michael@ucbiris.BERKELEY.EDU (Tom Slone [(415)486-5954]) (01/26/86)
Last year I went to Indonesia's portion of the island of Borneo (called Kalimantan) on an Earthwatch expedition. This year I am planning to return to Borneo on another, different Earthwatch expedition, but to Malaysia's part of the island in Sabah on Mt. Kinabalu. Last year I unfortunately did not have time to see much else of Southeast Asia than Singapore, Jakarta, and eastern Kalimantan. I believe that I will have more time to spend this year, and am considering traveling to Burma, other parts of Indonesia, or Papua New Guinea. Do any of you out there have recommendations for so called "ground-level" (or non-touristy) travel in this part of the world? Also, I have a lengthy (452 line), on-line write-up of my trip to Kalimantan that I can either post or mail if there is interest. Earthwatch, by the way, is a non-profit organization which matches paying volunteers with scientific researchers in the field throughout the world.