Category:Travel

Selamat Datang - Welcome! Our riverboat approaches the landing at Kampong Bukit Linei on the Tutoh River. A couple waits to board for a trip down river either to Marudi or to Kuala Baram and Miri while other villagers look on. Still curious as to why the "Slow Down" sign is in English. All the boat drivers I encountered were locals. The shack is a fuel depot for the longboats of the community.
February 23, 2013

Daily Photo – Selamat Datang

The shack on the landing is a fuel depot for the longboats of the community. What I still fund curious is that 'Slow Down'...

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Soon Hong No. 7 sits at the jetty at Long Terawan as passengers board for the trip down river to Kuala Baram via Marudi. 1989.
February 22, 2013

Daily Photo – Soon Hong No. 7

Just like those bigger riverboats, the Soon Hong No. 7 carried a spare drive shaft and propeller. I still don't know how they would...

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Another section of flowstone from one of the show caves in the Gunung Mulu National Park. I remain intrigued by the calcite curtain that appears to be growing up from the floor in the bottom of the photo.
February 21, 2013

Daily Photo – Last Mulu Cave Photo

This photo was taken close by the location of yesterday's flowstone photo. One feature in this photo that I remain curious about is the...

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A 5 meter tall flowstone. Gunung Mulu National Park. 1989.
February 20, 2013

Daily Photo – More Flowstone

If I were shooting this today, I'd try to get a person or something else in the shot to provide some scale. I'd also...

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Mulu Flowstone. A 5 meter tall flowstone. Gunung Mulu National Park. 1989.
February 19, 2013

Daily Photo – Mulu Flowstone

The photo below is of some flowstone in a cave in Mulu. Flowstone is formed from calcite where water flows down a wall. As...

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As you near the exit of Deer Cave in Gunung Mulu National Part you get this view that looks like Abraham Lincoln's profile. It's an entirely natural rock formation that only looks like this from the one angle.
February 18, 2013

Daily Photo – Lincoln’s Profile at Deer Cave

As you walk around a bend in the trail on your way of of Deer Cave, you're presented with this profile of Abraham Lincoln.

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