Danum Valley, Malaysia (Center on Interactive Map)

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Trips

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3/27/2023: The first day of the trip into the rainforest. Unfortunately, the lodge messed up the guides.



3/28/2023: A continuation of hiking through leech infested mud while the guide was walking quickly and talking in a loud voice. After the hike, Barbara found some gibbons in the forest next to the lodge.

We asked for a new guide, and the lodge charged us a bunch of money to accommodate that starting in the afternoon.



3/29/2023: Walked around all day feeding the leeches. Then, there was the night drive to feed the mosquitoes.



3/30/2023: Walking around in the forest, I thought I felt something around my nose. I was sure that it was a leech, but the guide said he never heard about a leech in someone's nose. But, I still felt movement inside, and then my nose started bleeding. After some very violent nose blowing, there was a leech full of blood and flying out of my nose.

I was understandably concerned about egg-laying in my nose or other indignities. My searches on the internet found that you can actually die from a leech in your nose. There were stories about people who had leeches in there for months. So, I guess I was lucky that it came out after only 20 minutes.

Previous Visit (Lahad Datu: 3/27/2023)
Next Visit (Fraser's Hill: 3/31/2023)

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