Sexual Activity in the Jungle...
No sign of these Proboscis monkeys yet, not surprising since they are more early morning, late afternoon with a long treetop siesta inbetween. I did however spot a long tailed macaque, those little grey ones that hiss, spit and play dirty with tourists. Maybe one the way back, there might just be one proboscis that pops down just for me. Right now, relaxing on the beach, munching at the pick and mix getting slightly tanned.
￡1.50 for a boat ride back to park HQ, otherwise another 1 1/2 hours of hot and sweaty hiking - boat ride it is, as six of us wade out in the shallow warm waters of the South China Sea. A gentile, pleasant ride taking in the rock formations and what the locals call 'The Sea Stack" a rugged part of the coastline where sandstone erosion is prevalent and has formed an impressive array of shapes and colour.
The tide is out, a long way out as the boat approaches HQ beach. Time to get wet feet again as 3 of us leave the party while the others carry on back to Bako. A mixture of sand, mud and methane as we squelch our way towards HQ. Not sure this is any good for ones health, but with little choice, pressing on.
The rumour mill is in full flow around the HQ - there is some wildlife in the forest just behind, let's investigate since I have plenty of time to kill. Indeed there is wildlife, just yards from the HQ office. A group of Proboscis monkeys jumping around, chasing and generally quite excitable, what luck! There clearly a good reason to see these now in the midday heat - hormones. Obviously baby making season judging by the near vertical piece of this monkeys anatomy! Quite a crowd gathers to view nature in its rawest form, plenty of camera action too as the animals flirt, poke and flirt some more. In sharp contrast, a couple of wild boars are soundly sleeping through it all!
As arranged the boat back turns up at 3 and all five of us have made it back to the jetty, and the tide has thankfully returned water to sensible levels - not sure I could go another hike in mud and methane! So, that was Bako National Park, quite a unique experience I would summarise, especially for us day trippers with the presence of those Proboscis monkeys, a rarity since it often needs an overnight stay to see these according to prior research. Wild boars, vivid blue crabs and funny little puffing fish that skip across the mud are among some of the unique creatures spotted on today's excursion.
No sign of these Proboscis monkeys yet, not surprising since they are more early morning, late afternoon with a long treetop siesta inbetween. I did however spot a long tailed macaque, those little grey ones that hiss, spit and play dirty with tourists. Maybe one the way back, there might just be one proboscis that pops down just for me. Right now, relaxing on the beach, munching at the pick and mix getting slightly tanned.
￡1.50 for a boat ride back to park HQ, otherwise another 1 1/2 hours of hot and sweaty hiking - boat ride it is, as six of us wade out in the shallow warm waters of the South China Sea. A gentile, pleasant ride taking in the rock formations and what the locals call 'The Sea Stack" a rugged part of the coastline where sandstone erosion is prevalent and has formed an impressive array of shapes and colour.
The tide is out, a long way out as the boat approaches HQ beach. Time to get wet feet again as 3 of us leave the party while the others carry on back to Bako. A mixture of sand, mud and methane as we squelch our way towards HQ. Not sure this is any good for ones health, but with little choice, pressing on.
The rumour mill is in full flow around the HQ - there is some wildlife in the forest just behind, let's investigate since I have plenty of time to kill. Indeed there is wildlife, just yards from the HQ office. A group of Proboscis monkeys jumping around, chasing and generally quite excitable, what luck! There clearly a good reason to see these now in the midday heat - hormones. Obviously baby making season judging by the near vertical piece of this monkeys anatomy! Quite a crowd gathers to view nature in its rawest form, plenty of camera action too as the animals flirt, poke and flirt some more. In sharp contrast, a couple of wild boars are soundly sleeping through it all!
As arranged the boat back turns up at 3 and all five of us have made it back to the jetty, and the tide has thankfully returned water to sensible levels - not sure I could go another hike in mud and methane! So, that was Bako National Park, quite a unique experience I would summarise, especially for us day trippers with the presence of those Proboscis monkeys, a rarity since it often needs an overnight stay to see these according to prior research. Wild boars, vivid blue crabs and funny little puffing fish that skip across the mud are among some of the unique creatures spotted on today's excursion.
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