I'm Bear Grylls... Whoo!
..and I'm gonna show you what it takes to get out alive
from some of the most dangerous places on earth.
I've got to make it through a series of challenges
in the sort of places where you wouldn't last long
without the right survival skills.
Now I'm in the dense jungles of Borneo,
one of the most isolated parts of the world.
I can't grip with my feet.
It's an environment full of hidden dangers.
Ow! He just got me then.
The terrain is unforgiving.
Whoa! That'll be the river, then.
Even the weather can push you to the limit.
It's just relentless, this.
And for every step forward you can take two steps back.
Ooh...
Borneo in South-East Asia is the third largest island in the world.
It's nearly 300,000 square miles in area,
about the same size as Texas.
Scarred by rugged mountains and dense rainforest,
it boasts an incredibly rich and deadly biodiversity.
Almost half of the world's animal and plant species
can be found in these jungles
and there are literally thousands you're not gonna come across
anywhere else on the planet.
That means a whole new set of challenges for me.
That combination of remote jungle and the range of wildlife
is a big draw to adventurers.
But make no mistake -
the very features that can make these places so appealing
can also be killers.
A couple of years ago a German hiker got lost in the jungles of Borneo.
It took them months to find his body. He'd starved to death.
I'm gonna show you not only how to
survive here but how to escape alive.
I'm heading for the most impenetrable part of the jungle.
There's nowhere to land the chopper,
so I'm gonna rappel down to the treetops
and then show you how to climb down to the ground.
Let's go for that one. We'll come around.
OK, Bear, we're approaching the location.
When there's no suitable landing zone for a helicopter,
troops will rappel down.
But it's not for the faint-hearted -
it requires pinpoint accuracy from the pilot.
Usually I'd let the rope run out below to stop me swinging,
but it's too dangerous a manoeuvre here.
If the rope gets snagged, then it could bring down the helicopter.
But with the rope in a bag on my hip
I risk swinging into the trees and being impaled on a branch.
Ooh. Whoo!
I've made it down to the canopy
but I'm still 100 feet above the ground.
That's the heli gone.
It's very, very precarious up here.
Way higher than I thought.
You can see why they used to
give pilots who were flying over the jungle...
..they used to issue them extra rigging lines.
Just in case they had to bail out and got stuck in the jungle canopy,
they had a way to get down to the jungle floor.
We're gonna have to use Mother Nature a little bit more.
There are no branches lower down the tree that I've landed in
and the trunk is too thick to get a good grip around.
But I could use that thick vine on the neighbouring tree -
if I can just get to it.
Some smaller vines linking the two trees could be my route across.
The thing is these vines look precarious
but actually they're very, very strong.
I'll make it down this cluster to the bigger trunk.
Spreading my weight over several smaller vines
should reduce the risk of a sudden break.
These are holding.
Just as well - a fall from this height could be fatal.
OK, onto this branch.
It's a little bit more reassuring than all of these.
OK, look, you can see it's a nice big vine.
OK, let's get onto that.
The vine is more of a fireman's pole than a rope
and I have to clear off the moss to get a grip.
It's taking all my strength just to control my descent.
What I do know is that if this was raining
I'd never be able to do this.
Just be too slippy.
I've actually got quite a good grip on this.
The only things that are failing are my arm muscles.
Come on.
This close to the ground, I can risk a faster slide
before my arms give out completely.
Whoo!
A long way down, that. Not an easy descent.
Shows how strong those vines are, though.
OK, come on, we're heading downhill. Let's go.
In Borneo, the best route out of the jungle is usually downhill.
It's the quickest way to find a river or stream
and most settlements are in the valleys.
Whoops.
Look, that's why you've got to be mindful.
Look at the spikes on this.
Go downhill, grab hold of that, it's just gonna shred your hand.
Also, they have a nasty habit, these sort of things, of just breaking off
getting embedded and then getting infected.
You kinda want to try and develop a sixth sense
of before you grab something, just taking a look
and make sure it's OK like that and not like that.
Plants aren't the only jungle residents to be wary of.
This place is full of creatures all out to get your blood.
Look, here's a leech down there. See him?
There are just millions and millions of these leeches in the jungle.
Look at the way he reaches up.
He can smell me, and once he gets on,
he'll then inject an anticoagulant, stop my blood clotting
and then the wound will just bleed and bleed.
I'm leaving this guy to it.
