Rimbang Baling – British Expat in Africa, China and places in between

Buying a leopard cat in Indonesia

We were setting camera traps for tigers but we ended up buying a Leopard Cat. Who would have thought I’d ever buy a wild cat. It was hanging in a tree in a beautiful village in the Rimbang Baling national park. The four of us were horrified that a nocturnal animal was being kept in… Read More »

Forms of transport in Sumatra

The Sumatran tiger is critically endangered and this summer I spent a couple of weeks setting camera traps to see how many of these magnificent creatures are still alive. Pekanbaru is one entry to Sumatra and from KL it’s only a 40 minute flight. But you cannot imagine a place so different to KL with… Read More »