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Borneo - River cruises
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One of the activities that I enjoyed when I was in Costa Rica was the river cruise and when I was planning this adventure, I wanted to make sure I did a couple of them and the Kinabatangan River did not let me down, except they are never long enough. The early morning is usually the best time of day when animals are feeding and it hasn't gotten too hot. We saw proboscis monkeys on almost all of the cruises, egrets, kingfishers, a few red leaf and silver leaf monkeys, lizards and saltwater crocodiles. There were probably a lot more birds that I could barely see, even with my binoculars. I really hoped to see elephants and while I didn't get to actually SEE the elephant, we saw proof it was in the vicinity and I do have an audio, and honestly, that was still pretty cool.
You really aren't guaranteed to see anything, so I feel lucky that we saw as many proboscis monkeys as we did, and that big crocodile, and the egrets are so graceful.
Lizard on the beach
Dusk on the river
Egrets
Saltwater Crocodile
Elephant poop - it's not glamorous, but it's proof
P.S. I managed to publish this before I finished it, but it's finished now. Because the Moai and related sites are protected, you can't wander around most of the areas on your own, you need to be in the company of a guide and always bring your national park ticket (except in the Tahai). The cool thing is the ticket gets stamped and it's a nice souvenir. We saw so many things and I'm sure I'm not going to get everything right or identify everything, but I'll try. We first went to a site with some recreated dwellings and even a chicken coop and learned how they were created and how building materials were repurposed when necessary. At Akahanga we saw many toppled Moai and some topple top knots (those are the red stones). In some cases, Moai were toppled because the people lost faith in their gods, in other cases it was because of fights between the different clans. They were originally built between 1200 and 1500, give or take a hundred years or so. toppled Mo...
I'm a little behind in the old blog posting, frustration with the keyboard and some long nights precluded me from focusing on writing. In an attempt to get back on track before my trip to the Lake District and Yorkshire are too far in the rearview mirror, I'm going for some low-hanging fruit, or perhaps I should say, low-hanging cheese. I normally don't take pictures of food unless there's something interesting or different (don't get me wrong, I THINK about food ALL THE TIME), but given the locales and some of the food, I took many pictures. I'm going to write this and then get some dinner. no need for Plan B Unless there's some kind of food emergency, I try to stay away from food I can get at home, like McDonald's, Burger King, Pizza Hut, Starbucks, etc., and eat 'local' (to an extent, as we all know from my travel book Oh, You're a Vegetable , I can be a picky eater). I made an honest effort to try things I haven't tried before,...
I must apologize, I feel like I've been away for a while, but it's not because I've been shirking my responsibilities. I left beautiful, but windy, Scotland to head to the Thames Valley, and my friends in Bracknell. I was looking forward to some down time for this day and a half, and our traditional Indian meal. On Sunday, we went to see my friend's daughter, and my friend as well, and her family for a fish and chips dinner. We had enough chips to feed an army, or Bob's chickens. Yes, I found out my friend started keeping chickens in the back garden. I never officially met the girls. But I did hear the, quite loudly one morning. I didn't have anything planned, but my friend and I went into Windsor on Monday, and watched the guards march to the castle. We also took a brief river cruise on the Thames. That night we ate too much at our Indian dinner, but it's so hard to choose between rices and naan bread options, and then of course, you have to have a pudding....
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