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Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo

26th November 2009

Day 5 - Canopy walks & forest critters

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Day 1 - Miri

Day 6 - Kota Kinabalu

Day 11 - Mt Kinabalu to 3276m

Day 2 - Gunung Mulu

Day 7 - Sepilok

Day 12 - Mt Kinabalu Summit

Day 3 - Camp 5

Day 8 - Kinabatangan River Camp

Day 13-14 - Mamutik & Kinarut

Day 4 - The Pinnacles

Day 9-10 - Sabah Tea Plantation




The day starts with a return 8.8km hike from Camp 5 to Kuala Litut.

The advanced stages of a strangler fig take-over...



The host tree has completely rotted away and the strangler fig has all the support it needs...


 

The moths and butterflies found their sustenance in the strangest places, I found this chap gorging itself in a shoe that was too unpleasant to bring into the room...

 

After a quick lunch it was off to world's longest tropical canopy walk (480m) many metres above the jungle floor...

Alan...

Clive...

Clive

There were some furry friends up there too... pygmy squirrels that barely stood still long enough to focus on (how many more excuses can I make up for blurred photo's?)...

There were some less furry critters up there too... a juvenile pit viper waiting for lunch to wander by... I was curious why Henry our diminutive guide hadn't joined us for this bit...

Back on the ground, time to check out the flared buttresses that supported the trees we'd been walking between up top...

A little fungus action...

Bromeliads on a vine...

A rather impressive stick insect... about 18 inches long...

For a national park renowned for its wildlife this chap was probably the most surprising thing I saw...



Day 1 - Miri

Day 6 - Kota Kinabalu

Day 11 - Mt Kinabalu to 3276m

Day 2 - Gunung Mulu

Day 7 - Sepilok

Day 12 - Mt Kinabalu Summit

Day 3 - Camp 5

Day 8 - Kinabatangan River Camp

Day 13-14 - Mamutik & Kinarut

Day 4 - The Pinnacles

Day 9-10 - Sabah Tea Plantation



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