We survived! Maintainence work on the trails by Supu. Running from Fire Ants during a night trail and feeling the burn of the ones that caught us. Catching a Firefly and staring in wonder at its little battery powered arse! Running through leaves covered in leeches and then picking the little suckers off our ankles and feet. Wild thoughts whilst staring out into the trees and listening to the steady rhythm of the jungle whilst everyone else around you is sleeping. The ultimate bucket shower- by the river at night under the stars. Heaven.
The highlight? Climbing a steep and very dangerous trail to an enormous bat cave, filled with thousands of bats. The sound of their wings flapping so loud it resonated through the huge cavern. We crept nervously through the pitch darkness and a massive monitor lizard suddenly ran in front of us provoking yelps, jumps and screams all round. Suddenly the flapping got so loud we stopped in our tracks. Fikri exclaimed
" They are coming!"and we were off, legging it out of the dark batshit covered limestone walls of the cave and emerging back into the bright emerald rainforest.
We then climbed higher and higher, visiting two other incredible caves filled with bats and ancient tribal coffins before ascending to the top to gaze at the jungle and Sungai Kinabatangan hundreds of feet below us.
Borneo!
( and for good measure, a pic of us with Cyril and Mariani, awesome and hilarious foster parents!)
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