Sepilok Borneo - Seeing the Orang Utans
The entire motivation for going to Borneo was to see the orang utan (Malay for person of the forest). People have asked why (why do I do anything really?) and I guess it's because I find them just amazing animals, they are endangered and I wanted to have an experience. Seeing wild animals is really different in reality compared to what one plans, which may seem obvious, but I like to hear myself talk. The odds were pretty low that I would be hiking in the rainforest and come across an orang utan, so seeing them in a rehab center and the sanctuary was still amazing and captivating. At the Sepilok Orang Utan Rehabilitation Centre you can see animals that may have bene orphaned or injured in the wild and if possible, they will be nursed back to health and released into the wild, others will remain at the Centre. On the other side of the centre is a sanctuary where orang utans can come and go as they wish, maybe coming in for feeding, but if they are getting food on their own, they ma...