Malaysia, Borneo, Brunei Photos!

This is a view from inside one of the houses in the water village in Brunei. This particular house was pretty amazing but they are not all this nice.















This is a view from our boat tour of the water village in Brunei. It's pretty neat to see all these houses in the middle of the city all along the river. Most people have boats to get them where they need to go. There is even a shell station for them to fuel up their boats.
















These are some of the people i was traveling with to Brunei. From left to right, Laura, Andy, and Ash all from England. The guy in the center is named Danny. He is somewhat famous. There is a section in the lonely planet guide that mentions him as being a helpful tour guide in Brunei. Sure enough he greeted us at the bus station and asked us what we needed. Brunei is a dry country so he was also able to tell us where to get some beer.




















This photo didn't come out quite the way I wanted but it is a view of Mt. Kinabalu. This is the highest peak in Southeast Asia. It stands at just over 13,000 feet.
















Here is a photo of our group at Uncle Tan's. The guys in the front our the staff and the people in my group are in the back. The camp was alot of fun and if you enjoy wildlife I highly recommend it to anyone.
















This isn't the best photo but this is the picture of the wild orangutan and her baby that we spotted. I used the Digital zoom to get a little closer so the quality isn't as good. I hope this picture will give you some appreciation for what i saw.
















Here is another shot at the sanctuary. I think this was one of the baby's swinging to the platform to get some food.
















This is at the Orangutan Sanctuary. There are ropes all throughout the forest that help guides the Orangutans back to the feeding platform. They know exactly when to come and eat. These particlar Orangutans do live in the wild but most are pretty dependent on the food given to them. There are some that when released into the wild never return for the feeding. It's part of the gradual process to re-teach them the skills to survive on their own. It is very touristy but still pretty need to see somewhat wild Orangutans.















These are some more monkey photos. These are the long tailed macaques at the Orangutan Sanctuary. They pretty much just hang around so they can steal food from the Orangutans at feeding time. They are honestly the funniest things to sit and watch. In a matter of about 5 minutes they go from hitting each other, to biting each other, to picking stuff out of each other's hair to screaming at each other and then mating with each other. They can get pretty aggressive so you can't get much closer than i was here. Most people look at them as pests but i think they are hilarious.















This is from the Cameron Highlands in Malaysia. It is a tea plantation. The only time i've ever seen anything so green and so perfectly manicured was my dad's front lawn.

Me and Ed, a guy i met from England flexing in front of the Petronas Towers. When we flex the ocean becomes a bead of sweat on our arms!