Borneo is infested with leeches
and I'm in no hurry to let them feast on my precious blood.
Whoa, look at the size of that cave.
That will have been formed by water.
Potentially I might be able to get down there
and actually follow that to a watercourse.
There's quite a clear way down this as well -
big, thick couple of vines, all the way down to the bottom,
reaches the cave floor.
We're gonna need light, though, if we're gonna go down there.
Hold on.
Every good torch needs something to burn,
and the jungle is full of potential fuel.
This is a dammar tree.
You can tell that from all this resin.
See all of this? Oozing out of it.
And this is what soldiers will call 'jungle hexi',
because it's like those military hexi blocks you get
that you can light and they'll burn for ages.
But that's gonna be brilliant for a torch.
The resin is a good start.
Together with this piece of bamboo
I've got the makings of the ideal torch.
Just want to thin this bamboo down a little bit,
and this is really to contain all of the sap in here,
but I'm gonna need to burn a bit of the bamboo as well,
otherwise it's gonna snuff it out.
And once you've got it thinned down
you can then just fill it up with all this jungle hexi,
stuff it down there.
And that then is gonna keep burning for a long time in that cave.
I'll need also just some tinder to get the flame going initially,
and I can use a bit of dead bamboo.
Just scrape off the outer layer and
use your knife to make some shavings.
Collect all that up and that'll take a spark nicely.
OK, we're good to go.
Survival in the wild often comes down to planning ahead
and making the most of anything you find.
Look, rattan vine. See this one?
Definitely worth collecting that.
Amazing stuff, really flexible, really strong.
You can use it...use it as like rope.
There are nearly 150 types of rattan in Borneo.
Locals use fresh lengths for cordage, rope and string.
OK, that's probably enough of it.
And then just put it round a tree to soften it up a bit.
And this is just loosening up the fibres
so it's more flexible, easier to coil.
I've got a torch, tinder and a handy length of improvised rope,
but I'm gonna need my wits about me
if I'm gonna deal with all that Borneo can throw at me.
I can't grip with my feet.
I'm deep in the jungles of Borneo.
I've successfully descended from the canopy.
Ooh.
Now I'm hoping this cave will offer me
a quick route down to find a waterway.
Moment of truth.
This vine looks strong enough to take my weight,
but it's gonna be hard work for my arms.
Oh, look, I can stand on this bit there.
Give my arms a rest.
Definitely a good forearm work-out.
What's difficult is that I can't grip with my feet.
Almost down.
Last few feet.
Phew!
My arms have held out, but I can't relax just yet.
Check this guy I almost landed on.
And, to be honest, I have no idea what that is.
It's something I've never seen before,
but that's Borneo for you.
What I do know is that he's brightly coloured,
and if he survives down here,
he survives by packing a punch of something.
It's a good rule of thumb to avoid anything like this guy.
That bright exterior is a warning sign shouting, "Stay away!"
OK, try and get a bit lower down into this.
I can't see any handy vines to help me down the next stage,
so it's time for my jungle rattan rope.
Maybe use this big block here.
Throw all of this end down...
..and then just loop this straight over,
jam it in, and that's gonna be absolutely solid.
And then just do a South African rappel.
Grab the two ends, round the waist
and then step over...
..step over them
and you just hold the ends in your hand
and the rest of it's running down there.
Rappelling like this is a good way of taking the weight off your arms
and controlling your own descent.
But it needs a leap of faith
to commit yourself to a thin line of vegetation.
(GRUNTS)
Another 20 foot, I'm down.
Down!
On the cave floor. That reached, only just.
Get a torch going on.
The bamboo shavings are excellent for taking the spark from a striker.
Once you've got your tinder going
it's just a case of heating the resin until it catches.
OK, that's the torch going.
Just a crazy place down here.
Here, hold this. Let's get this rattan coiled.
Oh, look, that smell. That's all bat guano.
You can see it, look, on the ground here.
Stink!
You can also find flesh-eating cockroaches,
and they'll live off bat guano,
but also any birds or bats that fall to the ground,
cockroaches will then just strip them of their flesh and eat them.
OK, let's get this stowed and try and find a way through this cave.
(SOFTLY) It's eerily quiet suddenly.
There's always so much noise when you're actually in the jungle,
but down here it all goes strangely still.
Check these out. Little nests.
The caves of Borneo are famous for their birds' nests.
Some are actually made out of birds' saliva.
