Nigel's Borneo Thread

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I'm starting this thread for a couple of reasons. One is, I would love to have a repository for my ramblings about preparation. Another, because I will be mostly off the grid for a couple of weeks, but I might be able to get online here and there and it would be cool to have a place to check in with you terrible people. Lastly, if I don't make a hole to put it in there is a possibility that I will get random ramblings all over the place, and nobody wants that.

Today I finished my travel shopping, which meant a ton of hand sanitizer, baby wipes, and Pepto Bismol. I could tell the checkout guy was a little uncomfortable.

[LMNO]

I'm liking this thread already.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Yo dawgs. I don't really have Internet access here, it turns out. The food is terrible. Send help.

I spent four days deep in the jungle with a Dusun village of former headhunters, helping to build a tiny hydropower generator. It's the dry season, so mostly what we had to eat was rice and whatever the hunters managed to kill, which varied from delicious (a wild boar) to horrifying (I won't tell you what it was, just trust me, I was horrified. And I'll eat anything).

The insect life is spectacular. I'll post pics. We toured a genetic lab that sequences zoonotic viruses, which was awesome. We've spent a lot of time on a bus of questionable mechanical integrity, driving around the countryside visiting schools, villages, and wildlife sanctuaries. The poverty, waste, and corruption are highly visible.

I'm so so sick of noodles and rice.

[Eater of Clowns]

HI NIGEL

So that genetics lab sounds really hi tech compared with everything else. Supervillain lair?

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I'm in the dining room of the Marina Court Apartments, eating a dismaying breakfast and waiting for the bus to take us to the dock to go to the island where I guess we're spending our last day.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

HI NIGEL

So that genetics lab sounds really hi tech compared with everything else. Supervillain lair?

It was surprisingly high tech, and had backup generators in case of power outage (which happened twice while we were there). I was invited to come back and work there after I graduate.

[Eater of Clowns]

HI NIGEL

So that genetics lab sounds really hi tech compared with everything else. Supervillain lair?

It was surprisingly high tech, and had backup generators in case of power outage (which happened twice while we were there). I was invited to come back and work there after I graduate.

It sounds like you should for the food alone!

[Doktor Howl]

Yo dawgs. I don't really have Internet access here, it turns out. The food is terrible. Send help.

I spent four days deep in the jungle with a Dusun village of former headhunters, helping to build a tiny hydropower generator. It's the dry season, so mostly what we had to eat was rice and whatever the hunters managed to kill, which varied from delicious (a wild boar) to horrifying (I won't tell you what it was, just trust me, I was horrified. And I'll eat anything).

The insect life is spectacular. I'll post pics. We toured a genetic lab that sequences zoonotic viruses, which was awesome. We've spent a lot of time on a bus of questionable mechanical integrity, driving around the countryside visiting schools, villages, and wildlife sanctuaries. The poverty, waste, and corruption are highly visible.

I'm so so sick of noodles and rice.

YOU'RE ALIVE! 

[LMNO]

It sounds terrifhorrible!

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Now I'm on a tiny island surrounded by coral reef. I just got done snorkeling, where I was bitten by a clownfish.

[Doktor Howl]

Now I'm on a tiny island surrounded by coral reef. I just got done snorkeling, where I was bitten by a clownfish.

That poor fish.

(seriously, you okay?)

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

It was a vicious savaging by the aquatic brute. Also it was adorable.

[Doktor Howl]

It was a vicious savaging by the aquatic brute. Also it was adorable.

Nigel in the ocean, petting hammerhead sharks.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

It was a vicious savaging by the aquatic brute. Also it was adorable.

Nigel in the ocean, petting hammerhead sharks.

They're just misunderstood, really.

[Cain]

Clownfish are terrible.  Finding Nemo was just pure propaganda.