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 Girl, Mabul island, Borneo.  Baby vervet monkey at the Batu caves just north of KL  Horseman, Borneo  Contestant at the beauty pageant, Kota Belud, Borneo  Bull racing at the annual festival, Kota Belud, Borneo. This was mad! They did warn the audience to stand back as the bulls have a tendency to get a bit excited and can run into the crowd  Horseman, Borneo  The owner of a sea shell shop on Mabul island.  Horse race during the Kota Belud festival, Borneo, followed by horse-back musical chairs and a horse-back tug-of-war!  Baby vervet monkey at the Batu caves just north of KL  Dancers resting at the Kota Belud annual festival on Borneo  Beauty contestant at the Koat Belud annual festival, Borneo  Dancers at the annual festival in Kota Belud, Borneo  Little boy at a gymkana, Borneo  Monsoon approaching Manukan Island  Little girl at a festival, Kota Belud, Borneo  Dancers, Kota Belud festival, Borneo  Beauty pageant, Kota Belud festival, Borneo  Beauty pageant, Kota Belud festival, Borneo  Mabul island, Borneo.  Beauty pageant, Kota Belud festival, Borneo  Monsoon rains out to sea in Tanku Abdul Rahman Park  Clear waters off the shore of Sipidan Island  The jagged peaks of Mount Kinabalu.  View at sunrise from the summit of Mount Kinabalu, SE Asia's highest peak.  Mount Kinabalu from the air.  Boys on a fishing boat, Sandakan harbour.  Fish buckets, Sandakan harbour.  A female orangutan with her baby, Sepilok orangutan rehabilitation centre.  A female orangutan, Sepilok.  Harlequin frog, Kinabatangan, Borneo.  4 metre crocodile on the banks of the Kinabatangan river.  Tarantula, night trekking in the Kinabatangan region, Sabah.  Blue eared kingfisher, Kinabatangan river, Sabah.  Male proboscis monkey, indigenous to Borneo. You may notice that the males bask in the glory of a 24hr erection, probably why they are rarely seen in zoos.  Clear waters around Sipidan island  Poisonous catterpillars, I had just put my hand on this tree by accident, several hours removing spines ensued.  River crocodile, Kinabatangan.  A young male orangutan in the wild. We saw him less than an hour after setting up camp at the start of a 3 day camping trip in the jungle. There are only 30 in the area so we were very lucky.  A rare lantern bug.  Dark eared frog, Kinabatangan, Borneo.  Sharp snouted frog, Kinabatangan, Borneo.  Pig tailed macaque, Sepilok, Borneo.  Little boy, Mabul island, Borneo. This is the island where I stayed while diving Sipidan.  Boys, Mabul island, Borneo.  Boy, Mabul island, Borneo.  Children, Mabul island, Borneo. Half the population of this island is under 6.  Boys, Mabul island, Borneo.  Mabul island, Borneo.  Mabul island, Borneo.  Mabul island, Borneo.  Twins, Mabul island, Borneo.  Dark eared frog, Kinabatangan, Borneo.  My first foray into underwater photography, I think I could get hooked. I borrowed the divemaster's camera and took a few shots of the sea turtles. We saw 20 just on this one dive off Sipidan island.  Green turtle, Sipidan Island  The pinnacles, Mulu National Park, Sarawak  Green tree lizard, Mulu National Park  Carnivorous pitcher plant, Mulu National Park, Sarawak  Tabun tribal tattoo, Kuala Medalan longhouse, Sarawak  Mabul island, Borneo.