|
|
 | |
| Borneo 2001 - an adventure in text, images and sound. Please come in! Sit back in a comfortable chair and relax. Enjoy the images and listen to the sounds of Borneo! We hope you will like it as much as we did when we were there. Beware of the leeches though. There might be one under your chair! | |
| |
I. Brunei |
 |
|
|
We had just arrived to Brunei when the first "disaster" happened. One of
our backpacks was missing! It was a nervous first night before we got to know
that it had arrived on a later flight. We had to stay one extra day in
Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei's capital, to wait for the bag. Looking back,
it was not a bad thing. Brunei was a friendly, relaxed country and we
enjoyed our stay very much.
|
||
| II. Miri | and around, July 24-28
  |
|
|
We left Brunei by bus, going southwards along the coast to Miri in Malaysia.
Miri was a lot busier place than Brunei and suddenly we had to worry about cars on the
streets again; the pavements were just too full with things from the shops.
We stayed only one night in Miri before continuing south to the small but
comfortable Lambir Hills National Park, and the day after that to the big
and spectacular Niah Caves.
|
||
III. Kelabit |
|
|
|
We returned to Miri for one more night before taking a Twin Otter aircraft to
Long Banga in the outskirts of the Kelabit Highlands. Here we arranged two guides
to take us to Bario, 60 kilometres to the north.
At first, the trek took us along an abandoned logging road, and
later on a muddy rainforest track between longhouse villages.
It was wonderful scenery and wonderful people everywhere!
|
||
| IV. Dive | safari, August 6-12
 |
|
|
From Bario we flew back to Miri and then on to Kota Kinabalu and Tawau, where
a person from a dive safari agency picked us up. After staying a night in Semporna, we boarded a
boat for a three-day journey
to paradise. Our best memories are from the famous Sipadan island. Although a bit
crowded and a visibility that suffered from a recent storm the diving was great, with
lots of fish and green giant turtles.
|
||
| V. Additional information |
||
|
• Maps of Borneo • Photography and recording equipment used |
||
| Thank you for joining us on the trip. We welcome you back again. Anytime. | ||
 Peter |
 Dimi |
 Nicklas |
| |||