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A Short Travel Advisory
What to Take Along
Dress for the journey, not for the destination…! Generally light cotton attire
is just fine in Sabah’s tropical climate, and if you are not going for ‘the real
thing’ in terms of jungle trekking you will be fine with easy going footwear
that provide good grip and don’t fear the occasional tropical downpour. Further
take along:
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towel, swimwear and maybe sarong
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sun hat and sun block, rain coat, mosquito repellent & usual toiletries
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camera & video (fully charged); spare films
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if you have: small things that you can easily dispose of as gifts such as
promotional ball-pens, lighters, some post-cards of your place… bear in mind,
the local people are as curious about your place as you are about theirs!
For overnight trips
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Food and drinks
Normally our trips include almost exclusively local meals (meaning lots of rice and vegetables) throughout –
for overnight tours you may wish to take along some energy bars, and maybe
sweets and the like for supplementary energy. In the villages we will eat
anything that is offered, generally lots of home-grown and wild vegetables,
chicken, fish and maybe wild boar or, with some luck, deer. If you have any
allergies or other dietary requirements let us know, we can always arrange for
the necessary if we are notified in advance!
You have to drink a lot of water, which is readily available from all shops and
in the jungle from clean mountain streams. Water served in the homes of local
people is always boiled. Special note: in
Dusun homes it is almost always customary to serve visitors some
rice wine, or cassava beer. If you cannot take alcohol, please let your guides
know that they can inform the locals – otherwise you will find yourself again
and again with a full glass of some fermented drink you might not like…!
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