And what they do is use those and make it into soup.
Bird's nest soup is a delicacy.
The right nests can fetch over $900 a pound.
These ones aren't financially valuable
but they could provide a simple meal, and that's worth a lot.
Those are cave swift eggs.
Actually, that's not rotten. They're OK to eat, those.
Oh! Not that one, though.
Fresh eggs are a good source of protein and fluid.
My meal wasn't large to begin with. It's even smaller now.
OK, let's keep moving. Come on.
Borneo is famous for its enormous cave systems.
Dead end that way. Try round here.
One cave network in Borneo extends for over 180 miles underground
and new parts of it are still being explored.
Goes down again.
This cave doesn't appear too big.
By sticking to a downhill route I'm hoping to find a stream.
If I don't, a direct climb back will allow me to retrace my steps.
Oh!
That'd be the wet and slippy mud.
As I enter a new cave system I can hear the faint noise of water.
There's light ahead there.
Come on.
Scrabbling around underground can feel so claustrophobic.
It's always a relief for me to see daylight ahead.
Let's get to the mouth, come on.
What an incredible view!
And that's what I love about the jungle.
You know, sometimes you'll find yourself
in a little place like this,
where the likelihood is no other human will ever have been.
And that's just a privilege.
Look at it!
And look, we've got a watercourse as well down there,
which is good.
We can use that and follow it.
It's gonna lead us to a river
and that's gonna be your best chance of finding people.
Just take a minute, a minute to enjoy this.
It's time to get moving.
Watch out, it's slippery on this bit.
The cave has given me a break,
but heading back into the jungle will expose me
to all sorts of hidden dangers.
That's what we want to be careful of - deadfall!
I'm in Borneo, tackling one of the toughest jungles in the world.
Descending through a cave has brought me to a stream,
but, flanked by cliffs, this 40ft waterfall blocks my route.
Look, we've also got the clouds moving in.
We need to work out some way down here.
If it starts raining
any kind of descent is gonna be ten times more difficult.
Let's try that way.
Steady.
It's actually the root system, this, of an upside-down tree.
And look, that goes all the way down to the bottom, look.
These trees could be my way down.
I'm gonna work my way through this root system first.
They've been toppled by a recent landslide.
It's the kind of thing that makes jungles so dynamic and so dangerous.
Quite a good little alcove in here.
Little bit precarious, though.
But look, straight down this tree trunk.
And that's what I'm trying to shin down.
Let me just come around to you.
They've only recently fallen, so the trunks should still be strong.
You always need to be wary of trees that have been down for a while.
Chances are they'll be rotten and could give way without warning.
OK, I need strong inner thighs to wrap around this tree trunk.
The waterfall's deafeningly loud
and the spray is making this trunk really slippery.
(GROANS)
A nodule in the tree went right over my...nuts.
I'm on the bottom of what once was the top of the tree.
Last few limbs. Worked quite well.
Try and cut across behind the waterfall,
get to the bank on the other side.
It'll be easier going there.
The route on the other bank might be easier,
but getting there will be risky.
(CRASH!)
That's what we want to be careful of - deadfall!
One of the most dangerous things in jungle rivers,
lots of dead wood just pounding down.
We need to tuck in really close to the rock face.
This close to the waterfall, speech is all but inaudible.
It's easier just to use a gesture.
Whew! Lot of power in that.
OK. At least I've had a wash.
Whew.
OK, let's keep heading down.
The river is strewn with huge wet boulders,
so the jungle offers an easier route.
But it's important to stay close to the riverbank,
even if that means flitting from one side to the other.
It'll be worth the effort - the river is your escape route.
Come on, stay with me.
Man, if there's ever a place that's gonna make you feel small,
it's somewhere like this -
you know, stuck in the middle of the jungle,
just surrounded by pounding waterfalls,
massive cliffs and trees like skyscrapers.
The thick cloud cover adds to the sense of vulnerability.
Combined with the heavy rain and the dense coverage of the canopy,
light levels in the jungle can fall dramatically.
We need to stay close now.
It's getting that dangerous combination
of low light and this torrential rain.
It means it's not only difficult to see your buddy,
it's also difficult to be heard, just 'cause this rain is so loud.
I need you to stay close now, OK? Keep me in your sight.
I expected a drenching here - it can rain up to 280 days a year.
But rain like this is so dispiriting.
It's just relentless, this.
