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Place: Gunung Mulu

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THE TV series currently being shown on BBC4, Illuminations; the Private Lives of Medieval Kings, featured an item on the production of vellum.

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DEEP in the rainforests of Sarawak lies the largest limestone cave system in the world. There is no road to Gunung Mulu, but this UNESCO World Heritage Site has an air-strip. The journey by river-boat takes ages so most visitors travel by plane.

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