Borneo attack fish

In the foothills of Mt. Kinabalu you must be weary when crossing streams and rivers by foot. Something lurks beneath the surface...

An evening on a river in Borneo

Our first critter hunt... southwest Borneo. On the lookout for monkeys... your average run of the mill macaques to your big honkin' proboscis monkey. We hired a boat and took a cruise down a river near Kota Klias. The monkeys are interesting, but the river we choose is also known for a type of firefly which swarm in the thousands on certain trees. What makes these unique is their apparent ability to communicate and flash in unison as if they are all operating as one organism. And then of course Borneo has some crazy critters of the amphibious sort. Me: "What the f*$# is a crocodile doing in that tree above us", Guide: "The crocs stay in the water. The water monitors are in the trees". Yeah that's right, not only do you have to mind your arms hanging over the sides of the boat in Borneo but 7ft lizards can climb trees. Christ! And apparently the adult monitors grow up to 9ft.

Critters in the sky

Cambodia is known for its critters of all sorts. Lizards scurrying up restaurant walls, spiders in the hotel room as well as the serving plate, and those critters that fly. This great nation has a lot and lots of bats, and not merely those kinds of bats that people find camping out in their attic or the kind they may see chasing down fireflies in the setting light at dusk, but bats of a much larger breed. Cambodia is home to the largest type of bat in the world... so damn large and furry it is called the flying fox. Bats of such girth have no need to hide, nor do they feel the need to maintain any type of routine schedule. When you are a bat this big you hang out in the open in broad daylight and do as you damn well please.

Fish massage

Dangle your toes... if you dare.