The Golden Road to Samarkand We are the Pilgrims, master; we shall go Always a little further: it may be beyond the last blue mountain barred with snow Across that angry or that glimmering sea. Surely we are brave who take the Golden Road to Samarkand. - Hassan by James E. Flecker

MALAYSIA | Thursday, 3 January 2013 | Views [396] | View Smaller Image

The Samboja Sanctuary is more like an actual sanctuary. This one cares for Orang-utans that have been orphaned or have had their habitat destroyed. They are the poster-child for the campaign to stop deforestation in Borneo and other parts of Malaysia.

At Labuk Bay, the Proboscis monkeys are fed on platforms opposite viewing areas for tourists. In the wild, they don't only feed at 10:30am & 3pm daily... I think they made a spelling mistake on the sign out front, what they meant to spell was A-T-T-R-A-C-T-I-O-N.

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The Golden Road to Samarkand We are the Pilgrims, master; we shall go Always a little further: it may be beyond the last blue mountain barred with snow Across that angry or that glimmering sea. Surely we are brave who take the Golden Road to Samarkand. - Hassan by James E. Flecker

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