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Mammals

Orangutans

Bob's new toupee

orang

March 25, 2005
Sabah, Borneo

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Orang face

orang

March 25, 2005
Sabah, Borneo
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Monkeys

Shocking bad hair day

monkey

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Prime mate

monkey

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Shades of the Wizard of OZ
Borneo's amazing flying monkeys

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Porcupine with banana

porcupine with banana

Malayan porcupine or Himalayan porcupine (Hystrix brachyura)
Sarawak, Borneo
April 5, 2005
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Porcupine - close encounter - a quilling experience

porcupine

Malayan porcupine or Himalayan porcupine (Hystrix brachyura)
Sarawak, Borneo
April 5, 2005
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Gives me the quills

quills

Malayan porcupine or Himalayan porcupine (Hystrix brachyura)
Sarawak, Borneo
April 5, 2005
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Porcupine

porcupine

Malayan porcupine or Himalayan porcupine (Hystrix brachyura)
Sarawak, Borneo
April 5, 2005
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The bats cometh

bats

Wrinkle-lipped bat (Chaerephon plicatus)
Family: Molossidae (free-tailed bats)
Deer Cave
Borneo

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Batman's dilemma

bats

Wrinkle-lipped bat (Chaerephon plicatus)
Family: Molossidae (free-tailed bats)
Deer Cave
Borneo

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Birds

Royal angler

kingfisher

Blue-eared kingfisher (Alcedo meninting)
Alcedinidae - River Kingfishers
2005
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Yum!

flycatcher

Verditer flycatcher (Eumyias thalassinus)
Family: Muscicapidae (Old World flycatchers and chats)
Borneo
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Salmon-crested cockatoo

salmon-crested cockatoo

Salmon-crested cockatoo or Moluccan Cockatoo (Cacatua moluccensis)
April 4, 2005
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Salmon-crested cockatoo

salmon-crested cockatoo

Salmon-crested cockatoo or Moluccan Cockatoo (Cacatua moluccensis)
April 4, 2005
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Salmon-crested cockatoo

salmon-crested cockatoo

Salmon-crested cockatoo or Moluccan Cockatoo (Cacatua moluccensis)
April 4, 2005
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Feather

feather

April 7, 2005
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Reptiles

Making tracks

turtle

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The morning after

turtle

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Eye o' da croc

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Crocodile Borneo
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Shall we dance?

chameleon

Borneo
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Blue spots

lizard

Green Crested Lizard (Bronchocela cristatella)
Family: Agamidae
Borneo
April 2, 2015
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Borneo skink (Dasia vittata)
Family: Scincidae (skinks)
Borneo
April 2, 2005
Canon EOS Digital Rebel

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Amphibians

frog

Frog Borneo
March 23, 2005
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Kermit

frog

Frog Borneo
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Insects

Butter colored butter

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More butter

butterfly

Orange Gull (Cepora iudith)
Family: Pieridae (Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs)
Sabah, Borneo
March 21, 2005
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Flutterby on hibiscus

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Common Tree Nymph Butterfly (Idea stolli)
Borneo
Spring, 2005

You gotta love a genus named "Idea".
Not to mention a common name like "tree nymph."

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A head of his time

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Genus Idea
Borneo
Spring, 2005
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Spots on my picture

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Idea
Borneo
Spring, 2005
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Giant swallowtail moth

giant swallowtail

Lyssa menoetius
Uraniidae
April 1, 2005
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Sabah, Borneo
March 23, 2005
Canon EOS Digital Rebel

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Sabah, Borneo
March 23, 2005
Canon EOS Digital Rebel

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Eggfly don't bother me

borneo 2005

Great eggfly (Hypolimnas bolina)
Family: Nymphalidae (brush-footed butterflies)
Borneo
April 2, 2005
Canon EOS Digital Rebel

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Great eggfly (Hypolimnas bolina)
Family: Nymphalidae (brush-footed butterflies)
Borneo
March 25, 2005
Canon EOS Digital Rebel

