dont bug me! - Gunung Mulu National Park

Gunung Mulu National Park was really interesting! If you keep on the trail you shouldn't be bugged too much by bugs but be sure not to touch the railings because there r plenty of bugs on the railings and also if you touch the caterpillars you'll be plagued by itchiness (so said the guide)

This must be the funkiest dragonfly i've ever seen

This must be the most interesting  looking caterpillar i've ever seen! n the biggest

Brother: The white caterpillar is a grandpa version of the brown furry caterpillar

Me: -.- (but laughs nevertheless)

Hammerhead worm

We dubbed this the Heihachi (if you're a fan of Tekken you'll know) caterpillar

Caught these 2 at it...apparently the 1 on top is the male...man the female 1's way bigger!!

The guide was really good at pointing out the not so obvious bugs - like these lantern bugs

We finally reached our destination! - next post

Kampung & caves

 From the hotel we'd to take a little boat down the river to the caves. The river was very beautiful as was the surroundings and it felt nice not to be surrounded by concretes and lights and people

No this isn't where you park when you land but I like this shot so I uploaded it anyway.

It's really picturesque living there. No high rise buildings. Surrounded by trees, fresh air, the river..

On to the caves!

Wind cave - we only went on the easy trail. It was quite nice and easy to walk.

We next went to Clearwater Cave. As you can tell from the below picture, it's called that because it's the source of water. The water's actually very cool and refreshing and you can swim in the pool.

The formations are really interesting and it's really cool inside

There were a lot of Raja Brooke butterflies flying around outside the cave. They're really pretty! But really hard to take photos of because they never stay still! They're always fluttering. Who's Brooke and why's a butterfly that's often seen in Sarawak named after him? Brush up on your history here.

Tiger's Nest

Parent's friend to tour guide: Why is the temple called Tiger's Nest?

Brother: because tigers lay eggs there.

All of us: -.- but laughed

For the real explanation, you can read it here. From what I remember, a great Buddhist master flew to the temple on a tiger, so my bro's joke wasn't so far off haha.

You can ride ponies halfway up. If you're afraid you'll run out of steam, then it's a good idea to do so. A word of warning though that the ponies prefer to walk on the sides so if you're afraid of heights don't look over the sides. The ponies can be quite mischievous too and try to irritate the other ponies or be stubborn and not move hahaha..

It looked really far and I was seriously wondering if it was possible for us to make it there in one day and back hahahaha...

It's interesting seeing Paro Taktsang (Tiger's Nest) from different views and getting closer and closer to it

Some parts are quite steep and I felt sorry for the horses.

So close yet so far!

The last stretch (after crossing the bridge) was really tough because we had to go up and down a lot and also because of the altitude the air was really thin. I'd to stop quite often and I was really huffing and puffing.

We couldn't take photos at Tiger's Nest itself but the temple was very beautiful. The paintings on the walls were beautiful too. I can't imagine how they built the temple up in this remote area...