Friday, July 7, 2000

The Kinabantang River

The Kinabantang River


06-Jul-00 thru 07-Jul-00



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The Kinabantang River (sometimes spelled Kinabatang) is the second longest river in Borneo - and was home to a colony of Chinese that cane to harvest the swiftlet's nest for soup. Today it is one of the best places in Borneo for viewing wildlife - Proboscis Monkeys, Hornbills, Elephants, etc


The river (Malaysia, The Travel Addicts)

The river


Sturm's stork (Malaysia, The Travel Addicts)

Sturm's stork


Greater coucal (Malaysia, The Travel Addicts)

Greater coucal


Maroon languor (Malaysia, The Travel Addicts)

Maroon languor


Flying leap (Malaysia, The Travel Addicts)

Flying leap


Heron (Malaysia, The Travel Addicts)

Heron


Water hyacinth in an Oxbow Lake (Malaysia, The Travel Addicts)

Water hyacinth in an Oxbow Lake


Leech! : (More on these later...) (Malaysia, The Travel Addicts)

Leech!

(More on these later...)


Hammerhead worm (Malaysia, The Travel Addicts)

Hammerhead worm


 (Malaysia, The Travel Addicts)


Mosquito sex (Malaysia, The Travel Addicts)

Mosquito sex


Either eggs or a fungus (Malaysia, The Travel Addicts)

Either eggs or a fungus


Luminescent shrooms (Malaysia, The Travel Addicts)

Luminescent shrooms


Milipede (Malaysia, The Travel Addicts)

Millipede


Spider (Malaysia, The Travel Addicts)

Spider


Cup shroom (Malaysia, The Travel Addicts)

Cup shroom


SGK and fig root (Malaysia, The Travel Addicts)

SGK and fig root


World's biggest doodlebug (Malaysia, The Travel Addicts)

World's biggest doodlebug


Milipede sex (Malaysia, The Travel Addicts)

Millipede sex


Snail (Malaysia, The Travel Addicts)

Snail


Crocodile (Malaysia, The Travel Addicts)

Crocodile


White heron (Malaysia, The Travel Addicts)

White heron


Logging the rainforest to plant oil palms (Malaysia, The Travel Addicts)

Logging the rainforest to plant oil palms


Eagle (Malaysia, The Travel Addicts)

Eagle


Wild orangutan (Malaysia, The Travel Addicts)

Wild orangutan


 (Malaysia, The Travel Addicts)


 (Malaysia, The Travel Addicts)


Elephant tracks (Malaysia, The Travel Addicts)

Elephant tracks


Elephant dung (Malaysia, The Travel Addicts)

Elephant dung


Spitting black cobra (Malaysia, The Travel Addicts)

Spitting black cobra

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