Special thanks to :
Ms Wong who invited us to visit Tabin.  It was very kind of you for all your helps and supports.
Ms Alixon, who prepared everything for our trip.
Mr Saimon, who helped and supported us during we stayed in Tabin.
Mr C.K.Leong, who showed many birds in Tabin and Kinabalu National Park and gave us useful information.
And many thanks for all staffs of Tabin Wildlife Reserve for all your helps during our stay in Tabin.

Tabin Wildlife Reserve at approximately 121,000 hectares (300,000 acres) is the largest wildlife reserve in the state of Sabah, Borneo and one of the best place for bird and mammal watching in rainforest habitat in Borneo. It is located in Lahad Datu and you can reach the place by car about 2 hours from Lahad Datu town. The forest near the Tabin Wildlife Resort is secondary forest because it was logged about 40 years ago, and then left alone. Deep into the forest is primary forest called the "Core Area".

Early in the morning on 3rd April 2008 we departed from Bangkok and arrived in Kota Kinabalu in evening. Next day we flied to Lahad Datu.  Max picked us and C.K. Leong, who was a bird leader of Tabin, up at the small and lovely airport. We stopped for breakfast in the town, bought some snacks, soft drinks, and continued to Tabin Wildlife Reserve. After 20 minutes on the main road we turned left to roughly and muddy road. Along the road had oil palm plantations until we reached Tabin Wildlife Resort. We talked with Max about one of our target birds that we needed to see "Storm's Stork" and he had seen it perched on the tree on the way before. One hour later, he stopped the car suddenly and we got it. Storm's Stork perched on the dead tree and few minutes later another bird come and perched on the same tree. Wow!!! This bird was very very rare in Thailand.

Someday we walked for birding on the muddy road in front of the entrance of the Mud Volcano Trail to the Tamongo Village we called "Tamongo Road". This road was a habitat of Urang-Utang, which we hoped to see.  We tried to find it when we went birding in this area but we found only old nests. Today C.K.Leong had time to do bird-watching with us before he flied back to Kota Kinabalu. We decided to go bird-watching along Tamongo road. Maldin drove the car to send us deep in the forest we walked back and Maldin waited us at the entrance of Mud Volcano Trail. Around 10 a.m. while we were looking at Red-naped Trogon, Narcissus Flycatcher, Olive-backed Woodpecker, Rufous Woodpecker, and Whiskered Treeswift, Tu suddenly called me with exciting voice. I turned back....OH!! my goodness. "Bornean Clouded Leopard". It walked out from the forest and stopped beside the road and looked at us in few seconds and then it walked slowly across the road and disappeared into the forest. Wonderful!!! Tu got some photos. We were very very happy. It's one of our target mammals that we needed to see in our life. Extremely excitedly, I forgot to take any photos or movies.