I think out of all the environments,
the jungle can be the most physically and mentally draining.
It feels like everything is out to get you.
I always have a really simple thing I do whenever times get tough,
and it sounds silly, but I just say to myself over and over again,
"I can, I can, I can."
It's just my way of taking the fight back to the jungle.
But there's no doubt this sort of rain is demoralising.
With rain falling in such huge volume
rivers can be transformed into
raging torrents in a matter of hours.
That's why jungle rivers are so dangerous.
This stream has just turned into like a freight train.
That's because of all the rain pounding down, driving that.
No way you'd get across this now.
And if that bit of deadfall goes,
it's just gonna take out everything in its path.
Keep going down this side.
I'm fighting my way through the jungles of Borneo.
I've wrestled down a fallen tree
and wrung myself out after torrential rain.
But the jungle's not finished with me yet.
Whoa!
(SPLASH!)
That'll be the river, then.
Argh, I landed flat on my back.
Whew.
Don't come this way, go down here.
After any accident, it's worth catching your breath
and making sure you're fit to continue.
Definitely took a hammering on that. I did a back flop.
No serious injuries, but I do have a passenger - a leech.
Best thing to do is grab them by the head and then twist them off.
If you give them a squeeze...
..that's all the blood.
He's just started to latch on. I got him in time.
You see even that - the wound, look.
And what they do is inject an anticoagulant
so they stop your blood clotting and you just bleed and bleed,
and in the jungle it can bleed for at least a day.
Look, all of those are just bloodstains on my shirt.
There's a good little plant, actually, if we can find one.
Will help the blood to clot. Let's have a look on the banks.
The plant I want is a melastoma.
It's got long thin leaves, a red stalk
and flourishes on sunlit riverbanks.
All you do is grab some of the top young leaves...
..chew 'em up, make it into a pulp...
..and then take that and put it straight onto the wound.
And that will help the blood coagulate
and the leech bite to heal itself.
OK, let's get going.
Following the river makes navigation easier,
but that doesn't guarantee that you can move any faster.
These wet rocks, covered in slime,
mean there's a constant risk of a twisted ankle or worse.
The secret is to set yourself small goals,
keep moving and keep ticking them off.
I know this is slow, but it is quicker
than trying to hack through the actual jungle itself.
I remember actually hearing of a plane that crashed in these jungles
and the government assumed that everyone had died in the crash,
but, actually, one man survived and he did the right thing.
He found a river like this and then just stuck with it, followed it,
and eventually, after five days, he was rescued.
But in five days, the total distance he managed to travel?
Three miles.
That's how hard it is
to make any sort of speedy progress through jungle.
OK, let's get to the next river bend. Come on.
Here on the equator it gets dark around 20 minutes after sunset,
so it's important to leave plenty of time
to think about food and shelter for the night.
I've spotted fish in the river,
so I'm gonna build a trap called a tambon.
There's some bamboo up here.
The indigenous people of Borneo will use this fish trap I'm gonna make
as a quick and effective way of catching fish without needing bait,
and that makes it perfect for survival.
It's quick and easy and everything you need is here.
Oh, look, there's some nice bamboo here, got water in it.
Bamboo, unlike the river,
is an excellent source of fresh, parasite-free water.
So humid here, and if you get the chance to rehydrate on the move
you want to do it.
A length of thin vine makes the ideal
twine to hold the trap together.
First job is to split one of the lengths of bamboo
so I can hollow it out to make it into a pipe.
And then what you're left with is a hollow drainpipe,
and that's gonna be what the water gets sucked down
and, hopefully, the fish.
A series of splits in the second piece turns it into a simple net.
Then that straight on that...
..and just ties into place to stop it coming off in the water flow.
All I need to do is place it and then weight that down,
and all of this water's getting funnelled
and then creates a suction along the length of the pipe
and any fish coming downstream in this whole vicinity
come down this and get caught in this funnel with nowhere to go.
And when they teach survival in the military
they talk about fish first -
easiest form of food to catch, easiest form of meat.
I can set this, taken me 15, 20 minutes,
leave it, it's gonna work all night
and, hopefully, give me some breakfast.
Next, to sort out somewhere to sleep.
At night the jungle floor is alive with animals and bugs,
so a shelter off the ground is a priority.
I plan to imitate Borneo's famous orangutans
and build a nest up in the trees.
Look, this might work.
See this?
