Lankayan Island. . . our last stop on our Borneo adventure. The boat from Kinabatangan took us to a jetty, but not the right jetty. We were to leave for Lankayan from a a different jetty. I tell y’all, I never thought I would be on an adventure that involved multiple jetties. The resorts we […]
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Kinabatanga Wildlife Refuge is one of Borneo’s premier wildlife viewing regions. We were lucky to find a lodge with limited visitors and a great opportunity to explore the local wildlife. Our lodge was built out in the middle of the mangrove forest with wildlife all around us. Riki’s thoughts… Saying goodbye to Gunung Mulu was
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Our Borneo adventure continued with a visit to Mulu National Park, a land of deep tropical forest and deep tropical caves. Riki’s thoughts… The second segment of our vacation started with an early trip to the airport from our adorable culvert, followed by a two-leg flight from Kuching to Miri then to Mulu. We took
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Borneo, the third-largest island in the world, is a wonderland of tropical forest, amazing caves, beautiful coastlines and lovely people. We were excited to begin our two-week adventure in Borneo together. Riki’s thoughts… For Kelly, airports and airplanes are the painful parts of travel. They are necessary evils, but definitely evils in his mind and
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Our winter adventuring has recently taken us to local, nearby areas. A popular site is the San Ysidro Anticline of the Ojito Wilderness near the small village of San Ysidro. Folks come here for biking and hiking. The north end of the Anticline gets somewhat less attention, however, but holds some of the most interesting
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Our January was incredibly cold this year, but February has been wonderfully spring-like. We had some serious cabin fever, and really needed to get out, despite Riki still getting over a cold. Heading south in New Mexico seemed like a great idea. Kelly’s thoughts… I knew about a remote canyon southwest of Socorro, in the
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In the remote northwest corner of New Mexico at the end of a rough county road is a rarely-visited national park, Chaco Culture National Historic Park. The ruins in the area represent an amazing period of Ancient Pueblo culture. Kelly’s thoughts… Although we have explored much of the region around the park, we’ve not visited
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Kelly’s thoughts… It’s been quite some time since we blogged. The last few months have been busy, and we’ve gotten well behind. We will try to catch up soon, since we did have things we wish to document. But for now, we want to report on our adventure to the De-Na-Zin Wilderness. The Bisti Badlands
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Kelly’s thoughts… I had heard about the Wheeler Geologic Area since I was a kid, but never visited it. We tried to go last year, but the road into it was washed out and closed. They fixed the road and so this year we went back to try again. The site is really wonderful, the
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The Cerro Pedernal is among the most iconic images in northern New Mexico. It dominates the southern skyline of the Abiquiu Reservoir and Ghost Ranch areas. Climbing Pedernal is a bit of challenge, but we decided to tackle it anyway. Kelly’s thoughts… Cerro Pedernal is easily visible from throughout the basin to the north, but
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