Daily Photo – Deeper into Clearwater Cave

February 2, 2013
Travel

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In the photo below we'd progressed further into the cave and were about to lose sight of the mighty entrance we'd passed through. You can see a set of wooden stairs to the right of the frame. The movement of the torch held by the man behind the railing hints at the exposure length. Since I didn't have a tripod I must have braced my camera against a rock formation or another railing.

Daily Photo – Inside Clearwater Cave

February 1, 2013
Travel

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It was here that I made a mistake I was to repeat several times in the caves - I stepped off the path. The material on the floor in front of me is tens of thousands of years accumulation of bat and swiftlet droppings - a big steaming pile of bat shit! I didn't realize that till I stepped off the path and my foot started to sink into this soft, gooey material. As I said, I made that same mistake several times!

Daily Photo – Entrance to Clearwater Cave, Mulu

January 31, 2013
Travel

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The photo below is a view of one of the entrances to Clearwater Cave. You can get an idea of the scale by noticing how tiny the 3~4 foot wide concrete footpath, stairs and railing in the lower right corner.

Daily Photo – Gunung Mulu National Park

January 30, 2013
Landscape

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Low cloud fills a valley in this photo taken in the Gunung Mulu National Park while another layer of cloud shrouds the ridge leading to Mount Mulu.

Daily Photo – Tutoh River Taxi Revisited

January 29, 2013
Travel

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The answer is in the photo below. At some point in this boat's history the owners obviously decided to do away with the advanced steering system and replace it with a manual one. I really didn't think about it at the time but looking back now I think these guys managed to scrape together enough money to buy a derelict hull and bolt a new(ish) outboard to it. Hey Presto - people will now pay us to ferry them up and down river!

Daily Photo – Melinau Longboat

January 28, 2013
Travel

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I'm reasonably sure this photo was taken on the Melinau because the river is so narrow (comparatively). All-in-all it took me a day to get up-river from Miri to Mulu. Sometimes it takes longer if the boats get delayed, the river's low or you can't find a longboat to charter. Through my contacts in Brunei, I had everything arranged for me in advance so my boat changes were planned and I was expected.