Sarawak (Borneo) - somewhere lost in the jungle!

Well I have made my way to Borneo (actually not correct as the Malaysian part is now called Sawarak in the South and Sabah in the North). So the first part of my trip, which ends today, I spent with my dad and 10 other people trekking through Mulu National Park and visiting one Iban Longhouse, situated right next to the river.
On our first 4 days of our trip in Sarawak we visited the Mulu National Park, which offers a great variety of natural treasures (limestone stalactite caves, where we could watch millions of bats departing for their nightly feast; a lush rainforest; rivers, where we had to push our boats a few times due to low running water). Arriving at the Mulu National Park Headquarters we made our way to Camp 5, a 2 hour boat ride and a 2 hour fairly easy hike. The following day we had the opportunity to climb to a viewpoint, making it possible to watch the "Pinnacles" a cliffy and sharp limestone formation ( a very steep and slippery 7-hour hike, where we also had to climb over ladders).

The Pinnacles I

The Pinnacles II

This is how we got there

After we got back to Camp 5 it was all about resting our sore legs and muscles, and therefore we took a swim in the nearby river.
When we got back to the Mulu NP Headquarters we had the chance to encounter millions of bats leaving the caves for their daily feast, something very fascinating to watch as it was always thousands of bats together leaving their place.

For the second part of our trip in Sarawak we visited an Iban Longhouse, where we stayed with local Ibans (an ethnic group originating from the Indonesian part of Borneo, called Kalimatan). The first night we had the chance to taste their locally brewed rice wines, join in their local dances, listening to their music and learning from their local and traditional knowledge and beliefs. The next day we went for a hike to a nearby waterfall, passing hill-rice plantations, pepper plants and rubber trees. The second half of the day we spent at the longhouse or the nearby river, cooling off our bodies.

Right now we are in Kota Kinabalu, getting ready for the second part of our trip (now we are in Sabah, in the north of the Malaysian part of Borneo) leading us to the top of Mount Kinabalu, several hot springs, a jungle encounter, visiting an orang-utan sanctuary and a turtle island.