About 1 hour’s drive from Kuching, there is a park called Bako National Park. It is one of the best national parks in Borneo and has a huge variety of animals and plants. We had to drive to the edge of the Sarawak river and then take a boat to get to the park entrance. There, the first thing we saw was a sign warning of some of the dangers in the park.
We followed a very steep and windy path through the jungle. It was really hot and humid.
One of the rarest species in the Bako Park is the Proboscis Monkey. They are very ugly and the males have huge floppy noses. We saw a troop of the monkeys but they move very quickly and are hard to see and this was the best photograph we managed to get.
We also saw some mud skippers which are very interesting because they’re fish which can brieath air. Fish like these were some of the first animals to colonise the land millions of years ago.
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We also saw lots of other types of monkeys and also a very interesting type of pig called a Bearded Pig. They are also quite shy but Dad managed to sneak up on one and take a picture.
The jungle was really interesting to see. There are huge plants and ferns with razor sharp thorns. There were rattan vines which were nearly 100m long.
#1 by Fish on May 20, 2005 - 8:30 pm
Hey izzy,
thee baby turtles sounded sooooo cute!!! i wish i could see them. mudskippers sound really cool, but i’m not so sure about the pig. i think your’e soooo lucky to have missed the geography and history exams. they were like the dullest ever. sounds like youv’e seen loads of wicked animals, take loads of photos. were all missing you in L3, so have a great time!!!
from……………………………………………………………….
THE FISH OF DOOM!!!
PS oops, forgot. not so many dots next time
#2 by Helen Callaghan on May 21, 2005 - 8:53 am
God, Iz, and everyone else,
this all sounds incredible!
I mean i plan to at least to see afke jungle in the zoo let alone a real one!
lucky devils!
Missin’ u loadssssssssssssssssssssssssss
helen
#3 by Xenajean & Jasmin on May 26, 2005 - 3:17 pm
Dear Hannah
We hope you are having a good time, and by the sound of it, you definately HAVE.
#4 by olivia .s and Manal.P on May 26, 2005 - 3:17 pm
I hope your having a lovely time. Manal isn’t leaving our school luckly. Mrs Haynes made us do these lovely art peices.
#5 by Immy and Emma on May 26, 2005 - 3:17 pm
Dear Hannah
We’re writing this from school.We (Immy and Emma)hope you’re having a wonderful time,it sounds like it anyway!the monkeys look sweet even though you can’t see them very clearly in the pictures. Missing you loads.(Emma says hope you don’t get stung by any wasps.Immy says Emma don’t be silly of course she’ll be stung by wasps.)
Love Immy and Emma
#6 by Immy on May 26, 2005 - 4:22 pm
Dear Hannah
we’re missing you loads we like the pictures
especially the cute little monkey
love immy and Matilda
xxxxxxxxxxxxx
ooooooooooooo
#7 by lily jaffa on June 1, 2005 - 7:51 pm
Hi Hannah
I have been looking at your photo album and there are so many interesting pictures. I like the picture of elvis presley. I think he looks like elvis with too.
Wish I could go round the world . My mum is refusing!! I am missing you so much.
Did you cilmb all those big mountains?
enjoy the rest of your world trip
Love Lily
#8 by francesca digby on June 22, 2005 - 6:52 pm
Tis is for izzy
wowie
please don’t get hit by a coconut.
did you know that more people are killed a year by
coconuts than they are by sharks so
whatever you do DO NOT i repeat DO NOT
get hit on the head by a coconut.
Francesca
#9 by Ally on June 25, 2005 - 5:38 pm
Yes,yes I totally agree about the coconut on head thing you should take it more seriously. After all, what would happen if you got hit on the head by one and got covered in coconut milk? Who knows… the world is full of perils