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    Each boat takes 16 punters and you are sitting in the bottom of the boat.


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    Off we go and its advisable to go to the toilet before hand as they dont stop.


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    I'll be back tomorrow to post the rest.

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    Must be careful

    The river becomes shallow towards the end of the dry season allowing trees and other debris to accumulate. The boat men ply this river twice a day and are mostly aware of the traps but a few boats have come to grief.

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    Wildlife along the way.


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    This fella is setting his fish nets.

    This photo gives you a good idea of just how shallow the river becomes at this time of the year but come monsoon season its another story.
    They had a rise in the river of 74 meters in one particularly bad year and you will see the figures in future photos.

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    There are a few houses scattered amoungst the forrest.


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    This is a serious rain forrest and the river trip is supurb.


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    We are now approaching the headquarters of the park after a 3 hour trip.


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    Along the the river is floating restaurants and shops to service the boats.


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    This is the restaurant where we landed and we were happy to get of that boat.


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    This photo was taken from the other side of the river and gives you an idea of the amount of floating restaurants and shops.

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    New shops being constructed and tourism is increasing in this park.


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    heading up to our bungalow


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    The bungalows were OK for 90 ringit and came with hot water and AC.


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    The bungalows were amoungst a pleasant setting and comfortable.


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    Bungalow 02 at Ekoton Chalets.


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    Not bad considering we were in a rain forrest.


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    This is the entrance to the park and we had to cross the river to enter.

    You can stay within the park but we decided to stay on the outside as the accommodation was much cheaper.

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    Local transport across the river for 1 ringit.


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    Entering the park and you must buy a permit to gain access

    The jungle here is claimed to be the oldest in the world, having existed largely as it is for the past 130 million years. We traveled 60 klm's in the boat and approx 40,000 people manage to get here each year.

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    Quite a serious flood this one.


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    Bloody hell it's changed a lot.

    When I stayed there 5 years ago there were a few concrete communual huts and that was about it. Spent two weeks there.

    Hung out with a slightly mad Malay guy spent our days trekking or fishing. Spent a few nights with som Batek tribal sorts a few Km's ups tream away from the tourists.

    Got dengue there as well.

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    The great flood of 1971.

    I am standing at the 74 meter mark at which the river peaked. Its quite unbelievable that it reached this height and I imagine that at some time in the future it will happen again. A very good reason to stay well away in the monsoon season.

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    The restaurant.

    Soon as you climb the stairs you will see this restaurant and you can see that within the park things are very well organized for the paying punter. If you are prepared to shell out the coin you could have a very comfortable time here and considering the weakness of the Malaysian Ringit its very affordable.

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