It's a four-hour drive and an eight-hour boat ride from the coastal town of Bintulu to Long Busang in Sarawak, one of the most remote villages in Malaysia.
There is electricity only after sunset, and no landline for phone calls. A satellite phone is available at a timber camp half an hour away.
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