BORNEO GEOGRAPHIC - Thursday, June 3, 2010
Borneo is very well known for its people and one of these people are Bajau tribes who lives in water village where houses were built on stilt above water. There are still few water village left around Borneo island and some are made it to become one of the tourist attraction. Mengkabong village was once a tourist attraction and now no more. The declining of numbers in tourism has affected the economy of Sabah in 2009 and so to Mengkabong.
An aeriel view of the Mengkabong village two years ago.
About 90% of the village population consist of Bajau tribe and they depending so much on sea of lively hood. 
A scene that you will never see again in Mengkabong.
The Mengkabong estuary which has its mangrove forest quickly become tourist attraction. Few wildlife can be seen here which are the Long Tailed Macaque, Smooth Otter, Monitor Lizard and several rare species of birds.
Tourist are so eager to see and learn about the ecosystem that the Mengkabong estuarine had which never to be found in many countries. They are so fascinated on how the mangrove forest contribute so much for the very lives around it. That including the people in the water village.
For the people in village, the modern world had force them to change their way of living. 
Above picture show the water houses has been demolish and reclaimation has been done.
New houses was built and change completely the lives of the Bajau People in Mengkabong.
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Posted by Jollence Lee
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Labels: Environment, Tribes and Cultures
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