Sunday, August 22, 2010

Gunung Mulu National Park, Borneo



After a one-hour morning hike I decided to take a swim and because Albert didn't want to get his feet wet, he became the official photographer.


These trees have no roots. The roots cannot take hold in the very superficial soil of the jungle, so the tree gets its nutrients and is supported in an erect position by these tentacle-like projections.


The Fast Track & Lagong Caves


Water dripping from the cave ceiling created this caldron, the water shimmers in the light.


Pretending to touch a stalactite.


We met a journalist who was updating the Lonely Planet Borneo book.

Limestone formations inside the Lang Cave.



The Deer Cave has the largest cave passage in the world - over 1.2 miles in length and 570 feet high. Two to three million bats swarmed out through the largest cave opening in the world in gigantic clusters for their nightly feeding on insects. This is why there weren't any mosquitos! The dark area in the center of the picture is just part of the cave opening.



Two of the multiple number of swarms that come out.