Sorry that I have not updated this for a while but I have not had much access to the internet. After leaving Taiping zoo the 10 of us met at Kutching on the island of Borneo to finish the last week of the zoo/orang program. After visiting a couple of orang sanctuarys we headed to the rain forest at Batang Ai to stay with the Iban tribe deep in the forest. It was a 90 minute journey on a very narrow boat along the rivers before reaching the longhouse we were to ...

Hi all, Welcome back to Taiping. Tommorow is my last day in the zoo before I go to Borneo on the final week of my zoo experience. It has been so wonderfull to be in a town like Taiping since my stay here I have only seen 3 other westerners..white people..as we are away from the normal tourist towns. Taiping is a very chinese town so a lot of the food is of that area which is so good...although I have to admit I did give in the other day and had a Mcdonalds..I f...

Hi, At present I am in Taiping Zoo Malaysia having a great time. Have been close up to lions and tigers and cuddled a lion cub. I have also got a new friend in the form of a 5 year old orangutan called Wassabe, she likes to hold my hand. The food is very good a meal costs about 2 pound including a drink and ice cream. All the pics have gone that I added, I do not know why at this time. I will update blog next week when I have more to tell you all. John

I am writing this at 7am on my last day at campfire safaris, it is blazing sunshine and already hot. It is hard to believe how fast the last four weeks have gone and that I am going to the airport in a few hours time to start the next part of my trip.I went on another trip into the Kruger national reserve which is over 2 million hectares in size and was not disappointed with the wildlife that I saw. The highlight was seeing the hyena walk past a matter of feet aw...

Hello all,Welcome back to South Africa.Since my last posting so much has happened that it would take me ages to write about it all so I will try and be brief. The highlight of the week was a night drive into the bush, we set off about 10pm and after only a few minutes came across some impala and then without any warning we found ourselves in the middle of a pride of lions, about 15 of them. It was amazing that they took no notice of us (apparently they only see t...