Tag:Boat

Committed

Daily Photo – Committed

At this point in time, the diver is committed. Not as committed as a sky diver at a similar point, but he can’t go back now.

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Family Business

Daily Photo – Family Business

Showing your kids the ropes is a staple of the family business, but perhaps this guy is taking the concept a tad too far.

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Blackfin Sundowners - Sailors moored for the night enjoy the early evening as the sun starts to set. Somewhere near Kota Kinabalu, 1989.

Daily Photo – Blackfin Sundowners

I titled this shot ‘Blackfin Sundowners’ for somewhat obvious reasons – the prominent Blackfin on the sail of the largest boat and the fact that the sun is setting.

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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.

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 have gone about changing that mid-river.

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A longboat heading downriver in the Gunung Mulu National Park. 1989.

Daily Photo – Heading Downriver

The trail we were following to get to our bat flight viewing experience ran close to the cliff edge in places as you can see in the photo below, of a longboat heading downriver.

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One way of commuting around Gunung Mulu National Park is by longboat. The other way is by foot. Those are your choices. Mulu, 1989

Daily Photo – Commuting in Mulu

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.

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