Get a taste of bamboo water and stir-fried orchids in the wilds of Sarawak

The bamboo stalk is nature's water canteen. You won't go thirsty in Sarawak's forest. Photos: The Star/Tan Cheng Li

Forty-five kilometres. By car, we can easily cover that distance in under an hour. On foot, in the tropical rainforest, however, 45km becomes 100 times longer, and can take days to complete. This is what a group of us experienced during the Heart of Borneo Highlands Eco-challenge in SarawakÂ

last month.