A couple of trees linking together,
limbs that aren't too high up the tree.
I might be able to use this for some sort of overnight shelter.
And look, loads of vines nearby as well.
The local name for these translates as 'rope vine'.
Make a nick in this.
Once you've got it, you can peel it.
Stripping off lengths of bark
can give you some very effective pieces of cordage.
Look how strong this is.
Twist that...
..you're never gonna break it.
Get lots of that and then tie it all together.
Oh, slippy.
My plan is to lash some of these branches together
using the rope vine.
OK, good height off the ground here.
And look, I've got these two nice limbs,
kind of shaped a bit like a big hammock.
Tying these two branches together
and then supporting them from a position higher up the trunk
creates the simple equivalent of a climber's portaledge.
More rope vine can be used to create the floor of the shelter.
Just keep weaving it back, forward, across,
between these limbs.
And then pull some of these existing branches across...
..and use them to finish off this weave.
And this is what the orangutans would do -
they use the branches interweaved to create a nest.
With a healthy amount of greenery woven in,
the result is a strong, comfy sleeping platform.
Good, that works.
OK, let's find something to eat.
Just before dusk is a good time to forage for food.
Many of the jungle's predators are beginning to stir
and they could provide you with a welcome meal.
Tree racer. Oh, just got him.
I'll pull him back.
Where's his head?
Ow! He just got me then.
Luckily he's non-venomous, though.
You've always got to be careful.
They say snakes don't brush their teeth.
Look, you can see his jaw's gone round himself.
That's where he had me.
And this guy will normally live up in the trees
and feed off squirrels, birds, eggs,
but he's gonna be my dinner.
Got him properly by the head now.
Phew!
Well, that's supper at least.
Only I want to give that bite a good wash.
You're not human if your hand doesn't shake a bit
after getting bitten by a snake.
Look, this will do.
Wild yam, see this?
Break it off...
..and rub that sap onto a wound
and that's gonna act like a mild antiseptic to a snakebite.
I do not want an infection in the jungle.
OK. Let's get back, cook this up.
Skinned and gutted, snake is good barbecued over a simple fire.
Its tail's still moving.
Here, don't come undone.
Get out of this clove hitch.
Even though it's been decapitated,
involuntary reflexes keep the snake's tail twitching
until it's cooked through.
That should be done now.
They always say snake tastes like chicken.
Tell you what, it doesn't.
It's tougher and bonier.
But good nourishment,
and in the jungle you need plenty of that.
Dusk has fallen, so it's time to retreat to my orangutan nest.
I quite like the fact that 'orangutan' in Malay
actually translates as 'man of the forest'.
And they've definitely been an inspiration
for making this shelter up here.
But the edge that I have over the orangutans is I can make fire,
and I can burn some of this ananasi bark
on this little...fire here.
And that's gonna burn and smell like incense
and that's gonna keep the mosquitoes away,
and keeping the mosquitoes away in the jungle, I've learnt,
is everything.
OK, let's try and get some sleep.
I'm gonna need all the rest I can get,
because there's nothing like the jungle for sapping your strength.
Oh, my God.
I've spent the night in the jungles of Borneo,
one of the toughest environments known to man.
Yesterday I put a fish trap out
and it's time to see what's for breakfast.
Looks like I'm out of luck.
Do you know what?
I really thought we'd get something there.
Kinda disappointing.
Breakfast is looking decidedly...
..non-existent.
Could have set more of those, you know.
Anyway, let's get going for the day.
It's important not to dwell on disappointments
but get going and build your spirits back up.
Heading downstream should eventually lead to a bigger river
and then to civilisation.
That's what you need to focus on.
The jungle will always put more obstacles, like this waterfall,
in your way.
One of these ones it's tempting just to shoot down this,
but no idea how deep that is at the bottom of it.
If it's anything like what we've come down
it's gonna be full of boulders.
Silly way to break an ankle.
Let's use this rattan just to slide down this.
If I'm to use the rattan to arrest my slide
I'll need a good anchor point.
There aren't any suitable trees,
so I'm hoping to use some of the rocks in the pool.
All I need do is put a couple of simple overhand knots into this.
Then it will act as a climbing nut, jammed behind this rock.
Test that.
Yeah, that's good.
OK, nice and controlled down here.
Yeah, come on.
Righto.
Sticking to the river has been a good plan,
but with it funnelling through a fast-flowing gully
it's time to think of a safe exit route.
