Day 4 we were still at the Kinabatangan River. We had and early rise at 6am for another river boat ride. I think the only big species we had not seen after the first boat ride the night before was the orang-utan. And finally we saw one. The highlight however was the little mangrove snake (not coral as I had identified earlier). Jarrah unfortunately had woken up with a little fever but still came out on the boat ride and slept through most of it.
The next activity after breakfast was a hike. Ben and I went on the “long” hike to the oxbow lake. It was about a 3 hour trip through lots of mud puddles so again we had to wear gum boots. This time, Ben found a size that fit him so he didn’t have to go barefoot. We were still underdressed in our shorts however somehow were lucky enough not to get a leech on us – the guy in front who was all rigged out, managed to get five or so on him in one shot! So the lesson was that in a hike with leeches, always say at the back.
Aunty Jill, Uncle Vijay and Dad had a short hike with Max who showed them lots of things on a shorter walk. Dad found lots of greens that he used to collect from his jungle home.
Went on another boat trip in the afternoon, much more relaxed since we had seen everything already!! But we did get a good glimpse of orang-utans and the funny probiscus.
No one wanted to go on the night hike, so we all retired – very tired.
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