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elephants, orangutans and hornbills – oh my!: cruising on the kinabatangan

elephants, orangutans and hornbills – oh my!: cruising on the kinabatangan

By na-o-mi on 19 March, 2012 in Asia, Borneo, Malaysia

It was Monday, and I was dumbstruck. Now, you and I both know that Mondays suck. No matter how much you might like where-ever you wind up at the beginning of the work-week, it still marks the end of the weekend and the resumption of drab responsibilities. Any other Monday, I might …read more

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it’s official: i’ve survived the jungle

it’s official: i’ve survived the jungle

By na-o-mi on 1 March, 2012 in Asia, Borneo, Brunei Darussalam, Malaysia

So what happened in Borneo? Oh, y’know, just: – finally getting SCUBA certified – …and diving one of the most famous dive sites in the world – …and seeing massive sea turtles, whitetip sharks, moray eels, stingrays, giant groupers, neon frogfish, camouflaging cuttlefish, lionfish, stonefish, and octopi (just to name a few) …read more

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the next adventure: finally tackling the jungle

the next adventure: finally tackling the jungle

By na-o-mi on 12 February, 2012 in Asia, Borneo, Malaysia, The Philippines

El Nido, the Philippines So, that next test I briefly alluded to in the last post? Well, I better hope that I’m really over my broken leg, because I’m about to tackle much harsher terrain than the city streets of Japan… Third largest island on the planet. One of the oldest rainforests …read more

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