The song of the whistling thrush in the cloud-covered mountains. A chill in the air in the hills of the elephants. The river in-between the hills—the Naduar—whose white swells over the rocks he can see through his window, whose rich, sibilant sighs carry through the clear air all the way up to him. To him at his table by the window, from where he hears, he feels, he sees.

  • Through the window
  • Dipertocarp forest at Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo
  • Road through logged forest, Danum Valley
  • Orangutan in Sabah, Borneo
  • Tree in rainforest
  • Fern in the canopy
  • Rock bees on Koompassia excelsa
  • Logging in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo
  • Large scale monoculture, oil palm cultivation in Sabah, Borneo
  • Clearing for oil palm plantation, Sabah, Borneo

… This post first appeared in the Rainforest Revival blog on 30 September 2012. Read the article in Fountain Ink, Coming Home to Borneo.