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Lunch was ready for us and knowing that I’d be in the jungle for the next 2 days .. I, a Malaysian .. proved myself right. I pigged out on the food prepared. Good thing lunch was prepared for 18 people, so the portion I took was insignificant. Hehehe. Eh, you can’t blame me cause you never know what stuff they cook for you in the jungle! Maybe insects .. maybe some edible species of rodent! I was preparing myself for the worse, you see.

After lunch, the trip will only begin at 2:30pm. I got really restless because of the 2 hour gap that was there, so I slept for a while in the hall on the sofa. Should have left the packing for the stay in the jungle at this time rather than the night before. Speaking of which .. I packed enough to survive 3 days in the jungle. Wouldn’t make any sense to bring all my stuff into the jungle and risk it being stolen by macaques. It’d be funny to see how monkeys might attempt to operate a Compaq Presario now, wouldn’t it? So I leave it with one of the staff, at his place which was beside the river. Oh wait .. we’re not there yet.

2:30 pm came and so did the mini bus. In Sabah, the mini bus is actually a non-airconditioned van is somewhat infamous for their driving. Well, the one they hired to bring us to the river was all right. Though, there was this one point where the driver just stopped the van by the side of the road halfway through the journey to the river and paid his friend a visit. Hmm.. We arrive about an hour later to 2 white boats waiting for us. Oh, this part was where I left my bag with one of the staff of Uncle Tan’s Wildlife Adventure.

Saidi’s the one who’s handling the boat, and the other guy’s name was .. _____. :)

It was actually a 15 minute boat ride, but the boat ride into the would also be a tour in itself so it took an hour to get to the camp.

One of the first wildlife that we saw. The foreigners were saying,”It’s a pig!” I went, “No, it’s a wild boar.”

On the boat ride, you actually keep a look out for wildlife on your own. Of course, the boatman would have a more trained eye in looking for animals so he’d be the one bringing us closer to the animal and letting us know what we’re looking at. Of course, I’d know all the names of the animals in Malay… like .. the babi hutan above .. and monyet!

Wha-sup?

Personally, I’ve never been taken in with monkeys … but for some strange reason the boatman kept stopping to look at monkeys. Then I came up with the conclusion that the sight of monkeys in the wild is something rare for foreigners and would appeal greatly to their wildlife adventure. I was complaining,”Tengok monyet lagi. Boring ah..“

I shot some of the smaller, less obvious wildlife.

A dragonfly

Some plant that was sticking out of the water.

Just as the day was getting late, we arrive at the camp. The journey involved weaving through trees. Here’s what I call a back-to-the-future shot! Hahaha.