Category:Travel

Entrance to Clearwater Cave. For an idea of the scale, look at the concrete path and stairs in the lower right corner! Mulu, 1989.
January 31, 2013

Daily Photo – Entrance to Clearwater Cave, Mulu

The photo below is a view of one of the entrances to Clearwater Cave. You can get an idea of the scale by noticing...

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The crew and a fellow passenger on the boat I took for the 75-mile ride from Marudi to Long Terawan on my way to Mulu in 1989.
January 29, 2013

Daily Photo – Tutoh River Taxi Revisited

The answer is in the photo below. At some point in this boat's history the owners obviously decided to do away with the advanced...

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I took this longboat for the 24 miles from Long Terawan to Mulu, the last 4 on the Melinau River. The guy in the brown shirt was my guide.
January 28, 2013

Daily Photo – Melinau Longboat

I'm reasonably sure this photo was taken on the Melinau because the river is so narrow (comparatively). All-in-all it took me a day to...

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This was the boat I took for the 75-mile ride from Marudi to Long Terawan up the Batam Barang and Tutoh River on my way to Mulu in 1989.
January 27, 2013

Daily Photo – Tutoh River Taxi

Clearly the boat had seen better days. The windshield and side glass had long since disappeared. I wondered if in fact they had been...

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A raft of logs headed downstream on the Batang Baram. Most likely at Marudi. 1989.
January 26, 2013

Daily Photo – Log Jam

This is all well and good until a log escapes. You might not be able to see it in the image below, but at...

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Three riverboats sit at the jetty on the Batam Barang in Sarawak. Note the spare propellors lashed to the deck on each boat. 1989.
January 25, 2013

Daily Photo – Batam Barang Riverboats

Three riverboats sit at the jetty near the mouth of the Batam Barang in Sarawak. With the survey over and the equipment shipped out...

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