 The yearly raptor watch at Tanjung Tuan, at the hotel grounds of Ilham resort. |
 Oriental Honey-Buzzard is the main species seen at the raptor watch. Here they find a new thermal, after having crossed the Strait of Malacca. |
 The lush tropical hill forest at the Gap, where the Old Road comes down from Fraser's Hill. |
 Tembeling river as seen from the Taman Negara resort. Floating restaurants in front of Tahan village. Small boats cross the river all the time, for only half a ringit per person. |
 At the start of the Jenet Muda trail in Taman Negara national park. Admittedly, this is the worst part of this trail, but easy walks in Taman Negara are rare. |
 Taman Negara NP, forest opening at Tahan river, c. 300 m from the resort. |
 Barn Swallow roost next door to the peculiar chinese restaurant of Raub, the first city behind The Gap. |
 Sunday morning market at Raub, as seen from our hotel room. |
 A decent market, rather different from what we were used to in South America. |
 Along the road between Raub and The Gap. Promising foothill forest, and right here (at a crossing of a forest stream) we had Slaty-backed Forktail and Whiskered Treeswift. See text report for location details. |
 New Road between The Gap and Fraser's Hill, at Km 4 approximately. One of the rare times we had a bit of mist, but in less dry periods this should be normal. Barbets and hornbills. |
 Rare view on the forest canopy along the Old Road from Fraser's Hill to The Gap, at c. 1 km above The Gap, next to the only trail (left of the photo). Great Hornbill was busy all the time in the emerging trees in front of the last hill. |
 Long-tailed Macaque in the dry coastal forest of Kuala Selangor reserve. Several families together, and rather tame. |
 Open marsh of Kuala Selangor reserve, as seen from the hide at the end of the main trail. Watercock was in the foreground. |
 Sawah Sempadan, the small-scale rice fields East of Tanjung Karang (N of K. Selangor). Brown Shrike was in the bush left. Several Cinnamon Bittern and Chinese Pond-Heron in these fields. |
 Rare point of access to the coastal mudflats, West of Tanjung Karang. A true show here of waders which are rare back home: Mongolian Plover (dozens), Terek Sandpiper (a dozen), Marsh Sandpiper (a dozen). Also our rarest bird of the trip: a Nordmann's Greenshank. |
 Stunted forest near the top of the Brinchang mountain in the Cameron Highlands: White-tailed Robin, Golden-throated Barbet, Rufous-vented Niltava, Chestnut-tailed Minla, Snowy-browed Flycatcher. |
 Tea gardens along the road to Brinchang mountain. |
 Lush forest near the Parit falls in Cameron Highlands. |