Wild Orang-Utan

It was a ways from the boat, but we really did see an orang-utan in the wild. The name comes from the Malaysian words orang (people) and utan (forest). This one was in an area that had been logged, not too far from the edge of the forest near a palm oil plantation. The tree has two nests, and orangutans make between one and four nests a day.

Malaysian Borneo

October 29th 2012
This was an amazing vacation and I loved every minute of it – even when there were leeches involved. My week in Malaysia centered around a trip to the rainforest; I finally got to see a real tropical rainforest and all the wildlife that goes with it. I’ve always loved reading adventure and travel books, and wondered what it would be like to actually be in the rainforest, looking up into the fa ... read more

Asia » Malaysia » Sabah

During the late 18th and 19th centuries, Great Britain established colonies and protectorates in the area of current Malaysia; these were occupied by Japan from 1942 to 1945. In 1948, the British-ruled territories on the Malay Peninsula formed the Fe... ... read more

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