Borneo. Heard of it? Of course you have. Considered going? Probably not. And that, is precisely its charm.
I had heard of it too. Everyone has. It floats around in our collective imagination like a half-remembered bedtime story — dark rainforests, head-hunting tribes, orangutans swinging through mist, maps with more ‘green’ than roads. But travel there? Honestly, it...
"Tribes of Sabah" evokes images of of Head-Hunters, Blowguns, and the Long Life of a Misunderstood Past. In fact, every time Borneo is mentioned in casual conversation, it doesn’t take long for the phrase “head-hunters” to surface. It is usually delivered with a half-smile. A shiver of theatrical danger. A colonial hangover masquerading as curiosity. And like...
Tabin Wildlife Reserve is not a place that you “do.” You submit to it. Located in eastern Sabah, Tabin Wildlife Reserve is one of Borneo’s last intact lowland rainforests — a protected pocket surrounded by plantations, logging scars, and roads that creep ever closer. Getting there is intentionally inconvenient.
Borneo Food and Drink is essentially what the Forest, River, and Trade Routes Put on the Plate. Food in Malaysian Borneo is not performative. It does not announce itself with fuss or flourish. It is not plated for drama or designed to travel well on social media. Instead, it arrives quietly, often steaming, occasionally wrapped in leaves,...