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Person of the Forest
Read our blog to your class each day to take them on an adventure to the Borneo rainforest. The blogs were all posted from an iPhone in Borneo and posted via portable satellite.
Updates from the Last Chance to Paint team
Day 10 – Person of the Forest, Borneo
We woke up this morning to find the atmosphere filled with smoke from the forest fires which are burning across Borneo. The fires have a...
Martha-Lilly Dyer
Sep 16, 20192 min read
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Day 9 – Person of the Forest
It’s all about the monkey business today! We woke up nice and early again, ready for the day ahead, to the sound of Gibbons calling to...
Martha-Lilly Dyer
Sep 15, 20193 min read
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SMS from 881631014699@msg.iridium.com
Lat-2deg42’39” Lon+111deg26’47” Alt+091ft GPS Sats seen: 10 2019-09-14 00:55UTC http://map.iridium.com/m?lat=-2.710925&lon=111.446555...
John Dyer
Sep 14, 20191 min read
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Day 8 – Person of the forest
Today we woke up in Lamandau Wildlife Reserve, excited for what was to come. It’s all about Orangutans here! It was an early start,...
Martha-Lilly Dyer
Sep 14, 20192 min read
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Day 7 – Person of the forest
Hello! Today we left our hotel to take the journey to our next destination. This week, we are working with the Orangutan Foundation in...
Martha-Lilly Dyer
Sep 13, 20193 min read
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Day 5 – Person of The Forest.
Today is our last day in Mulu before we fly to the very southern tip of Borneo , Lamandau Wildlife Reserve. Sadly we said goodbye to...
Martha-Lilly Dyer
Sep 10, 20194 min read
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Today’s painting is of the Penan village of Long Iman
After visiting the amazing bat cave (Deer cave) at Mulu, I returned to base and spent the afternoon painting my experience of visiting...
John Dyer
Sep 9, 20191 min read
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Day 4 – Person of The Forest
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Martha-Lilly Dyer
Sep 9, 20192 min read
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Latest painting – Borneo ‘Clearwater Cave’ at Mulu
Here is the painting, which is 12×12 inches acrylic on canvas. Please encourage your children to paint their own paintings based on our...
John Dyer
Sep 8, 20191 min read
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Day 3 – Person of The Forest
Today was hugely fun and hugely busy! This morning started with a boat ride, our final destination set as Clear Water Cave. En route we...
Martha-Lilly Dyer
Sep 8, 20193 min read
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Bat painting
We are off up river later. John. #PersonoftheForest
John Dyer
Sep 8, 20191 min read
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Our exact location!
We are currently on the world’s third largest island in the rainforest of Borneo. Find our exact location via our Iridium satellite via...
John Dyer
Sep 7, 20191 min read
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Day 2 – Person of The Forest
Today we woke up refreshed after an excellent nights sleep. Even though it took until after breakfast for me to realise my shirt was...
Martha-Lilly Dyer
Sep 7, 20193 min read
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Day 1 – Person of The Forest
Day 1 – Person of The Forest Hello everyone and welcome to our second chapter of Last Chance to Paint, “Person of The Forest”! We have...
Martha-Lilly Dyer
Sep 6, 20192 min read
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Ready, Steady…Paint!!
Ready, steady…paint! The next chapter of our extraordinary ‘Last Chance to Paint’ adventure has begun. Our amazing Innova Art ‘Person of...
John Dyer
Sep 3, 20192 min read
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