Hello from Borneo!  We arrived in Borneo 2 days ago and have already fallen in love with the place.  It is hot and humid, more expensive than other SE Asian countries and you have to squat for the toilet, but it is also very sedate, beautiful, green, friendly...i could go on for days.  We are in the city of Kuching andstaying at a lovely guesthouse near the water front.  The staff are friendly, helpful and knowledgable about their local area.  Fuz and I are both exhausted from being on the go so much so thought we should try to saty in the one place for the week and we have found paradise.  Alright, it's not the Hilton, but it is a million times better than the last few places we stayed in.  Anyway, after a fairly relaxing day yesterday we headed off on an organised trip to Bako National Park which is 40 minutes in the car then half hour on small speed boat.  We hadn't really researched the park, but lots of people said it was good and there would be a chance of seeing animals in their natural habitat.  Boy, did we see animals!!  The park is a very lush and beautiful rainforest and the first thing our knowlegable and enthusiastic guide pointed out to us was 2 small pythons sleeping in a tree.  Next up was the famous but endangered probiscus monkey!  There he was just hanging round in a tree right in front of us and apparently posing for photos before swinging off with a nice juicy leaf in his mouth...amazing.  Fuz and I have been grinning since we got there.  Next, we headed up the mountain, sweat dripping off us due to the humidity and took in some of the beautiful surroundings and aromas of the jungle flowers.  We walked for about an hour then had a short break.  Riman, our guide, suggested we just get along and do the next part of the trek instead of having a break, which was fine by us.  We seen a family of probiscus monkeys interacting and were able to watch them for ages.  They are so like humans it's unbelievable (one of them actually reminded me of a friends' ex...).  Anyway we headed back along the trail and Riman started calling all excited to us to hurry and look at this.  We went forward and he could hardly speak he was so delighted in what he was seeing.  Then he explained that if we looked throuhg the gap we could see a python eating a dominant male probiscus...It really was unbelievable.  We were only around 2 metres away from it and the python was all wrapped round the monkey and ready to eat it when he sensed he had an audience...He unwrapped himself from the monkey and headed to where we were standing.  Riman shouted at us to move, but it was like a car crash - we wanted to go but we also wanted to see the python.  It was huge, near 6 metres long and with an evil glint in it's eye.   As he got closer, Riman shouted louder and we all attempted to leg it back into the forest.  If only someone was filming that!  The snake must have had a right wee laugh to himself because he changed direction and slithered off into the forest.  We managed to get some photos and Riman siad National Geographic would be proudof the printsbecause it is such a rare sighting.  Anyway, our route took us past the dead monkey and it was a very sad sight, and I had to remind myself that it is nature and it is the law of the jungle.  It would have been better if the python was able to eat his prey, but he has been left to the scavengers.  After we left the trail we saw some silver leaf monkeys and their baby.  The baby was so cute - it had bright orange fur (maybe his dad was scottish?) and we got some great photos of them.  So we are in Borneo to celebrate Fuzzy's 30th and I can't see us being able to top this experience.  What a way to spend the day.  Take care allXXXXXXXXXXXX