Trip Report

IMG 1341 Jim shopping for limes at the market (needed for G & Ts) : 2013 Borneo IMG 1300 We stopped at the local market to pick up things for lunch. : 2013 Borneo IMG 1301 : 2013 Borneo IMG 1304 : 2013 Borneo MG 1307 : 2013 Borneo MG 1309 : 2013 Borneo
IMG 1316 dried fish : 2013 Borneo IMG 1319 : 2013 Borneo IMG 1320 : 2013 Borneo MG 1330 don't know what some of this is : 2013 Borneo MG 1344 : 2013 Borneo IMG 1348 : 2013 Borneo
MG 1354 : 2013 Borneo IMG 1356 : 2013 Borneo IMG 1358 snails : 2013 Borneo IMG 1368 chicken feet : 2013 Borneo MG 1374 fish and more fish : 2013 Borneo IMG 1375 : 2013 Borneo
IMG 1376 : 2013 Borneo IMG 1379 : 2013 Borneo IMG 1381 shrimp : 2013 Borneo MG 1383 : 2013 Borneo MG 1385 : 2013 Borneo MG 1388 : 2013 Borneo
MG 1389 : 2013 Borneo MG 1390 : 2013 Borneo MG 1397 pork butcherer : 2013 Borneo IMG 1399 the head : 2013 Borneo MG 1425 local housing out in the country : 2013 Borneo MG 1439 longhouse : 2013 Borneo
MG 1452 palm nut harvest : 2013 Borneo MG 1453 rice fields : 2013 Borneo MG 1456 more rice : 2013 Borneo MG 1473 coffee : 2013 Borneo MG 1486 luffa : 2013 Borneo MG 1488 : 2013 Borneo
MG 1493 mowing along the highway : 2013 Borneo MG 1501 beans : 2013 Borneo MG 1507 rice harvest : 2013 Borneo MG 1514 : 2013 Borneo MG 1525 : 2013 Borneo MG 1533 palm oil factory : 2013 Borneo
MG 1543 nuts from palm trees : 2013 Borneo MG 1548 our destination : 2013 Borneo MG 1551 small cars : 2013 Borneo MG 1554 our boat to the lodge : 2013 Borneo MG 1579 : 2013 Borneo MG 1582 view from our lodge : 2013 Borneo
MG 1584 : 2013 Borneo MG 1587 : 2013 Borneo MG 1595 boats used for trip to the longhouse : 2013 Borneo MG 1597 loading up : 2013 Borneo MG 1599 Dave, Dana, Felipe and Cameron : 2013 Borneo MG 1606 : 2013 Borneo
MG 1608 former forest before dam was built : 2013 Borneo MG 1616 Carol, Leroy, Steve and Ruth : 2013 Borneo MG 1631 locals traveling the waterways : 2013 Borneo MG 1634 lake signs to our destination : 2013 Borneo MG 1645 more trees : 2013 Borneo MG 1653 local house : 2013 Borneo
MG 1659 a longhouse : 2013 Borneo MG 1663 another longhouse : 2013 Borneo MG 1664 : 2013 Borneo MG 1671 : 2013 Borneo MG 1673 : 2013 Borneo MG 1676 : 2013 Borneo
MG 1679 farming on the side of a hill : 2013 Borneo MG 1681 : 2013 Borneo MG 1683 destination longhouse : 2013 Borneo MG 1684 : 2013 Borneo MG 1685 : 2013 Borneo MG 1687 : 2013 Borneo
MG 1688 longhouse : 2013 Borneo MG 1690 the docking area : 2013 Borneo MG 1694 : 2013 Borneo MG 1701 up we go : 2013 Borneo MG 1706 Matthew introducing us to the longhouse history : 2013 Borneo MG 1709 longhouse common area : 2013 Borneo
MG 1710 drying peppercorns : 2013 Borneo MG 1712 laundry : 2013 Borneo MG 1714 Dave and the Chief : 2013 Borneo MG 1718 open fire cooking INSIDE longhouse : 2013 Borneo MG 1724 our bus driver preparing lunch for us : 2013 Borneo MG 1725 : 2013 Borneo
MG 1727 tatoo of longhouse resident : 2013 Borneo MG 1728 preparing rice wine for us to toast : 2013 Borneo MG 1731 Chief making weloming toast : 2013 Borneo MG 1736 playing music for our enjoyment : 2013 Borneo MG 1745 dancing with kives : 2013 Borneo MG 1749 more dancing : 2013 Borneo
MG 1758 the youngest dancer : 2013 Borneo MG 1761 kids practicing their moves : 2013 Borneo MG 1764 more dancing : 2013 Borneo MG 1768 cute kids : 2013 Borneo MG 1771 Maryann and Jim : 2013 Borneo MG 1772 Cameron and Felipe : 2013 Borneo
