A Proboscis monkey warning another group not to get too close.
Amelie and Smilla marvel at a rhinoceros beetle fished out of the bushes by our guide.
Dragonflies: Borneos native jungle helicopters.
The beautiful butterfly called 'Indian Leaf'. If you look at it from the side - with closed wings - then it is perfectly camouflaged - like a leaf.
Annette with a very tall ghost insect.
Now it gets exciting: An orangutan mother and her young appear suddenly. Nothing separates us from them. Just stay calm.
Miri: Harbour street lights mingle with the last daylight, and illuminate a fisherman's stilt house.
My daughter Amelie with a walking leaf on her hand. Above her forefinger and middle finger the head, eyes and mouth parts of the absolutely fascinating insect are visible.
Around noon in the Niah Cave. What you fortunately do not smell: It stank horribly of bat poo.
We have guests at dinner. This time a Japanese oak silk moth.
A centipede after a rain shower.
Brunei: Everywhere we are friendly greeted with 'Hello, welcome to Brunei', also by these three schoolgirls.
Note: Meanwhile we distance ourselves from Brunei, as homosexuals are threatened by death penalty since 2014.
Brunei school boys clandestinely dealing stickers.
Brunei: Evening hike through Kampong Ayer, the largest stilt village in the world.
Note: Meanwhile we distance ourselves from Brunei, as homosexuals are threatened by death penalty since 2014.
Gigantomania pure. The Empire Hotel is reminiscent of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.
Note: Meanwhile we distance ourselves from Brunei, as homosexuals are threatened by death penalty since 2014.
Visit to the orangutan habitat. Sometimes you have to be patient before the animals can be seen. This is not easy for Smilla. She bridges the waiting time with her soft toy 'Utan', which she lovingly nestles to her chest.
An Orang Utan mother with offspring cuddling in the wild.
Borneo: It often seems to be gigantic here: Smilla with a leaf, picked up at the roadside.
In the middle of one of the largest caves in the world, Deer Cave in Mulu. About two million bats live here and it smells correspondingly strong. Annette and the children are standing on the right in the flashed clearing.
In the absence of a book of destination, we baptize this wondrous creature we meet in Mulu's rainforest, 'Batman Caterpillar'. Later we learn that this caterpillar belongs to the subfamily Lasciocampidae.
We're in luck! Deep in the rainforest near Mount Kinabalu we are shown the largest flower in the world: the Rafflesia. It grows at altitudes of 500 to 700 meters and blooms only every 12 to 15 months for 4 to 7 days and is considered very rare.
A male angled head agame in the Mulu rainforest.
Pure natural fascination - in Borneo you don't have to spy around in the treetops with binoculars to spot exotic animals, the next tree does - and the children can go on a journey of discovery themselves. For example, we discover this tiny Argiope spider that uses the flexion of a leaf to spin its web.
My jungle favorite! The so-called planthooper. When I saw it the first time, I thought 'That's a little flower blossom'. But suddenly it moved away. I couldn't believe my eyes! These guys move fast, and are hard to capture. And they're small! A bit bigger than a thumb nail.
Malaysia offers so-called homestay programs. You can stay in Malaysia and get to know and participate in everything you like. That's what we did with Jayantha's family. Here, Jayantha pulled a long net through this bay - and a while later we can peck our dinner out of the meshes.
One of the many encounters with Malaysian families - here on the night market of Kota Kinabalu.
A stick insect from the side. Seen from above, it can hardly be distinguished from a branch.
A praying mantis cleansing her facet eyes.
In the rainforest we have to be careful: at night we discover this Wagler Pit Viper, whose bite can be fatal.
A Proboscis monkey in his naturla habitat feeding on leaves. You won't find these great guys outside of Borneo as they're endemic.
An orangutan kid feeds on leaves high up in the tree.
A devotional article seller slurping her noodle soup in a cave temple in Ipoh, Malaysia.
A couple of lantern bugs.
On the way on the mud slopes of Kudat.