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Clipper (Parthenos sylvia)
Family: Nymphalidae (brush-footed butterflies )
Borneo
March 25, 2005
Canon EOS Digital Rebel

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Lepidopteran - abstracted

moth

(Arguda insulindiana)
Family: Lasiocampidae (lappet moths) March 23, 2005
Borneo
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Butterflies in the concrete

sidewalk with butterflies

March 23, 2005
Borneo
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Camoflage

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"One if by land"

lantern beetle

(Pyrops intricatus)
Family: Fulgoridae (lanternbugs)
Camp 5
Sarawak, Borneo
April 2, 2005

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"Two if by tree"

beetle

(Pyrops sultanus)
Family: Fulgoridae (lanternbugs)
Borneo
March 25, 2005

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Beetle

bug

Borneo
April 2, 2015
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(Tetragonula)
Family: Apidae (bees)
Borneo
March 25, 2005
Canon EOS Digital Rebel

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Millipede ()
Borneo
March 28, 2005
Canon EOS Digital Rebel

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Getting a leg up

millipede

Tractor millipede (Barydesmus sp.) Borneo
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Much less pede

centipede

Centipede
Borneo
April 1, 2005
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Bug on palm

bug on palm


Borneo
April 1, 2005
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"Talk softly but carry a big stick insect"

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Surfing the web in Borneo

web

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Blue spider

blue spider

Blue jumping spider
Genus: Thiania
Family: Salticidae
Order: Araneae

Sarawak, Borneo
April 5, 2005
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Practicing his scales

white scale

April 5, 2005
Sarawak, Borneo
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borneo 2005

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Borneo
March 28, 2005
Canon EOS Digital Rebel

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borneo 2005

Orange sharpshooter (Bothrogonia addita)
Family: Cicadellidae (typical leafhoppers)
Borneo
March 22, 2005
Canon EOS Digital Rebel

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Other inverts

Small crab

crab

Borneo
April 5, 2005
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"Slowly I turn..."

snail

Borneo
April 5, 2005
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Flora

Rafflesia - largest flower in the world

My that's a big one!

rafflesia

Price's rafflesia (Rafflesia pricei)
Family: Rafflesiaceae (rafflesia family)
Borneo
March 22, 2005

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Beetle on rafflesia - amazing

rafflesia

Rafflesia
Family: Rafflesiaceae (rafflesia family)
Borneo
Spring, 2005

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This buds for you.

rafflesia bud

Rafflesia
Family: Rafflesiaceae (rafflesia family)
Borneo
Spring, 2005

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Zooming in

rafflesia close

Rafflesia
Family: Rafflesiaceae (rafflesia family)
Borneo
Spring, 2005

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Wendy takes aim

wendy with rafflesia

Rafflesia
Family: Rafflesiaceae (rafflesia family)
Borneo
Spring, 2005

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In search of the big one

rafflesia

Rafflesia
Family: Rafflesiaceae (rafflesia family)
Borneo
Spring, 2005

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This bad boy measured several feet in diameter

rafflesia

Rafflesia
Family: Rafflesiaceae (rafflesia family)
Borneo
Spring, 2005

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Fern

fern

Spiral fiddlehead fern
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One nepenthe

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Nepenthe (Nepenthes villosa)
Family: Nepenthaceae (Nepenthes - old world pitchers)
Kinabalu ascent
Borneo
March 24, 2005
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Flask-shaped pitcher plant (Nepenthes ampullaria)

Two nepenthe

nepenthe

Flask-shaped pitcher plant (Nepenthes ampullaria)
Family: Nepenthaceae (Nepenthes - old world pitchers)
Borneo
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Predators galore

nepenthe

Flask-shaped pitcher plant (Nepenthes ampullaria)
Family: Nepenthaceae (Nepenthes - old world pitchers)
Borneo
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Red Nepenthe

nepenthe

Fringed pitcher-plant (Nepenthes tentaculata)
Family: Nepenthaceae (Nepenthes - old world pitchers)
Borneo
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Mulu flower

