rachel631

If you are going to the jungle, you will need long sleeves or else you will get eaten alive by creepy crawlies (especially at night)....

You are such a legend! Plus it's only an hour's walk/jog from where I am to Long Banga... might not have the time to check it out before my...

If you are going into the jungle, it has it's own microclimate anyway. It should rain 300 days a year or more (that's why its called a...

Don't know if this reply is too late, but I would try Picnic with the Penan, or I would fly to Long Lellang and trek around there, or you...

This is mainly out of curiosity.... I have travelled around and lived in Sarawak, but have never been to Bario. I have been told mixed...

Don't risk malaria. Take the pills if you are going anywhere rural, jungly, or away from the coast. That said, Sarawak and Sabah are more...

I'm a lone woman... lived in the rural areas for 6 months as a teenager, and have returned to do PhD reserach, alone again, in the remote...

Going to Sarawak to see the jungle... OK... ...

Basically anywhere not on the coast has malaria. Bako is on the coast so you should be OK. Everywhere else go... take the meds.

OK... for food, expect to pay in ringgit what you would in pounds... if a cheap B and B costs 25 pounds in the UK, it will cost that in MR...

I know that you can volunteer with turtles etc if you go through the forestry commission, but you would have to apply early. I am also...

I know plenty of people who come here and don't take pills. I also know plenty of people who have caught malaria in the Kelabit highlands...

Where are you trekking, first of all? Just Bario and the surrounding area, or are you going somewhere realy remote?...

There are several aspects to my reply. No, I don't know anyone who has done this whole route, but yes, I know people who have gone from...

Thanks to everyone... am going to Borneo, and have now been told that cholroquine is a big no-no. With my previous severe allergic reaction...