Simon at Sepilok

Final rest day today before final work placements start tomorrow. Jungle trekking awaits for our Group 1. I'm still suffering (yeah, i know, moan, moan, moan...) and on painkillers this morning but feel a lot better for having that long rest last night. Determined to relax as much as possible today and give my back every chance of recovery before the trekking begins.

Decided to visit the feeding platform once more this morning and take a few more photos and video clips. BTW, my Canon Powershot A95 camera is performing really well in these conditions, very happy with the results so far, but i should also say i'm really glad of a long "digital photography" chat i had with a friend back in December (thanks Joseph!). Joseph convinced me that taking a laptop and a USB backup drive was a great idea and that i should definitely start off with brand new high capacity NiMh batteries for the trip. A little bit of extra luggage for me but definitely has been worth it. Plus the new batteries have been amazing. The other volunteers have also been able to backup their cameras here too and then see slideshows of their latest masterpieces.

I've also been able to write up the blog notes on my laptop first (without hogging the resthouse PC and running up a huge bill for usage too), while playing music on it. Sometimes of course i've just used it to look at all the hundreds of photos that i've brought with me from home (in case i forget what people there look like!). So having it here has worked out really well.

Well enough of the idle chit-chat, i'm off for my next appointment with Miss Deep Heat...