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All Creatures Great and Small #30

All Creatures Great and Small #30 Butterflies Borneo is the home of 1000+ known species of butterflies of which 81 species are known to live on Borneo alone. Libiki Bamboo Resort (LBR) is located in Bau, Sarawak, a newly developed resort area. 183 species of butterflies were found in this

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September 20, 2022 No Comments

Tribute from Sarawak to Brunei

Tom’s Note: These codified taxes were written in 1736. The names of the Sultans of Brunei and their reigns do not follow the spellings or the order of Sultans given elsewhere. In the former days, when Brunei ruled the greater part of Sarawak, a special department was set up to

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September 12, 2022 No Comments

Bisaya Fables

Some Bisaya Folk Lore The scene of this story is the Klias Peninsula situated on the west coast of North Borneo opposite Labuan Island. After crossing the beautiful beach with its palm trees there is a huge swamp with a tangled mass of impenetrable mangrove, nipah and sago. It is

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September 8, 2022 No Comments

Bidayuh

Land Dayaks of the Sadong District Sarawak 1936 Tom’s note: This is a long one, so grab a cup of tea and enjoy!  The Sadong Dayaks say they came over from Dutch Borneo about 18-20 generations(according to Western observers, a generation is a time from birth to reproductive age, 20

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September 4, 2022 No Comments

Rail Roads Coal and Infrastructure in Kuching

Tom’s note: This account about the infrastructure of Sarawak is probably one of the most unintentionally hilarious histories of the times of the Second Rajah Brooke.  Coal Outcrops of coal existed at Silantek and along the Sadong river. Mr St John was dispatched to explore the coal findings. However, he

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August 31, 2022 No Comments

What ? No Sri Vijaya ?

What? No Sri Vijaya Toms Note: This is a condensation of a 53-page essay written by Liam Kelley and published in China and Asia in 2022. I requested Dr Kelley to review the manuscript, and he added minor corrections. Contact me if you want the whole essay. George Coed’es, a

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August 24, 2022 No Comments

All Creatures Great and Small #29

Zygogynum New Species from Sarawak A new species of Zygogynum thought to occur only on the eastern side of the Wallace line, has been discovered in Sarawak. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-022-10041-4 Tiger Leeches Soil moisture is the main feature governing the locations of leeches. Tiger leeches were found in lower elevations, while Brown leeches were

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August 21, 2022 No Comments

Teochew Temple in Kuching Centre

The Hiang Thian Siang Ti Temple in Kuching Many thanks to John Tan for his kind assistance in helping me understand the Chinese temples. The Hiang Thian Ti temple, on Carpenter Street, was first built in 1863 by the Teochew immigrants as a house of worship for the Deity of

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August 17, 2022 No Comments

Niah Bats

Tom’s Note: Probably one of the most awesome spectacles of the natural world is watching the bats leave the great cave at Niah. You must plan a trip for those who have not seen the show! 300,000 Bats  There are seven species of bats in the large cave at Niah.

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August 1, 2022 No Comments
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