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Heliconia

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Bougainvillea

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Orchid ()
Borneo
April 9, 2005
Canon EOS Digital Rebel

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Rothschild's Paphiopedilum (Paphiopedilum rothschildianum)
Borneo
April 9, 2005
Canon EOS Digital Rebel

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Day's Paphiopedilum (Paphiopedilum dayanum)
Borneo
April 9, 2005
Canon EOS Digital Rebel

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Jewell orchid (Anoectochilus)
Family: Orchidaceae (orchids)
Tamunan, Sabah, Borneo
March 22, 2005
Canon EOS Digital Rebel

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Simpoh air (Dillenia suffruticosa)
Family: Dilleniaceae
Borneo
April 4, 2005
Canon EOS Digital Rebel

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Chinese Hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis)
Family: Malvaceae (mallow, hibiscus, cotton family)
Borneo
April 2, 2005
Canon EOS Digital Rebel

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Hibiscus

hibiscus

Chinese Hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis)
Family: Malvaceae (mallow, hibiscus, cotton family)
Borneo
March 25, 2005
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Yellow flower

yellow flower

March 25, 2005
Borneo
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Tamunan, Sabah, Borneo
March 22, 2005
Canon EOS Digital Rebel

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Kinabalu impatiens (Impatiens kinabaluensis)
Family: Balsaminaceae (balsam family)
Sabah, Borneo
March 23, 2005
Canon EOS Digital Rebel

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Tamunan, Sabah, Borneo
March 28, 2005
Canon EOS Digital Rebel

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This buds for you

borneo

Musa campestris
Family: Musaceae (banana family)
Borneo
2005

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A big cluster fig

borneo 2005

Cluster fig (Ficus racemosa)
Family: Moraceae (fig fmaily)
Borneo
March 28, 2005
Canon EOS Digital Rebel

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Forest regeneration

borneo

Borneo
2005

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Curled

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Spiral fiddlehead
Borneo
2005
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Palm with epiphtes

palm

Kuching
Borneo
April 4, 2005
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Purple flower

purple flower

Amischotolype
Family: Amischotolype (spiderworts)
Borneo
March 31, 2005
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Pepper

pepper

Pepper
Borneo
April 4, 2005
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As chili as it gets in Borneo

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Borneo
2005

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Seedy business

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Borneo
2005

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Fungi

Eyeball of the boar

calostoma

Calostoma pachystelis
April 1, 2005
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Calostoma

calostoma

Calostoma pachystelis
April 1, 2005
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fungus

March 31, 2015
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Artist conk

fungus

Borneo
March 31, 2015
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fungus

Borneo
March 31, 2015
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borneo 2005

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Borneo
April 1, 2005
Canon EOS Digital Rebel

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fungus

April 2, 2015
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People

Man with pineapples

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In the market
Borneo
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Girl

girl

Borneo
April 7, 2005
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Woman smiling

woman

Borneo
April 7, 2005
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Woman smiling

woman

Borneo
April 7, 2005
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woman smiling

Borneo
April 4, 2005
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Contemplative

contemplative

Borneo
April 4, 2005
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Borneo
April 7, 2005
Canon EOS Digital Rebel

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Borneo
April 7, 2005
Canon EOS Digital Rebel

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Among the Penan

Penan woman

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Borneo
March 31, 2005
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Girl

girl

Borneo
March 31, 2005
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penan

Borneo
March 31, 2005
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Woman

penan

March 31, 2005
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Child

child

Borneo
April 1, 2005
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Man

man

Borneo
April 1, 2005
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Three girls

3 girls

April 1, 2005
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Nose smoking

penan

Borneo
March 31, 2005
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Woman with instrument

penan

Borneo
April 1, 2005
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Penan instrument

