Kinabatangan

We spent 3 days in the Kinabatangan jungle. It was a good time, and we met some great people. The Kinabatangan is a rapidly depleting jungle here in Borneo due to the ever growing 'palm oil' plantations. It is a bit sad really, because a number of species are becoming extinct (or dangerously close) because of the loss of their homes. We tried our best to capture some of these animals on film, and on the odd occasion we succeeded.

This is Jillenes twisted vine 'thingy' tree...
Here is a Proboscis Monkey (please don't check our spelling on all this!) jumping in between trees. We got to view some great acrobatics while doing rivers treks in the AM.
Here is one sitting still... You can't see it too well. But they have huge noses. The males more so than the females...
And a lizard...
The very rare 'king of the jungle'...
A Kingfisher. Interesting note, we didn't have to zoom in for this picture. This was during our night jungle trek and they won't fly away because their totally blind at night. Only if you touch them...
A fresh water prawn.
This is where we slept...
These were my trekking boots! Everyone wore rubber boots, I think they were all suckers. They would get stuck in the mud and guess who came to the rescue! Everyone thought I was crazy, but I think I got the last laugh.
Our group.
I think I have something on my shoulder.
Our favorite picture of all!
And our second favorite! A scorpion.
We saw lots of other things during these 3 days which we weren't able to capture on film. Crocodiles of various sizes (up to about 3 meters long), more Orang-Utans. A bearded pig, a huge Tarantula the size of my hand, and the worlds second smallest frog, and apparently the worlds more poisonous spider (don't worry, it's bite can't break human skin). The Kinabatangan trip was great and for sure a highlight of our Borneo journey...