Building a house from scratch in Kathmandu Valley is not as easy as it sounds With the privilege of building a house from scratch in Kathmandu Valley comes a sneaking suspicion that in reality it is more akin to an…
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Recreating Tiger Tops in the tropics
The beginnings of Borneo Rainforest Lodge in Sabah followed the Chitwan model from Nepal Inever met any during my time in Sarawak, but the Penan people were one of Asia’s last true nomadic hunter-gatherer groups, championed by anthropological and human…
Bat caves and edible bird nests
How New Zealand and Nepal knowhow helped develop tourism in Borneo Aslender snake slithered high above our heads on the damp rock wall and the brown guano floor felt spongy beneath our feet, alive with golden cockroaches. But the overpowering…
The Eyes of Truth
The blue sky was clear and early afternoon sunlight bounced off the glaciers, gullies and rock walls of the Langtang peaks, but the helicopter captain was keen to leave. He was concerned about the effects of altitude after several hours…
Hanging out with the headhunters
How experience in eco-tourism development in Nepal came handy in Borneo I was not at all concerned about the rising wind but my headhunter companions were alarmed. They hurried with increasing urgency along the blustery forest trails, glancing nervously up…