Borneo
April 1, 2005
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Longboat

longboat

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Long house

long house

Borneo
April 1, 2005
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Long house stairs

long house stairs

Borneo
April 1, 2005
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Long house bed

long house bed

Borneo
April 1, 2005
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Long house performance

long house performance

Borneo
April 1, 2005
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Penan-ware

penan-ware

Borneo
April 1, 2005
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Bob and Wendy take in a bit of longhouse culture
(loin cloth optional)

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Borneo
April 1, 2005
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Penan funeral urn in the jungle

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Cocks combatant

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Penan village

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Arial display

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Cock fighting
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Sorting pepper

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Cavern

cavern

Cave April 1, 2005
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Poring

Canopy walk

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Kinabalu

Gunung Kinabalu - tallest mountain in Southeast Asia

kinabalu

March 25, 2005
Borneo
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Bob on top

kinabalu

March 24, 2005
Borneo
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Learning the ropes

clmbing kinabalu

March 25, 2005
Borneo
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Life-line

clmbing kinabalu

March 25, 2005
Borneo
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Gunung Kinabalu - dawn rolls in

kinabalu

March 24, 2005
Borneo
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The summit

kinabalu

March 25, 2005
Borneo
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Coming down from on high

kinabalu

March 25, 2005
Borneo
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Leaving success behind

kinabalu

Mount Kinabalu, Borneo
Descent
March 25, 2005
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Descending

kinabalu

Mount Kinabalu, Borneo
Descent
March 25, 2005
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Donkey ears

kinabalu

Mount Kinabalu, Borneo
Descent
March 25, 2005
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Donkey ears

kinabalu

Mount Kinabalu, Borneo
Descent
March 25, 2005

Sadly, one of the donkey ears was reportedly destroyed in the June 5, 2015 earthquake.

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Preparing for personal needs - pack it in; pack it out.

kinabalu

Kinabalu, Borneo
Ascent
March 24, 2005
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Thirsty? Borneo's answer to "the camelback".

kinabalu

Kinabalu, Borneo
Ascent
March 24, 2005
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White flowers

kinabalu

Kinabalu, Borneo
Descent
March 25, 2005
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Small pond

kinabalu

Kinabalu, Borneo
Descent
March 25, 2005
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Kuching

The city-uation

kuching

Borneo
April 3, 2005
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Fair and lovely in Kuching

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Borneo
April 3, 2005
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Fair and lovely at rest

fair and lovely

Borneo
April 3, 2005
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Street food

street food

Borneo
April 3, 2005
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Getting catty in Kuching
(fair and lovely???)

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Cat
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A statue that gives one paws

paws

April 3, 2005
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Selamat datang

selamat datang

Kuching, Borneo
April 3, 2005
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Cats in Kuching

cats in kuching

Kuching, Borneo
April 3, 2005
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Cat's eye

cat's eye

Borneo
April 3, 2005
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kuching

Kuching
April 3, 2005
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In the market

Catnip

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In the market
Kuching
Borneo
April 3, 2005
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Fish

fish

In the market
Kuching
Borneo
April 3, 2005
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Edible ferns

ferns

In the market
Kuching
Borneo
April 8, 2005
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Version 2.0

borneo 2005

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Tamunan, Sabah, Borneo
April 7, 2005
Canon EOS Digital Rebel

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Cloud 9

borneo 2005

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Tamunan, Sabah, Borneo
April 8, 2005
Canon EOS Digital Rebel

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Mulu

Selamat Jalan

selamat jalan

Bon voyage
Borneo
April 2, 2015
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Predation

Predation - reptile style

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Striped Tree Skink (Apterygodon vittatum)
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Predation - Nepenthe style

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Flask-shaped pitcher plant (Nepenthes ampullaria)
Family: Nepenthaceae (Nepenthes - old world pitchers)
Borneo
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Predation - leech style

leeched

Also see Leech
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Leeched!

