Malaysia - Taman Negara

No prizes for guessing where I am

The Taman Negara is said to be the world's oldest rainforest.  At 130 million years, it has missed all the past ice ages due to it's location, fairly near the equator

The entrance to the park is opposite Kuala Tahan, the village that you can stay at.  The river (Sungai) Tembeling acts as a natural barrier of civilization and the natural wilderness of the park

These are floating restaurants.  It's strange to sit eating dinner and riding the waves of passing boats....and petrol fumes!

There are lots of smaller rivers that join the main one, starting inside the park

You are restricted to a small section of the 4300 sq km park without a guide, but in this area is a canopy walkway

This takes you quite high into the canopy of the trees where you can see species you wouldn't see if on the ground

At 540m, it's the world's longest canopy walkway and held up by ropes, so there are restrictions of distance and number of people allowed

The views are good into the rainforest, once you get over the height thing

We were the only people up there

Ouch!

This is a Twin Barred Tree Snake, which is part of the Flying Snake family.  Gliding snake is probably a more accurate term as it flattens its underside and jumps and glides away from predators, or perhaps to eat a tasty lizard or frog

Not that it bothered Paul, posing right next to where it was

You felt as though they could carry you away, there were so many

Things just seemed bigger here

See what I mean

And I'm not just talking about the plantlife.  This ant was massive!

We went on one of the few walks you can do on your own to a 300m hill, Bikit Terisek

Where we briefly stopped to admire the view.  Briefly, because as soon as we stopped, swarms of mozzies came to join us

It was worth getting a few bites though

On the way back we saw some toadstools, but no fairies

Well.......you know what I mean....

Everywhere we've been in Asia, whether it be the remotest village with no electricity in Vietnam's northwest, or the cities of Thailand, or the poorest towns of Cambodia, people have got football club badges on their motorbikes.  Normally Man Utd badges, but a lot of Liverpool, Chelsea and others too.  Not seen any Man City ones though