We're not gonna be able to climb up that.
It's just sheer and slippy.
Let's try and climb over this and drop down over the other side.
Even in the tropics a prolonged soaking can increase heat loss,
leaving you cold and tired.
Cutting back onto dry land is a good way to avoid complete exhaustion.
OK, it's good. Come on.
But you don't have to leave the river behind completely.
By tracking alongside it and keeping the river in earshot
you can still follow its path to a bigger river.
Well, that's the big flowing jungle river I've been looking for.
It looks like it's in full flood as well.
You can build yourself a raft and follow it downstream,
more than likely gonna lead you to people or a village
or even, eventually, the coast.
That's what you want to follow.
OK, let's get down to it.
And look, you see?
There's a jungle boatyard, a huge clump of bamboo. See that?
And that's what we'll make a raft out of.
OK, let's get across to it.
Whoa.
The rapid rise and fall of jungle rivers
means that mud banks like this are everywhere.
Really clingy, this stuff.
OK, let me get somewhere vaguely solid and get you out.
That basically sums up the jungle.
Just need to kick in steps, sort of like with snow and ice,
but this time just with mud.
In the heat and humidity of the jungle,
climbs like this can so quickly become exhausting.
The only way to do it is to take it step by step.
But it'll be worth it to get to that bamboo.
OK, we're up. Let's cut ourselves some bamboo.
The bamboo is a good find,
but taking to the river doesn't mean I'm out of the woods.
This raft is not that stable.
After a series of strength-sapping challenges in the jungles of Borneo
I've reached a river big enough to take a raft.
If I can build one from bamboo, this could be the route to civilisation.
Serious-sized bamboo, this.
Could build a ship.
Bamboo is great for raft building -
so buoyant because all of the air in all of these chambers.
OK, there's also a lot of weight to it, though.
You want to try and pick one
that when it goes it falls down, over there, by the river.
And then what I can do is pick the very top bits,
that's green and thinner,
cut that into sections and then make a raft out of that.
You want to start cutting on the side where you want it to fall.
This side isn't under tension,
so you can safely make a big notch in the stem.
If you tried this on the tensioned side first,
the bamboo could splinter with possible fatal consequences.
It might seem like a lot of effort,
but cutting down a fresh length will ensure
you aren't working with something that's rotten.
There you go.
With the bamboo down it's a straightforward job
to cut it into a number of equal lengths.
First bit coming down.
Let's build it down there.
These cut sections might be full of air pockets
but they're still pretty substantial.
Just lay this out down here.
And once these poles are lashed
together with sticks and rattan twine
the raft will be difficult to move on the land.
OK, that is good and strong,
and we'll do the same...about here.
OK.
To ensure your raft is buoyant enough to keep you out of the water
it's often worth building a second platform.
OK, so put this on top of that one.
Then lash them together.
Making the raft long and thin will help you in fast-moving water.
If you build something too wide,
you're more likely to get turned broadside, and then flipped.
You want something like a canoe, long and sleek,
and you can pick a line through any rapids.
OK.
Not sure what my Royal Navy buddies would think of it, but I'm happy.
It's finished. I just need a paddle.
Splitting a length of bamboo and shaping it
gives me a simple paddle.
Not gonna win any races, but it's gonna work.
OK, let's get this thing launched.
OK, moment of truth.
That's good. Well, at least I'm up out of the water.
The current's strong and it whips me downstream.
I need the paddle more for controlling the raft
than to drive it forward.
That's why you can never relax for a second on a jungle river.
Any jungle river needs to be treated with extreme caution.
The brown water can conceal all sorts of debris
and small rapids usually indicate hidden hazards under the surface.
You need to stay alert
and try and pick a line through all of these little mini rapids,
because this raft is not that stable.
I'm through the rapids
but in this strong current I can't relax for an instant.
Even the banks of jungle rivers need to be treated with caution.
They're often unstable
and there's more deadfall here than in the forest itself.
Wow, look at that.
You wouldn't want to have been here when that was all coming down.
I'm wet and I'm tired.
My hand's still kind of throbbing from that snakebite.
But after several hours on the river I see what I'm looking for -
civilisation at last.
That's gonna be our way out.
Hi!
My raft has done its job.
Sticking to the river has brought meivilisation.
Let's get out here by the boats.
And after the extremes of the Borneo jungle,
man, I can't wait to get home!
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