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... how absolutely mesmerised we were by these incredible creatures. This is perhaps a worrying testament to how detached we've become to all this "wild"life. There must have been a time, many years ago, when these were simply our neighbours.<br><br>Batu Puteh<br>After a few days in the wildlife lodge we went further upriver to visit the Trekforce project I worked on 5 years ago and was delighted to see it has become a great success. The oxbow lake that was once ...

... didnt see too much on this occassion - some monkeys and a large swimming monitor lizard. We then had a fairly quiet evening and watched the sunset and had a walk along the pier and the beach.<br>The following morning we did a walking tour of the village with the guide and were met by lots of friendly local children and dogs. The dogs were lovely - the only problem was that as they live in sand and dont have their claws clicked when they ...

... in colour, as seems typical of rainforest rivers where frequent rainfall (the clue's in the name!) means a constant wash of dirt and debris into the water. KJC is a lovely secluded lodge, remote from anywhere and everywhere, a collection of wooden buildings on stilts surrounded by dense jungle. We met the owner, Robert, who told us that last week a group of about 40 pygmy elephants had been in the area &#8211; we were sad to have missed them ...

... next day we had our Jungle Trip with Uncle Tan's Wildlife Camp. <br>We got a taxi out to the Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre. We headed along the track to the viewing platform with Sarah as giddy as a five year old with an icecream! She couldn't wait to meet Rangi's cousins (her childhood soft toy). Suddenly there was all this excitement. A baby orangutan had climbed down the trees and jumped onto somebody! We headed back up the path to have a closer look, and Sarah managed to ...

... hornbills, more hilarious proboscis monkeys and macaques. Because we were on a boat, we were able to get quite close to the elephants and saw a number of babies. The crocodiles were a bit too close and quite scary, especially when they disappeared underwater and you didn't know where they were going to surface. The proboscis monkeys look like aged British rockers with their orange spiky hair, 'dark glasses' and white pot bellies. <br><br>We also went on an extremely hot ...

... Uncle Jim told us all about my 5 new cousins who have all studied in the UK and are now all doctors back in Malaysia. Uncle Jim has read the Qu&#8217;ran 972 times, how do I know the exact numb** &#8230; Uncle Jim has logged them down in a little black book which he shown me. All of his clothes w**e from Paris except his bag this was from the US and he is wealthy owning not one but Two sports cars!! And to prove his wealth he whipped out a huge stash of crisp bank notes from his ...

... figuring out how to loose. We made plans for the next day and headed off to bed. And it rained. 05/08/09 We were up before the chickens this morning and had the opportunity to see the Gibbon in a tree behind the guest house. The other group staying in the guest house was from the Discovery Channel and they had been looking for the Gibbons all the day before and here they were in their backyard. Unfortunately they had gotten up extremely early that morning and went in search of ...

This was a definite for us to come and see. It is the Sepilok Orang-utan Rehabiltation Centre (S.O.R.C.) and is the largest place in the world where Orang-utans are cared for. Basically these apes are becoming endangered due to deforestation for planation crops and logging. The centre takes care of and rehabilitates baby-tans that are orphaned as a result of their injured or in most cases the loss of their mother. Locals end up keeping them teathered or caged and it is ...

... to steal bananas from the platform. They succeeded afew times which may be because the orangutans were full up. Also saw a random balck squirrel that ran along the rope that the orangutans used to get from the canopy to the platform. It saw all the monkeys, got confused and ran back. Quite a show although the orangutans weren't bothered by this display.

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