Crocodiles afloat
I remembered sometime ago when We went to Taman Warisan Tasek Merimbun (Heritage Park) with our adventure club (Kelab Kembara). After a short boat ride across the lake, we set camp and slept on higher grounds, on a small hut actually... out of reach from the crocodiles, whose eyes glistened through the darkness.
Just last Sunday and Monday, my brother spotted another crocodile, floating lazily with its whole body barely visible by untrained eyes. Standing from across the road (on the spit... of our lovely white sandy beach), staring into the Tutong river (close to the beach restaurant), a pair of eyes were staring back at him, with head and body submerged just below water level. The crocodile could easily be older than I am or it could even reach a hundred years old.
It is rare to spot even one crocodile around because they do not live in close proximity to human populations, but usually when they were spotted close by, someone somewhere would have experienced close encounter with the stroke of a tail (probably caught in a fishing net).
When I say "quite rare", its like when we were floating across Belalong River in Ulu Temburong last June, the reptile did not even cross our thoughts. Melissa, our travel guide from Freme showed us the best part of Brunei... we had one of those memorable two days and one night adventure in the Rainforest that we treasure, appreciate and love more and more, with and without the crocodiles!
Just last Sunday and Monday, my brother spotted another crocodile, floating lazily with its whole body barely visible by untrained eyes. Standing from across the road (on the spit... of our lovely white sandy beach), staring into the Tutong river (close to the beach restaurant), a pair of eyes were staring back at him, with head and body submerged just below water level. The crocodile could easily be older than I am or it could even reach a hundred years old.
It is rare to spot even one crocodile around because they do not live in close proximity to human populations, but usually when they were spotted close by, someone somewhere would have experienced close encounter with the stroke of a tail (probably caught in a fishing net).
When I say "quite rare", its like when we were floating across Belalong River in Ulu Temburong last June, the reptile did not even cross our thoughts. Melissa, our travel guide from Freme showed us the best part of Brunei... we had one of those memorable two days and one night adventure in the Rainforest that we treasure, appreciate and love more and more, with and without the crocodiles!
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