by Danielle | Dec 14, 2020 | Blogging
Borneo is home to 13 species of primates including orangutans and the Proboscis monkey, although orangutans are technically apes, not monkeys. The easiest way to differentiate between apes and monkeys is that apes are normally bigger in comparison, have larger brains...
by Danielle | Jul 2, 2019 | Blogging
Imagine a place in the Far East where the rivers are home to pirates and traders. The land is covered by dense jungle and foreign animals watching you from the darkness. Where the weather is hot or dry, or hot and wet, and the humidity always suffocating and...
by Danielle | Jul 2, 2019 | Blogging
This is an Iban Headhunter. Iban is the biggest ethnic group in Sarawak. Living in the jungle hunting is done by blowpipe and poison darts. What happens if they catch you? They cut off your head, smoke it and hang it in the house as a sign of strength. Luckily it’s no...
by Danielle | Jul 2, 2019 | Blogging
Sarawak Cultural Village is based at the foothills of Mt Santubong about 45 mins from Kuching. It is a great representation of the main different ethnic groups in Sarawak. Iban, Orang Ulu, Buduyah, Penan, Melanau and Chinese. Visit each house and meet the people...
by Danielle | Jul 2, 2019 | Blogging
Just an hours drive outside of Kuching city is Annah Rais Longhouse. Home to over 70 families of the Bidayuh tribe the longhouse traces it’s origins back over 100 years. I happen to visit only a couple of days after the Gawai (Rice Harvest Festival) so it was very...
by Danielle | May 2, 2019 | Blogging
I’m so excited to introduce you to my adopted orangutan, Holland with OFI Australia. Holland had a rough start. The loss of her mother and the burns on her hands when she arrived at OFI tell us of her tragic past. It appears she was captured, and her mother...
