We lurched along an unpaved road in the night, walls of trees and knotted vines on either side. In the darkness lurked some of the world’s most unusual mammals, and I had come to Borneo to fulfill a ...

SANDAKAN, Malaysia — We soon realized why locals call a boat trip up the Kinabatangan a “river safari.” Within the first half-hour of our journey, we had spotted long-tailed macaques, hornbills, baby ...

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Passengers rise from their seats in the small café at the entrance to the Sabah State Railway station in Kota Kinabalu, Borneo. They pick up their fragrant nasi lemak – Malaysia’s famed rice dish ...