Borneo — Lisa's (& Steve's) Travels

Borneo is the third largest island in the world, and the largest in Asia. We explored only a small part of the state of Sabah (Malaysian), on the northern end of the island, The island is shared by Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei.

Our first visit was to the Rainforest Discovery Center where we quickly spied some neat inhabitants -

That Giant Squirrel had a tail much longer than its body -

Steve wanted to show just how big this Pitcher Plant was -

The Borneo Sun Bear Rehabilitation Center had some endearing members -

These are the smallest bears in the world, and there are less than 500 left in Malaysia. Our guide told us that each bear has unique chest markings…

… and I noticed as they walked, their large curved claws caused them to shuffle along with their paws turned inward.

As we left the center, a large wild Orangutan was moving away right in front of us!

Steve captured this video (open the email in your browser by clicking the link at the bottom of the post)…

… and I got some neat closeups…

… including before he started “walking” away -

Later that same day, we visited the Sepilock Orangutan Rehabilitation Center, where we enjoyed watching youngsters in the “nursery”…

… and marveled at the length of their arms, and the size of their hands and feet -

At another feeding station, this guy caught my attention…

… because most of the apes kept one appendage holding onto a rope or vine, but he seemed very comfortable actually walking around on his legs -

Later this same day, we went back to the Rainforest Discovery Center for a night walk, and were treated to Red Giant Flying Squirrels putting on a show -

Our guide said this was really unusual because normally they’re active after dark…

… but the ‘golden hour’ lighting was gorgeous on them…