I just wanted to let you know I arrived safely in Borneo. I also just received an eMail with the list of students for the Field Course in China. I am the only person from the west, the others are from China, India, Vietnam, Indonesia, etc. Should be fun...

It's very hot here and smells like India. I ordered vegetarian on the plane and they served me gelatin bean cubes with veggies, I guess products made from horse bones is not technically meat, but I would venture it's not technically vegetarian as well, oh well, I'm only 70% vegetarian anyway.

I bought a guitar at the market today and tomorrow I am off to Lahad Datu, a town that is still known for pirate raids (not a good idea to go diving there, some Germans were kidnapped by pirates a few years ago for a one million dollar ransom, or was it one million Malaysian Ringits?). Then I will be driving on the wrong side of the road, like all former British colonies, to Danum Valley, where I have internet access. Then I will head to Malua, where I won't have internet access, but plenty of rice & ketchup. There's a fridge, but apparently its covered in blood and fish and is not so appealing for vegetables.

...arg, and now the WIFI just dissappeared, I will now have to save this message in a text editor, go somewhere else and see if I can get back online...

BPGL Julia wrote (12/27 16:08:59):
Hi Marty,

I happened on your site while looking for Marty Stenflo who makes biofuel. Are you one and the same?

Regardless, I find your posts fascinating. I'm curious what you're doing in the jungle (measuring trees, but why?).

I am the publisher of a new online magazine about the environment (blueplanetgreenliving.com). Would you be interested in sending some blogs our way? We'd love to post your observations about the health of the rain forest, the wildlife, anything that deals with the environment.

If you're interested, please contact me at julia@blueplanetgreenliving.com. It's an all-volunteer staff, so be forewarned that we aren't in a position to pay. Hope to hear from you. Watch out for those snakes!

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