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This dry riverbed hints at the force of the water that rushes through here after a storm. Gunung Mulu National Park. 1989.

Daily Photo – Dry Riverbed

The day after we watched the bats stream out of the Mulu caves my guide took me to Deer Cave. On the way we passed this dry riverbed. I was quite surprised

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As dusk arrives, the bats of Mulu emerge from the caves and head out to feast on the insects of the surrounding jungle. 1989.

Daily Photo – Bats of Mulu at Dusk

As the sun disappeared below the horizon we turned our eyes back to the hills, watching and waiting. And then we started to see the bats of Mulu take flight.

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Hanging out, waiting for the sun to set and the bats to fly, a light shower drifts across the hills of the Gunung Mulu National Park casting a rainbow as the sun dips to the west. 1989.

Daily Photo – Mulu Rainbow

Waiting for the sun to set and the bats of Mulu to take flight, mother nature treated us to this wonderful rainbow as a shower drifted across the hills.

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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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A longboat motors up a river in the Gunung Mulu National Park. 1989.

Daily Photo – New Arrivals

From high on a hillside we had a great view down onto the river and the new arrivals coming upstream. This photo was taken in the Gunung Mulu National Park in 1989.

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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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