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Borneo
Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque
Kinabalu, Mount
Sarawak: river
monster flower
orangutan in a tropical forest in Borneo
longhouse
Kalimantan: market
Niah Cave
Borneo deforestation
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