Day 13 A day at Danum Valley

Up at 6 a.m. this morning for a canopy walk.

The sun was just rising up through the trees. 

The canopy walkway was a bit more sturdy than the one in Mulu

No sign of any orangutan but we saw a few birds and had some lovely scenery 

The plan for the day is for 4 different walks. I have rebelled and am not doing the one after breakfast! Breakfast, by the way was excellent.

Neil went on the first portion of the walk with half of the group. A real trek through the jungle, including our first sighting of a leach! The swimming pool was lovely but contained some nibbley fish.

Seeing another millipede and wild banana on the way back.

The remainder of the group walked up to the view point that we can see from the restaurant, they had their swim on their way back.

I caught up on the blog, sat on our balcony enjoying the warmth, listening to the birds in the trees and to the insects. Saw some red leaf monkeys in the trees as well. 

After lunch and bit of a siesta we went on another guided walk and managed to see an orangutan. His name is Lexi and he's around 12 years old (identified from Neil's pictures.) We were very lucky to see one, the Danum Valley covers 438 square km and reckon that there are 800 to 900 orangutans in the area.

Spotted that Neil had a leech on his shirt. Quickly flicked off by one of the guides ..eek!!

We walked back in the rain (seems usual for this time of day here) with some thunder thrown in for good measure! 

We'll need to dry out our damp clothes as tomorrow we make the 6 hour drive to Sandakan where we spend our last night in Borneo.

We had a leisurely pre dinner beer whilst catching up on the blog and watching the rain.

Steak and cold roast potato salad, which seemed a bit odd but tasted good!

There was some after dinner entertainment, which eventually managed to perform when the rain abated.

Followed by a photo opportunity!

before heading to bed.