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Enchanting Borneo

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The island if Borneo comprises the Malaysian states of Sabah & Sarawak, the tiny but  independent Sultanate of  Brunei and the huge Indonesian Province of Kalimantan. Although much deforested with large oil palm estates, it is so large that it is still a treasure house of natural beauty and diversity, particularly in the mountains, some [...]

Ferns of Kinabalu: An Introduction

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The Kinabalu flora includes about 5000 species of vascular plants, of which some 12 percent are ferns. They occur from the lowest elevations to the highest and in every conceivable habitat, are common as terrestrial species and as epiphytes, and not a few are found mostly on rock outcrops. The first fern specimens from [...]

Kinabalu; The Haunted Mountain of Borneo

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Enriquez’s short account, ‘Kinabalu-The Haunted Mountain Of Borneo’ requires only a brief introduction in that it is a succinctly composed record of an expedition to Borneo in 1925, made principally to collect zoological specimens. This was when Borneo was a far-away land of orang-utan and headhunters, savagery and piracy and when (under the British [...]

Sabah: Land of the Sacred Mountain (3rd ed)

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Explore the magical cloud forest of Malaysia’s first World Heritage Site, Kinabalu Park. Hike in the world’s oldest rainforest in the Lost World or walk across treetop canopy 40m above the ground. Search for the world’s largest flower, the largest pitcher plant and smallest orchid. Release baby turtles in the sea after dark on [...]

The Hugh Low Trail: The Quest for the Historical Trail to the Summit of Kinabalu

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’7th March. At 9 A.M. this morning the mercury of the barometer stood at 27,174, the thermometer being 76deg. in the shade. At noon I packed up and notwithstanding the great fatigue of the preceding day determined to push on towards the great mountain…..One of the tribe has agreed to guide us to the [...]