Contradictheory: What price nature?

Spotted! A member of the group the columnist was travelling with taking a photo of one of the elusive proboscis monkeys at Bako National Park. Can you see it? — DZOF AZMI

It's not something I expected to be doing, but last Saturday, I found myself inching along a wooden plank bridge, trying to make as little noise as possible, all for the chance to sneak a peek at an orang Belanda.

Part of the mounting excitement came from what the park rangers at Sarawak’s Bako National Park had told us the day before: “There’s no guarantee you will see any animals.”