There are two standard ways to commute in Mulu. One way is by foot, the other is by boat. But many trips require both.
In the photo below my guides are taking me out on the river to to get to a trail that leads up into the hills to a viewing point from where we would watch the bats fly out at dusk.
This is the same boat and same guides that brought me to Mulu from Long Terawan (and that would return me to Long Terawan two days later for my return trip. Unlike the Boat Boys, our longboat had an outboard motor so we didn't have to pole it along the river. That would have taken much longer. I guess the Victorian explorers used canoes of some sort to navigate the river. That must have taken huge effort, especially when headed upstream, and must have been a comparatively slow process. On the other hand, they wouldn't have had a ticket for a flight in a few days time and would not have had the time pressures we put ourselves under today.
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