I got in touch with our Bornean nature for a little while today when I visited the exhibition next to our hotel organised by the Sabah Forestry Department to coincide with their centennial celebration.
It was not a big exhibition but was informative and I was very impressed with their decorations and displays of plants and taxidermied animals (and we understood only then why it took them more than a week to get things set up in the huge tent with air-conditioning!). I could not go to the nature so the nature came to me all under one roof!
the fauna

Malayan sun bear
they are seriously threatened by illegal poaching and loss of habitat due to deforestation

the treasure of Borneo – the orang-utan / orang hutan / man of the forest
they are endangered species!
afraid this guy was not really good looking, and those fake teeth!
the flora
Here are some extras… after the exhibition we visited other tents and spotted some local handicrafts
Proud to be a Sabahan!