Borneo Bound

The very first pre-departure notebook I put together for Zegrahm Expeditions was for Borneo. I wasn't exactly sure where Borneo was, but I knew it was one of the most remote and exotic places anyone would ever want to travel to. I soon learned everything there was to know about Borneo, spending almost a full slow week researching way more than I needed to about the third largest island in the world covered in some of the most primitive forest on Earth. And so it is with great pleasure and anticipation that I announce that Peter and I will be headed to Borneo for three weeks. We leave on Saturday and I can't say I've been this excited about anything (except maybe the birth of my second nephew, Lincoln) in months and months. The Philippines has been great, but the national parks scene here leaves much to be desired. Borneo is the place to be for birds, rainforest, volcanoes, caves (remember that scene in Planet Earth with the mini-mountain of guano inside the cave? That was Borneo), and some of the best diving/snorkeling in Southeast Asia. When we found tickets for around one hundred bucks each roundtrip, we just couldn't resist. Cross your fingers for orangutan, jungle elephant, and rhino sightings, though even a hornbill or two will make our trip worthwhile.