Finding Myself in Borneo
Sojourns in Sabah
Ranked #75 in Malaysia
An honest and buoyant chronicle of a young Canadian man’s adventures during 1968 –70, while teaching secondary school as a CUSO volunteer in Sabah, Malaysia (North Borneo). Neill McKee learns the craft of teaching, the Malay language and local customs, and gains many friends in his small community. He climbs the highest peak in Southeast Asia—Mount Kinabalu, has a love affair, and navigates Borneo’s backwaters to make his first of many documentary films. McKee travels by freighter to Indonesia, where he discovers the scars of that country’s recent genocide, a contrast to his hilarious... more
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