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Days 101-106: Kinabalu

June 25th, 2005

Before heading to the steamy jungles of Borneo, Marcus decided it was time for a haircut. With $2 clippers from the supermarket in hand, he began to craft his masterpiece. It was not long before he realized that something wasn’t quite right. So he asked Kel for help, and it wasn’t long after that we realized something had gone horribly wrong…
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Malaysian Borneo Map

June 20th, 2005

Here’s another map for your viewing pleasure (not very large this time). We landed in Kota Kinabalu this morning and plan to travel by surface to Kuching with a likely visit to Brunei.
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Day 100!

June 20th, 2005

100 days on the road! What better way to celebrate than with some yam milk bubble tea. Those of you near a Chinatown may want to give it a shot – it’s like liquid cotton candy. Yum!

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Days 84-99: Peninsular Malaysia

June 18th, 2005

Upon arriving in a new country, our first order of business after clearing immigration is to find an ATM and get some cash. So after entering the terminal in Kuala Lumpur we headed straight for the first ATM we saw. We stood in line behind a couple of gents who seemed to be a bit flummoxed by the ATM. We knew we had to abandon our plan when they started shoving coins into the various slots in the ATM…
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Days 94-97: Taman Negara Critters

June 17th, 2005

Spent a few days hiking around the Taman Negara National Park. There are rumored to be over 800,000 species of insect in the park, but most of them were hiding. Here are a few we caught.
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Peninsular Malaysia Map

June 16th, 2005

Here’s a fairly high-res map of peninsular Malaysia taken from our guidebook. We added some boxes around the places we’ve been. Be warned that it is about 500kb in size and may take a bit to download. We’ll leave it up until the guidebook threatens to sue us.
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Days 84-93: Malaysian Critters

June 16th, 2005

A few pics of interesting critters from the first 10 days on peninsular Malaysia.
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Days 71-82: For Good Luck

June 2nd, 2005

This blog entry is rated “IM” and may not be suitable for mature audiences. Our apologies to grandparents and parents (with the possible exception of Dennis).
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Indonesian Critters

June 1st, 2005

Here are some Indonesian critters that didn’t make it into previous blog entires.
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Maps

May 25th, 2005

Some folks have told us they could use a map. We haven’t found a single map that shows all of Indonesia with enough detail to follow the trail, but there are some good maps at the U. Texas Library website:

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/indonesia.html

In particular, the clickable map at:

http://www.seasite.niu.edu/indonesian/indonesian-map/indo-map-fs.htm

allows you to zoom in to maps of Nusa Tenggara with a lot of detail.

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