Fascinating place in many regards and has seen more than it's share of conflicts in the last fifty years. Occupied by Japanese, place of much fighting between Malaysia and Indonesia in the early sixties, and hidey-hole for Malay and Indonesia commies. Armed conflicts were still going on in the 90s.
All that said, it's also one of has amazing biodiversity, genuine jungle and some of the world's rarest species.
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Re: heh ... always wanted to see Borneo
Date: 2006-06-01 02:32 am (UTC)SigInt? Why doesn't that surprise me.
Fascinating place in many regards and has seen more than it's share of conflicts in the last fifty years. Occupied by Japanese, place of much fighting between Malaysia and Indonesia in the early sixties, and hidey-hole for Malay and Indonesia commies. Armed conflicts were still going on in the 90s.
All that said, it's also one of has amazing biodiversity, genuine jungle and some of the world's rarest species.