Off to See Orangutans
After visiting the crowded cities of Macau and Hong Kong we’ve decided we want to see nature. And not just any nature, we want to see wildlife and habitats that are becoming increasingly scarce! So we’ve decided to head off to the island of Borneo, the third largest island in the world, and see what our very distant relatives the Orangutans are up to!
Apart from seeing the friendly Orangutans, we hope to see a few other primates (it is only one of 2 places in the world where there are 10 species of primates in one forest), visit the beaches where sea turtles lay their eggs, and enjoy the lush jungles and wildlife that Borneo has to offer (and hopefully not get killed by malaria 
or captured by the many pirates in the seas). Unfortunately a lot of this wildlife might be gone soon, as palm-oil plantations and illegal logging continue to destroy the habitat needed to support them.
We’ll hopefully have a new laptop by then, and if internet access is any good in the hotels we will try to upload videos of our travels while there.
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Pls don’t copycat the info from US that oil palm plantation is forcing Orangutan from the jungle. I know because I’m from Malaysia. Even the experts in Wildlife knows that it is not true.
Why don’t you search on the net and see for yourself the destruction of virgin jungle caused by soy bean plantation !.
I guess we’ll have to go see for ourselves won’t we
After all, there are both legal and illegal plantations of all kinds. Even the Amazon is being destroyed by logging and illegal plantations.
I’d say, out of all the places we visited, that Borneo was my favorite. Cheap, fun, etc. We visited Semmengoh, which is just out of Kuching, and you get REALLY close to the orangutangs - who, by the way are NOT in cages, like they might be at other places.
You might also enjoy Mulu, with it’s huge caves, and millions of bats that stream out of them, Bako for it’s scenery and hiking, and a river cruise (well, it’s a small motorboat) that goes up the river by Kuching.
Have fun!
That’s definitely what we’re looking forward to!
When are you guys going to Borneo? I want to see how that place looks like!