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Borneo is the world's third largest island, after Greenland and New Guinea. It covers some 287,000 square miles--almost twice the size of Germany, and is home to Mount Kinabalu, the highest mountain in Southeast Asia.
Join me on another Amazing Webventure, where we'll take a virtual trip to this biodiverse part of the world. If you missed the other Amazing Webventures, take a look at Antarctica) and Andorra.
It is estimated there are 15,000 types of plants, 420 resident birds, and at least 222 species of mammals in Borneo--and that's just a thumbprint sketch of the overall wildlife found there. And did I mention Mangroves, Peat Swamp forests, and Kerangas forests? Those are just a few of the types on this incredible island.
Unless you're fortunate enough to have ever visited a rainforest, you may feel like you've stepped out of your comfortable corner of life. Traveling is like that--it stretches horizons and helps us to view our world in a new light.
An Amazing Webventure means you don't have make reservations or pack. Just grab a snack and settle in for an incredible trip. We'll begin as soon as you're ready.
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Join me on another Amazing Webventure, where we'll take a virtual trip to this biodiverse part of the world. If you missed the other Amazing Webventures, take a look at Antarctica) and Andorra.
It is estimated there are 15,000 types of plants, 420 resident birds, and at least 222 species of mammals in Borneo--and that's just a thumbprint sketch of the overall wildlife found there. And did I mention Mangroves, Peat Swamp forests, and Kerangas forests? Those are just a few of the types on this incredible island.
Unless you're fortunate enough to have ever visited a rainforest, you may feel like you've stepped out of your comfortable corner of life. Traveling is like that--it stretches horizons and helps us to view our world in a new light.
An Amazing Webventure means you don't have make reservations or pack. Just grab a snack and settle in for an incredible trip. We'll begin as soon as you're ready.
New to Squidoo? Make your own lens today!
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Nature Speaking...
Listen to cicada songs from Borneo!
First Stop: SABAH
The state of Sabah is located is located way up north on the island of Borneo. Its western coast touches the South China Sea. To the east is the Sulu and Celebes seas. Get ready for a fantastic look at the wildlife and vegetation of Sabah. It's one of the best places to showcase the beauty of Borneo and the Sabah culture, which is made up of 30 different ethnic groups and 80 different dialects!
- Kota kinaKalu
- Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia is the beautiful capital city of the state of Sabah.
- Tunku Abdul Rahman Park
- This unique park comprising five idyllic islands is only 20 minutes away from Kota Kinabalu by speedboat. It is home to a variey of flora and fauna, including one of the most intriguing birds, the Megapode or Burung Tambun, a chicken lookalike with large feet and meows like a cat.
- Kinabalu National Park
- 138 kilometers from Kota Kinabalu, the capital of the Malaysian state of Sabah, rises the majestic Mount Kinabalu. With its peak at 4,101 meters (and growing), Mount Kinabalu is the highest mountain in South-East Asia.
- Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Center
- Superb pictures of orangutans!
Beautiful Mangrove Art Print
Lone Mangrove
Lone Mangrove Tree Standing in the Surf
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What's Cookin' in Borneo?
- Recipes from Indonesia
- These will make you hungry! Illustrated, step-by-step recipes.
- Indonesian Chicken Sate HT MC Indonesian 25mins plus marinating
- Indonesian Chicken Sate
- Easy Peanut Sate Sauce Indonesian 10mins
- Peanut Sauce for your Chicken Sate. YUM!
- Rendang Steak
- Rendang Steak - a traditional Borneo delicacy
- Moist carrot cake
- Dessert typical of Borneo
- Buttered Prawns
- A tasty way to prepare prawns
- Quiche, Hotpot, & Chicken
- 3 favorites in Borneo!
Wildlife Research in Borneo
In Borneo, the rainforest's alarm clock is the hooting of gibbons. It starts right as faint light sifts through the jungle. Read how one researcher feels about his time in Borneo.
Second Stop: The Borneo Project
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Framed Mounted
Current estimates state that Borneo may lose its lush rainforests by the year 2010. Can you imagine? This lush home to hundreds of species of wildlife is in danger of phasing out--a nice phrase for disappearing. Logging has robbed the rainforest, for the sake of producing products for consumers.
