01 Dec, 2016 – Through the back way . . .
Blog entry number 4. Date: 1st December 2016. Through the back way.... A while had passed since we last had the opportunity to send back a blog, and the adventure is well and truly underway! We have been following the route of a road we believed to penetrate into the heart of Borneo, that came to an abrupt and morale [...]
23 Nov, 2016 – Location: Muarahlawa > Sore feet . . . and the first white faces!
Location: Muarahlawa Its been seven days since we started this expedition, after leaving behind the large built up areas on the east coast it immediately became apparent that the mapping we have is both out of date and extremely inaccurate. On one occasion following a track out of a village we hit a dead end consisting of a large [...]
18 Nov, 2016 – First few steps . . . many more to go
FIRST FEW STEPS . . . . MANY MORE TO GO At around 0800 (Borne time) (midnight UK time) on Wednesday 16th November we set off from the east coast near Samarinda heading to west coast on the first leg of our 1408km journey. Before setting off we had a picture with some of the locals who were very [...]