MG 1774 Ruth and Steve : 2013 Borneo IMG 1778 Leroy and Carol : 2013 Borneo IMG 1779 Debbie and Jim : 2013 Borneo IMG 1780 Debbie and Jim : 2013 Borneo IMG 1781 Chief receiving our gifts from Dave : 2013 Borneo IMG 1789 awaiting distribution of gifts : 2013 Borneo
MG 1806 Jim buying a blow pipe : 2013 Borneo MG 1808 Matthew and chief checking it out : 2013 Borneo MG 1810 : 2013 Borneo MG 1812 drying rice crops : 2013 Borneo MG 1814 drying rice at longhouse : 2013 Borneo IMG 1817 Matthew prepared our lunch : 2013 Borneo
MG 1821 now for the real blow pipe demo : 2013 Borneo MG 1822 departing the longhouse : 2013 Borneo MG 1823 loading the boats : 2013 Borneo MG 1826 local fisherman : 2013 Borneo MG 1832 farming on the steep hillsides : 2013 Borneo MG 1834 more farming : 2013 Borneo
MG 1843 another longhouse : 2013 Borneo MG 1845 different view of longhouse : 2013 Borneo MG 1847 another view of longhouse : 2013 Borneo MG 1855 : 2013 Borneo MG 1856 : 2013 Borneo MG 1858 delivering supplies : 2013 Borneo
MG 1860 Do we know these people? : 2013 Borneo MG 1865 dead trees from filling the lake : 2013 Borneo MG 1867 more dead trees : 2013 Borneo MG 1872 our longhouse Batang Ai : 2013 Borneo MG 1874 : 2013 Borneo MG 1875 taking a break from building the rock wall : 2013 Borneo
MG 1876 : 2013 Borneo MG 1877 Jim sampling the flowers : 2013 Borneo MG 1883 a dragonfly : 2013 Borneo MG 1886 ferns : 2013 Borneo MG 1888 canopy walkway : 2013 Borneo IMG 1891 see the green snake going up right side of bridge : 2013 Borneo
MG 1896 view of the lake : 2013 Borneo MG 1899 Jim crossing the canopy bridge : 2013 Borneo MG 1909 : 2013 Borneo MG 1910 : 2013 Borneo IMG 1914 bats in our longhouse : 2013 Borneo MG 1915 time to head back across the lake : 2013 Borneo
MG 1918 : 2013 Borneo MG 1919 : 2013 Borneo MG 1920 : 2013 Borneo MG 1923 : 2013 Borneo MG 1935 the dam in the distance : 2013 Borneo MG 1936 the dock to go by boat to the longhouse 45 minutes away : 2013 Borneo
MG 1940 dam : 2013 Borneo MG 1943 dam : 2013 Borneo MG 1962 rubber tree collecting sap : 2013 Borneo MG 1969 more rubber trees : 2013 Borneo MG 1972 more rubber trees : 2013 Borneo MG 1976 walking along the road : 2013 Borneo
MG 1987 orchids : 2013 Borneo MG 1991 pitcher plant : 2013 Borneo MG 1996 more varities of pitcher plants : 2013 Borneo MG 2005 big pitcher : 2013 Borneo MG 2007 another pitcher : 2013 Borneo MG 2008 pitcher hanging on to stick : 2013 Borneo
MG 2028 loading rice onto motorcycle : 2013 Borneo MG 2032 local housing : 2013 Borneo MG 2039 picking something along road : 2013 Borneo MG 2053 more rice farming : 2013 Borneo MG 2058 rice farming : 2013 Borneo MG 2063 : 2013 Borneo
MG 2065 kids coming home from school : 2013 Borneo MG 2080 cemetery : 2013 Borneo MG 2123 head stones : 2013 Borneo MG 2133 longhouse : 2013 Borneo MG 2163 rice pickers : 2013 Borneo MG 2186 local housing : 2013 Borneo
MG 2189 trucks sharing the road : 2013 Borneo MG 2211 farming : 2013 Borneo MG 2213 local housing : 2013 Borneo MG 2216 rice fields : 2013 Borneo MG 2223 more rice fields : 2013 Borneo MG 2243 I hope they have another entrance. : 2013 Borneo
MG 2255 4 on a motorcycle, not legal : 2013 Borneo MG 2307 : 2013 Borneo MG 2299 lots of cemeteries : 2013 Borneo MG 2305 : 2013 Borneo MG 2315 : 2013 Borneo MG 2321 : 2013 Borneo
MG 3059 ripe palm oil pods : 2013 Borneo MG 2503 palm oil harvest : 2013 Borneo