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From: michael@ucbiris.BERKELEY.EDU (Tom Slone [(415)486-5954])
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Subject: Ground-level Southeast Asia
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Date: Sun, 26-Jan-86 15:52:20 EST
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Organization: Lawrence-Berkeley Labs, Carcinogenic Potency Program
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Keywords: Indonesia; Sabah, Malaysia; Southeast Asia, Earthwatch

Last year I went to Indonesia's portion of the island of Borneo (called
Kalimantan) on an Earthwatch expedition.  This year I am planning to return to
Borneo on another, different Earthwatch expedition, but to Malaysia's part of
the island in Sabah on Mt. Kinabalu.  Last year I unfortunately did not have
time to see much else of Southeast Asia than Singapore, Jakarta, and eastern
Kalimantan.  I believe that I will have more time to spend this year, and am
considering traveling to Burma, other parts of Indonesia, or Papua New Guinea.
Do any of you out there have recommendations for so called "ground-level" (or
non-touristy) travel in this part of the world?  Also, I have a lengthy (452
line), on-line write-up of my trip to Kalimantan that I can either post or mail
if there is interest.  Earthwatch, by the way, is a non-profit organization
which matches paying volunteers with scientific researchers in the field
throughout the world.