{"id":141,"date":"2025-05-28T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.battina.de\/?p=141"},"modified":"2026-01-11T02:16:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T00:16:23","slug":"eine-nase-fuer-den-regenwald","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.battina.de\/en\/southeast-asia-2025\/eine-nase-fuer-den-regenwald\/","title":{"rendered":"A nose for the rainforest"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our day begins before breakfast with a morning walk at the Rainforest Discovery Center. There, artificial elevated walking trails have been built through the rainforest in the style of old railway bridges, allowing tourists to enjoy nature without disturbing it too much. And, of course, to enjoy a view that simply wouldn't be possible from the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I'm glad I didn't have to participate in the construction of the paths.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

My camera fogs up with excitement almost as soon as we start. The shots from the first half hour are therefore\u2026 problematic. Wiping the lens isn't even long enough to lift the camera, aim at a subject, and press the shutter. But eventually, it clears up. And it should be noted here that the trip has once again demonstrated how slim my chances of survival would be without technology. While our guide and some of the other participants spot all sorts of animals in no time, I just stare at green leaves, even after I've seen where everyone else is looking. But eventually, I do spot something\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A curious black giant squirrel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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I love how quickly it runs over the branches.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A young black flying dragon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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An anhinga (snake bird) drying itself in the sun after diving<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

After the morning walk, it's off to breakfast and then to the Labuk Bay Proboscis Monkey Sanctuary, a private sanctuary for proboscis monkeys. And yes, with their noses, I can hardly look at them and take them seriously; they look kind of funny. But I'm also impressed to see them later bathing with the younger ones, and I think you can clearly see how much fun and playfulness they're having.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to proboscis monkeys, we also see the silvery langur, a banana squirrel and a mudskipper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A proboscis monkey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A silver arbor hangur. Spooky.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The big guy has the say. Turns him on immensely.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Comes when the proboscis monkeys are gone<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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And\u2026.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Wow! \ud83d\ude0a<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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I find the face creepy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A mudskipper in shallow water<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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