Borneo

June 25, 2014
Viewing Wildlife on the Kinabatangan River

Viewing Wildlife on the Kinabatangan River

The Kinabatangan River is one of Borneo’s most accessible places for viewing wildlife. Hornbills sit in high branches along its banks and white egrets rest closer […]
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June 6, 2014
Celebrating Gawai, the Harvest Festival in Borneo

Celebrating Gawai, the Harvest Festival in Borneo [photos]

Celebrating Gawai, the Harvest Festival in Borneo   When we received an invitation to Gawai, or the Harvest Festival, we didn’t know exactly what to expect. […]
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November 3, 2012

Journeying to Kalimantan to visit the Orangutans [photos]

To the world it is known simply as Borneo. The third biggest island in the world. Home to the famous gentle man of the jungle—the orangutan. […]
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May 19, 2011

Jungle Trekking in Mulu National Park

By Stephen Bugno The highlight of many visitors trip to Borneo, and the reason for coming at all, is Gunung Mulu National Park. Mulu holds the […]
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May 17, 2011

Photo from the Road: Kota Kinabalu Night Market

  If there were a capital city of Borneo, it’d be Kota Kinabalu. KK, as the city is known, is a great base for exploring Sabah, […]
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May 16, 2011

Niah Caves National Park

By Stephen Bugno Niah Caves aren’t the biggest in Malaysia, but they may be the most interesting. Don’t get me wrong, the caves are enormous, likely […]
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May 9, 2011

Wildlife on the Kinabatangan River

By Stephen Bugno My first orangutan in the wild “You’re quite lucky,” our guide says from rear of the boat. “This is a good start.” It […]
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April 4, 2011

Why I’m going to Borneo

By Stephen Bugno It was October 2005. I had arrived on foot in Leon, a city in northern Spain situated along the Camino de Santiago. One […]
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