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Dusky Belaga, pop. 25,300, could be any quaint town in the American heartland. As the sun creeps down, joggers maunder the quiet streets. Old men in wifebeaters gossip and smoke over slow cups of ...

If your idea of “roughing it” is a luxury hotel room in the middle of the jungle, then the Batangi Ai Longhouse Hotel, managed by Hilton, is for you. If your idea of “roughing it” is a luxury hotel ...

So much for the wild men of Borneo. They're actually quite mild. Why, even the headhunters seem friendly. The old man showing off his tattoos is an honoured man in this part of the Sarawak jungle.

Borneo seemed like a good place to go. The robust local people — the Dayaks — rivaled the original Polynesians as tireless dancers and drinkers. Parties and storytelling raged until dawn in longhouses ...

However, the most extraordinary attractions in the Kuching area, on the island of Borneo, are natural. Drive an hour or two out of town and you come to tracts of some of the most ancient and ...

The first part of my journey took me through Peninsular Malaysia. Now I was flying to Eastern Malaysia (sometimes called Malaysian Borneo), to the city of Kuching in the state of Sarawak. Eastern ...

In 1903, George and Mary Drexel, my great-great-uncle and -aunt, sailed around the world in their steam yacht, Alcedo. At 278 feet, the sleek white ship was the largest yacht of the time, and the ...