Timber is Borneo's biggest export, next to gas and oil. Tree-cutting began back in the 60's, and by the 70's and 80's it was widespread, leaving wide swathes of land where rainforest once grew.
Discover how a native tribe of Borneo reacted to logging. (How would YOU feel if this were your home for many generations?
Read how The Borneo Project is making a difference!
Borneo @Zazzle.com:
Jungle Birds of Asia by twopurringcats
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One day on the Kinabatangan River Borneo 2008
Sebangau, Bornean Rain Forest, Sounds and sights
Kalimantan Borneo Indonesia - Orangutans
Snorkeling, near Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo
Orangutan sumatra
Bako Spider
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Third Stop: Learning Resources
Tools to Bring Borneo to Your Classroom or Home
It's exciting to virtually visit new places from the comfort of your own home. I'd love this list to grow, so if you run across any more, leave a comment below, or send me a link. Thanks!
- A Study of Humidity
- Help your students understand weather and humidity as it relates to Borneo.
- Bird Exchange : Teachers : Earth & Sky
- Home of the award-winning international science news radio program Earth & Sky featuring a podcast of all our shows.
- The Edible Schoolyard | Classroom
- Read about ecology's effects through this children's book.
- A PDF thematic unit
- Borneo is the third largest island in the world. Located in the South Pacific, it is made up of lush rainforest and unique habitat areas. This unit covers topics ranging from geography and population to wildlife and climate aspects. There is an emphasis in science and math in this thematic unit, but language arts, art, and other areas are covered as well.
- Snakes Alive!
- Slogging through a swamp on the Asian island of Borneo, herpetologist Mark Auliya found what appeared to be a new species of snake. He put the reddish-brown reptile in a bucket so that he could examine it later. But checking the bucket several minutes after that, Auliya discovered that the snake was white!
- A Vacation with a Purpose
- News article about Borneo's orangutans
Fourth Stop: Borneo Newsstand
Read the Borneo news from Brunei Press Online News. The Borneo Bulletin is the only daily newspaper written in English. It's published in Borneo's Brunei Darussalam, and is the main source of local, regional and international news.
News Archives
New Mammal Seen in Borneo Woods
Saving the Wild Orchids of Borneo
Enjoy the Beauty of Borneo
Zazzle has customized U.S. postage with beautiful Borneo pictures on the stamps. Here are two examples, available for purchase:
NATURE CALLING...
Listen to sounds from the Borneo Rainforest!
Books About Borneo
A Visual Feast from Borneo
Pictures say it all...
- Pacific Green Sea Turtle
- A Pacific Green Sea Turtle moves gracefully through Borneo waters...
- Pictures of Borneo
- This slideshow is the next-best thing to visiting Borneo!
- Closeups of Borneo's Insects & more
- Full-color photos of nature & wildlife in Borneo
- Borneo Stock Photos
- Acclaim Images has an extensive selection of stock photos taken in Borneo. Spectacular shots on land and underwater.
- Borneo Elephants
- Given time and isolation, Borneo elephants thrived.
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- anthropos anthropos Dec 10, 2008 @ 7:36 pm
- Keep them coming. Thanks for joining "Anything and Everything Travel" Group. We look forward to seeing your other travel related lenses in our group. Keep up the good work.
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- susannaduffy susannaduffy Oct 20, 2008 @ 7:32 pm
- Another lovely place! You have a knack of drawing me in to read more and more. I've been to Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of Borneo, for holidays before, but missed some of these places you mention. I could kick myself! Next time I will take in the Malaysian areas. (And no, I am not one of the jet-setting idle rich, Indonesia is a popular- and cheap- destination for Australians, cheaper than visiting places in our own continent). I wish I could give you more than 5* for this virtual tour.
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- KimGiancaterino KimGiancaterino Oct 15, 2008 @ 12:05 pm
- I enjoyed the virtual tour of Borneo. Welcome to All Things Travel.
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- groovyoldlady groovyoldlady Oct 7, 2008 @ 9:00 am
- Borneo. Never been there. And frankly, with spiders that big I'm not sure I want to go!
Thanks for the safe virtual tour of a land I've never explored.
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- groovyoldlady groovyoldlady Oct 7, 2008 @ 9:00 am
- Borneo. Never been there. And frankly, with spiders that big I'm not sure I want to go!
Thanks for the safe virtual tour of a land I've never explored.
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