Showing posts with label Indonesia Tourism-Borneo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Indonesia Tourism-Borneo. Show all posts
The story of a 1983 journey to the center of Borneo, which no expedition had attempted since 1926. O'Hanlon, accompanied by friend and poet James Fenton and three native guides brings wit and humor to a dangerous journey.
"Ye Gods, old man--don't do it!" you're bound to shriek on page 1 of this hilarious travelogue, on which the author lists the hazards that may befall him--vipers, cholera, crocs, ticks, tuberculosis, malaria, rabies, and 1,700 types of parasitic worms among them. After all, portly, over-the-hill London Times literary reviewer Redmond O'Hanlon hasn't done anything more aerobic than flip the pages of a book for decades; he wasn't even a Boy Scout. It's hardly reassuring that his colleague, poet James Fenton--who had the big idea to trek in Borneo--was a Boy Scout. He hated it, and besides, aged, balding Fenton, whom O'Hanlon describes as rather worm-like, sounds like he's a likely lunch for a swooping black eagle.
"Ye Gods, old man--don't do it!" you're bound to shriek on page 1 of this hilarious travelogue, on which the author lists the hazards that may befall him--vipers, cholera, crocs, ticks, tuberculosis, malaria, rabies, and 1,700 types of parasitic worms among them. After all, portly, over-the-hill London Times literary reviewer Redmond O'Hanlon hasn't done anything more aerobic than flip the pages of a book for decades; he wasn't even a Boy Scout. It's hardly reassuring that his colleague, poet James Fenton--who had the big idea to trek in Borneo--was a Boy Scout. He hated it, and besides, aged, balding Fenton, whom O'Hanlon describes as rather worm-like, sounds like he's a likely lunch for a swooping black eagle.
But on they trod--with the much-needed help of three Iban natives and an unseen, though oft-quoted river god--through jungle, across rivers whose height may rise seven feet overnight, and via native villages (where they often have late-night parties), with one goal in mind: seeing the fabled Borneo rhino. Fenton is nearly swept away in a whirlpool, they subsist on jungle-worm gruel, and ripping off sucking leeches is a near-daily occurrence, but cultural and natural insights and adventures abound in this rip-roaringly funny and deftly written travelogue that will have you chortling out loud. --Melissa Rossi
Wake deckside to the whoops of gibbons on your orangutan-spotting trip, Tanjung Putting National Park Find out what Queen Elizabeth gave the sultan who had everything at Brunei's lavish Royal Regalia Museum. Jostle garrulous crowds at a Kuching market for some nuttle, stir-fried jungle fern
First edition, with more research time than any other guide: 110 days in-country, 50 detailed maps, 35 jungle adventures National Parks color section covers where to spot elephants, monkeys and the enormous, pungent rafflesia flowers. Specialists discuss local markets, the best Malaysian cuisine, ecotourism and conservation
First edition, with more research time than any other guide: 110 days in-country, 50 detailed maps, 35 jungle adventures National Parks color section covers where to spot elephants, monkeys and the enormous, pungent rafflesia flowers. Specialists discuss local markets, the best Malaysian cuisine, ecotourism and conservation
A Borneo forest tropical rain forest with some of the flora and fauna are similar to the Amazon jungle. Examples are the Irrawaddy Dolphin, anaconda snakes and some rare animals that exist only in Borneo and the Amazon. Natural life in the Amazon forest and not far different from the forests of Borneo. Damp, muddy, swampy, and there are small lakes which are rich in wetlands typical life. The rivers in Kalimantan, which is similar to adding the Amazon River similarities between Borneo and the Amazon forest.
