At last, we are on our way to Kinabatangan. We've been sick for the past week and we're still not over it
After we went to Mount Kinabalu we got such a bad case of flu and
We were in bed most of the time. We kept on extending this trip just to get better and today is the last day
that we can extend it to
To still be in time for our flight back to Phuket
So,
let's keep fingers crossed we're getting better
It's about a 5 hours bus ride
to Kinabatangan
So, we're looking forward to it
After a
Six hour bus ride, we've finally been dropped off in the middle of nowhere. Here at Koperasi ...
Whatever
And now we need to go and find the office. They say it's about ten minutes walk
Is the home stay we can stay in but we're gonna stay but further down in
Forest camp I think but this looks like a real
village in the jungle almost
Regardless of the fact that it's right next to the main road
Okay, this was the office
We've done all the paperwork and now off to the jetty
Then a short boat trip
Just around the corner
where our
Forest Eco Resort is
Tanjun Eco Resort
Say again
Something like Tanjung Eco Resort camp
This is the jetty
and the river
Kin... I'm not even gonna try and pronounce it
We have arrived
You're
a working mule, aren't you?
That's what the
That's how your wife supposed to look like
Packed
and carrying
everything
And some birds
After about five minutes walk you get to what seems to be the destination
Amazing, there's even a lake here. You wouldn't expect a like next to
Such a big river, but here it is. Oh, it's beautiful
Thanks Adam. This is a place we want to be for our last time in Malaysia
Our last week in Malaysia.
So what's below?
Toilet and bathroom
Toilet and bathroom downstairs
Sleeping area upstairs
So you have like a bucket
So you will be
bath with the
Oh is it?
We call it mandi
Mandi?
Mandi, yeah.
Alright, so that's how you bath with a bucket
No hot showers
No showers
After three months in Malaysia we finally
Finish it off in an idyllic place like this
A wooden house
in the jungle
really in the jungle. This is jungle, Borneo jungle
You can't really see it clearly but there's a big lake here
The jungle is just too dense for you to see it. You can see the water here as well
And
You have a nice deck overlooking the jungle
And you have some trees here in the middle of the deck. Very nice and a nice
enclosed
sleeping quarters
Two little mattresses on the
wooden floor
Mosquito nets so they're doing the necessary
precautions
But no power
And this is what the jungle sounds like when there are no kids around
There's already three mosquitoes on my ankle, and I've just sprayed myself
Adam our guide for two days.
Hello
And Adam is gonna take us on an afternoon drive on the
What river is this?
What's the name of the river?
Kinabatangan river
Kina-Bata- Ba- Yang-Tang-something
Yeah, something like that
All right.
Kinabatangan river
Say it slow. Kina
Batangan
Is it hard?
Yeah, I don't know. I'm trying, giving my best.
Are you going downstream first? Okay
Looking for the Proboscis monkey
Yeah, we're gonna see the monkey, and then we're gonna look for the elephant upstream?
That's the male neh?
We eventually got to see the proboscis monkey during our boat cruise.
We observed these unique monkeys for quite some time
free-falling between the trees
We unfortunately we're not able to capture them on camera as our current equipment is not adequate for up and close nature shots
However, here are two photos we borrowed just to show how the male and female differ from each other
The longer and bigger the male's nose, the more attractive
The females are the ones with the short pointy noses
Look at look at that stomach
And we got to see the proboscis monkeys and some other monkeys
The jungle in the night
And now all the night sounds come through
Frogs and all sorts of insects.
Beautiful
It's by no means connected to the main river
They call it water spinach
There was a papaya
as well
and chicken
Can I show you what I'm eating?
You have two bananas
Fried rice and
chicken
vegetables and two bananas
Tomorrow night there will be more people, but now it's just us. One happy family
And this is what you get walking through the jungle. A leech
And that's how you know there's monkeys up in the tree
You here all the stuff falling from above
These are piles of wood
I at one stage thought it is for
a nice
midnight barbecues
or
New Year's Eve parties
Something like that
There is another one
But they're actually here for
when the elephants come and
They use it
To kind of repel the elephants
Nice big fire.
Elephants
seem to not go hand in hand
This is the nickerball bug.
Looks like a nickerball. It tastes like a nickerball
We don't eat it, daddy.
Oh
But it has one little trick up its sleeve
You give it time
You just see feet, so the first time it does that, you
jump off your chair, but it's such a gentle
insect
But it has a lot of feet
Daddy, can I give it some help?
Time flies when you're having fun
Three months in Malaysia has passed in the blink of an eye
We really had such an amazing time exploring Islands, jungles, cities and exotic foods
But the best must be the people of Malaysia
Welcoming and so kind
Thank you for making our trip so memorable
Back to Kuala Lumpur and once again we were mesmerised by the shiny skyscrapers.
We were entertained right until the end
So our time in Malaysia has come to an end.
We have just arrived at Kuala Lumpur Airport, and we are off to
Phuket
What are you staring at?
Just put the camera off!
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