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BOD
21-12-2006, 10:28
Made what will probably be my last trip for 2006 in Borneo before leaving.

Went to a semi-deserted place, in swamp forest on the rive. Most of the young people went down river to work in the oil industry and now there are 4 houses left (not shown except one on the other side of the river

Longhouse (very short longhouse)
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i154/BOD_photos/Trips/KBLonghouse.jpg
Ruai (verandah)
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i154/BOD_photos/Trips/Verandah.jpg
House and outhouse
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i154/BOD_photos/Trips/KBhouse.jpg
Fallen sago palm
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i154/BOD_photos/Trips/DSCN1873.jpg
Sago processing - the pith is placed on the mat , sieved and then it is rinsed in the trough and collected at the other end of the trough (not shown)
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i154/BOD_photos/Trips/Sagoprocessing-1.jpg

These guys came paddling by. Nice to not see outboard motors

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i154/BOD_photos/Trips/KBboat.jpg

One of the houses on the other side of the river

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i154/BOD_photos/Trips/DSCN1859.jpg

Thought you might like to see these thorns. They break easily on side pressure but if you lean back :aargh4:

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i154/BOD_photos/Trips/KBThorn.jpg

I came across a man with these Budgie sized parrots (called serindah in Standard Malay seripas in Brunei Malay). The photo does not do justice to their iridescent colours

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i154/BOD_photos/Trips/KBserindah.jpg

The caged birds are the ‘decoys’ to lure their wild kin to join the feast (Nestum – a baby cereal). The capture method is a leg snare or a sticky sap site on perch)

The birdman
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i154/BOD_photos/Trips/KBBirder.jpg

Saw 3 helicopters on a scrap heap on the way back -does anyone know what type they are? Observation bubble on the port side?
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i154/BOD_photos/Trips/KBhelo.jpg

dommyracer
21-12-2006, 12:14
Made what will probably be my last trip for 2006 in Borneo before leaving.

Where are you leaving for Bod ?

BOD
22-12-2006, 07:55
Going to live in Kuala Lumpur, West Malaysia the Malay Peninsula. I will still come back to Borneo from time to time

Same company but will be living in a city and will miss having miles of forest at my back door and a river at almost my doorstep.

Still it will be an opprtunity to devlop the craft part of my bushcraft