leech

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Leaking

leeched

April 1, 2005
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Sape

sape

Sape
Borneo
April 4, 2005
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Chick magnet

sape

Borneo
April 4, 2005
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Bob

Umbrella - Borneo style

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Misc

Kiblat

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Sculpture

sculpture

April 4, 2005
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Swastika

swastika

March 29, 2005
Borneo
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Uphalyte

borneo

Oral rehydration
March 29, 2005
Borneo
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Marburg

marburg

Marburg
Borneo
April 9, 2005
Canon EOS Digital Rebel

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Marburg poster

borneo 2005

Marburg
Borneo
April 9, 2005
Canon EOS Digital Rebel

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Landscapes

Along the bank

along the bank

Borneo
April 4, 2005
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River
Borneo
March 25, 2005
Canon EOS Digital Rebel

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On the river

borneo 2005

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Tamunan, Sabah, Borneo
April 7, 2005
Canon EOS Digital Rebel

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In the field

borneo 2005

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Tamunan, Sabah, Borneo
April 7, 2005
Canon EOS Digital Rebel

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Mosque

borneo 2005

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Tamunan, Sabah, Borneo
April 8, 2005
Canon EOS Digital Rebel

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Morning mosque

borneo 2005

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Tamunan, Sabah, Borneo
April 8, 2005
Canon EOS Digital Rebel

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On the water

borneo 2005

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Tamunan, Sabah, Borneo
April 8, 2005
Canon EOS Digital Rebel

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Littoral idyll

littoral idyll

April 4, 2005
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Sunset

sunset

April 8, 2005
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Borneo itinerary - March 20, 2005 - July 9, 2005

- in progress

+ March 20, 2005 - en route

+ March 21, 2005 - arrive Kota Kinabalu
stay at Shangri-La Tanjung Aru Resort, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah

+ March 22, 2005 - Tambunan Rafflesia Center
stay at Shangri-La Tanjung Aru Resort, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah

+ March 23, 2005 - drive to Gunung Kinabalu
stay at Kinabalu Park, Sabah

+ March 24, 2005 - climb Gunung Kinabalu - first half -
stay in mountain house for a few hours

+ March 25, 2005 - early morning wake up complete Gunung Kinabalu climb and descent -
stay in Poring Hot Springs, Sabah

+ March 26, 2005 - Poring HotSprings, drive back to Kota Kinabalu
stay at Shangri-La Tanjung Aru Resort, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah

+ March 27, 2005 - Fly to Sandikan, boat to Selingan Island
stay on Selingan Island, Sabah

+ March 28, 2005 - Boat back to Sandikan, Sepilok Orangutan Rehab Center, 2 hour boat trip -
stay at Sukau Rainforest Lodge, Sabah

+ March 29, 2005 - On the river,
stay at Sukau Rainforest Lodge, Sabah

+ March 30, 2005 - Boat back to Sandakan, tour of town, fly to Kota Kinabalu,
stay at Kota Kinabalu Hyatt, Sabah

+ March 31, 2005 - Fly to Mulu, Deer Cave and bats,
stay at Royal Mulu Resort, Sarawak

+ April 1, 2005 - Longboat to Wind Cave, Hike to Camp 5
stay at Camp 5, Sarawak

+ April 2, 2005 - Hike, (hike to Pinnacles - rained out)
stay at Camp 5, Sarawak

+ April 3, 2005 -
stay at Kuching Hilton, Sarawak

+ April 4, 2005 -
stay at Holiday Inn Damai Lagoon

+ April 5, 2005 -
stay at Holiday Inn Damai Lagoon

+ April 6, 2005 - Drive back to Kuching Dinner with Janet Cox and Bal Singh
stay at Kuching Hilton, Sarawak

+ April 7, 2005 - Longboat to Longhouse
stay at Longhouse Lodge, Sarawak

+ April 8, 2005 -
stay at Kuching Hilton, Sarawak

+ April 9, 2005 - Fly home Kuching to KL to Taipei to SFO

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Related pages

Kinabalu Pix
Rafflesia Pix
Nepenthe Pix
Orchid Pix
Leeches!
Wendy's Borneo Pix

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Created: March 23, 2005
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