[Sepilok, Malaysian Borneo] Here it is in writing – V has promised that we never have to go to another rain forest again… EVER! Unless of course it’s a 5 star lodge with air-conditioned trails and our own personal assistant to follow us around swatting mozzies. In fairness, this has been by far the best jungle experience we have ever had and can highly recommend Uncle Tan’s. The staff are friendly and knowledgeable (this makes the biggest difference compared to Mulu), accommodation basic but good and the food more varied than expected. River safaris are also, in our opinion, the only way to see a rain forest (okay… zip-lines are cool too… combining them would be awesome).

This mornings 6am River safari was good too. V spotted an Orang swinging majestically along before disappearing in the leaves and we got to watch some Silver Leaf (with wicked hairstyles) and Red Leaf monkeys launching from tree to tree. Also got up close to a 3m croc on the way back to the jetty – swimming here would be a bad idea!

After the transfer back to civilization V and I spent the rest of the afternoon at the ops base camp soaking up the Internet and abusing the shower. It still seems nuts to us that our room here has aircon but the showers are cold water only. Oh well. When in Sepilok…

[Pictures: The PC’s at ops base are locked up tight. Won’t even let you connect a USB stick – so no pics yet]

UPDATE
Sylvie was kind enough to upload and provide a link to the photos they took at Uncle Tans. You can view them by clicking here

– Posted from my iPhone via WiFi