Articles, posts and photographs featuring wildlife from around the world
Photograph of a yak staring at the Himalayan mountain range There’s something I really like about animals that are staring off at some object. It makes me wonder if they are thinking about something, or just staring. This picture of a Yak staring at a mountain from my Everest Base Camp trek is one such example. …
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– Since this post, I’ve been to EBC and other treks in Nepal several times. In fact, I’ve written many guidebooks about all Nepal between then and now! This post is in its original format from my first trek to Everest – I hope you enjoy it. If, however, you are looking for up to date …
Continue reading “Everest Base Camp Trek Day 9 part 1: Encounters with Himalayan Tahr in Nepal”
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– Since this post, I’ve been to EBC and other treks in Nepal several times. In fact, I’ve written many guidebooks about all Nepal between then and now! This post is in its original format from my first trek to Everest – I hope you enjoy it. If, however, you are looking for up to date …
Continue reading “Everest Base Camp Trek Day 8 Part 1: Snowed in at base camp! And, yak love”
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What’s the solution to protecting, and seeing wildlife today? I’ll be the first to admit, I thought Sabah Borneo would be a lot less touristy than it is. I also thought it would be a lot more adventurous when it came to seeing wildlife. I think I was wrong on many assumptions, ideals, and the …
Continue reading “Wildlife conservation: Is there a solution to protect the world’s wildlife?”
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Proboscis monkey feeding time Lunch at the Labuk Bay Proboscis monkey sanctuary is a little below par. The prices are higher than Sandakan, as one would expect at a resort. But the food was not near resort quality. Not that I know much about resort quality food. But this was a little bland, a little cold, …
Continue reading “Spending time with the proboscis monkeys of Borneo”
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How to get to Labuk Bay Proboscis Monkey Sanctuary “Labuk Bay, in Sabah, Malaysia: ‘It’s the only place in the world to see the Proboscis monkey’” So wrote the author of the torn out pages of my guide-book. I think what they meant to say was that “Borneo” was the only place to see such a …
Continue reading “When Alpha males mate, Labuk bay’s adult education tour”
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Well prepared for the Orangutan this time Afternoon at Sepilok, a time to let the tourists back in, and a time to watch Orangutans up close. I met a Primate researcher who was working there and we discussed a little about the pro’s and con’s of tourists and the rehabilitation centers ability to run without them. “Without tourists there’s …
Continue reading “Face to face with the queen of Orangutans in Sepilok, Malaysia”
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