Flawed-Democratic Federation of Malaysia
Malaysian Borneo
Sarawak aka Land of the Hornbills
Jalan Chanel Sibu 23
New Hong Kong Hotel +6084319168
Clean double room with air-con for MYR 40.- or US$ 11.30 per night.
Click below for an interactive road map of the New Hong Kong Hotel in Sibu, which we would recommend, and for directions:Listening to local environmentalists and learning that the Western fad for biofuel, using crops as a substitute for fossil fuels, is the latest accelerator of
"Cut and move on
Take out trees
Take out wildlife at a rate of species every single day
Take out people who've lived with this for 100,000 years -
Inject a billion burgers worth of beef -
Grain eaters - methane dispensers...
Take out trees
Take out wildlife at a rate of species every single day
Take out people who've lived with this for 100,000 years -
Inject a billion burgers worth of beef -
Grain eaters - methane dispensers...
If a tree falls in the forest does anybody hear?
Anybody hear the forest fall?"
Taking a red-and-yellow Proton teksi from downtown Sibu to the Sungai Antu long-distance bud terminal (MYR 13.- or US$ 3.70) and being good-naturedly shanghaied into the Freesia express bus (one-way ticket MYR 10.- or US$ 2.80 per person) from Sibu to the trading settlement Tatau upon Batang Tatau.
Click below for more blog posts about Borneo's rainforest
26 Sep - 04 Oct 2013 Sintang (Kalimantan)
11 Jul - 01 Sep 2013 Kuching (Sarawak)
07 Jan - 10 Jan 2012 Kuala Tahun (West Malaysia)
14 Sep - 16 Sep 2009 Mulu (Sarawak)
09 Mar - 12 Mar 2012 Bukit Lawang (Sumatra)
Click below for a summary of this year's travels
26 Sep - 04 Oct 2013 Sintang (Kalimantan)
11 Jul - 01 Sep 2013 Kuching (Sarawak)
07 Jan - 10 Jan 2012 Kuala Tahun (West Malaysia)
14 Sep - 16 Sep 2009 Mulu (Sarawak)
09 Mar - 12 Mar 2012 Bukit Lawang (Sumatra)
Click below for a summary of this year's travels
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