Roughing it out on 4x4 expedition


A guide giving instructions to a participant driving a modified auto-drive Isuzu Mu-X to surmount a log-filled obstacle on Day 6 of the Borneo Safari.

AS I type this story, I find myself still scratching parts of my body that were bitten by sandflies.

Despite my experience in the great outdoors, which included a “baptism by fire” incident during a camping trip in Merapoh, Kuala Lipis, Pahang, I learned a lot from the Borneo Safari 4x4 expedition, an annual event which has been held in Sabah for the past 26 years.

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