinkin' of you, Buddy!

You guys are on another planet. Or atleast it seems that way. Hope you're enjoying yourselves! I LOVE YOU GUYS!!!!

Hey Bro... Glad to see you are getting along ok without me. And you even got to go in a cave - I know it isn't exactly an ice cave, but it sounds pretty cool anyway. Take care of yourself, and give me a shout next time you get sorted. Best - JJ

Still missing you round here but super glad you're having a somewhat eye expanding time. Wish I was there too! Stop walking through jungles on your own! love ya Abs