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Malaysian cities, even in Borneo, are totally modern, comfortable, and boring. So we return to the jungle for adventure. A bus ride carries us most of the way, past huge coconut and palm oil plantations that swallow Malaysia's rainforests. It's a depressing fact that the bus must carry us for many miles before we can reach a park reserve. We find one on Borneo's northern tip, near Sandikan. |
No access roads means any jungle adventure begins
with a boat ride and ends at a muddy disembarkation.
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Now we know why Bako National Park built a boardwalk
- without one it's a hard slog through knee deep mud and slippery vegetation.
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Pitch the tent on raised platforms, plug roof holes
because it rains at night, and fend off monkeys with a big stick.
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