Blogs from Kuala Tahan, Pahang, Malaysia, Asia

It was a foggy morning when I woke up, but still no rain though and the river is getting quite low. It’s much, much lower than it was when I first arrived and at the river swimming area, there’s now a huge sandy beach exposed that was entirely underwater when I got here. It was quite a quiet morning birding, although I did see a Lesser Mousedeer from the boardwalk and a nice view of a male fireback pheasant just sitting quietly on the boardwalk. I’ve still not managed any pictures of the mouse deer though, they just run away too quickly. The forest also seems to be overrun today with a mixture of Low’s and Slender Squirrels with large numbers that seem to just have appeared out of nowhere. I also got an unexpected fly ... read more

I got the first boat across the river to go into the national park at 7. Around the headquarters there was a tame argus pheasant roaming around. It would be really cool to see a wild one and I’ve heard the calls around, but this one doesn’t count. I also found out that I had forgotten to get my camera battery out of the charger. I have a spare non-official one which I put in and the camera didn’t really like it very much and wouldn’t stay on for very long and then decided to die completely which was annoying. It wasn’t too long after walking around that I found another of the big targets for the area, a Crested Fireback Pheasant. This was an absolutely stunning male so I was really kicking myself for not ... read more

Konecne noc bez stipancov. Rano smer hlavna ulica, opat otvorene len jedno jedlo. Objednal som si povodne hribovu omeletu ale po rychlom navrate kucharky z obchodu mi oznamuje, ze hriby nemaju, tak alternativa rajcinova. Nasadnutie na lodku a smer lata berkoh. Na odbocke na prirodny chodnik lepim nalepku ked uz dnes oslavujeme ten titul. Kurnik fakt ma to tak sere, ze som neni pri tom. Cul clovek moze cakat dalsich 45 rokov. Cesticka v pohode, zvacsa rovina, okolo dzungla. Na troch razcestiach smerovniky, neda sa zabludit. Prekracujem jeden most, neskor dalsi. Vzdy ako jeden prekonam som blizsie k divocine. Fakticky, viac vtactva, neskor opice a rozne zvuky. V jednom useku mi zacina aj lepit. Chodnik pekne vyslapany, obcas blato. Chytam prvu pijavicu. Uplne len taka mala tenka biela. Nastasti skoncila svoju put iba na topanke. Neskor ... read more

Nous avons quitté l'auberge de jeunesse vers 8h et avons pris un Uber jusqu'à la gare routière. Pour aller à Taman Negara (Parc National en Malais), nous devons prendre un bus jusqu'à Jerantut, puis un ferry ou un autre bus. Shaun avait regardé les horaires de bus et il y avait un bus à 9h30. Lorsque nous sommes arrivés à la gare routière, nous nous sommes rendus compte que la compagnie que nous voulions utiliser était fermée : adieu bus à 9h30... Le bus suivant, d'une autre compagnie, était à 12h30... Un peu déprimés à l'idée de passer 4 heures sous cette chaleur, Shaun est allé acheter une carte SIM pour utiliser internet. Nous avons vérifié si nous pouvions prendre un Uber directement jusqu'à Jerantut plutôt que le bus, mais c'était bien trop cher ! Nous ... read more

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