Originally Posted by
mario33
My vision of Borneo is destruction of rain forests and oil palm plantations
And for the orang utan experience, I much prefer Semengoh near Kuching over Sipolok. No it's not a zoo, its a real jungle but because its so close to Kuching
where there is a Hilton, a Pullman, a Four Points etc its probably not 'Borneo' enough for some 
Precisely. There's little chance someone like me would make the effort to go to Borneo and then end up staying in hotels like these, at least as a tourist without the need for business-related functionality. I'd at least look for something more local and more independent.
I see that your "vision of Borneo" must not include enriching 5* building absentee owners based in country capitals, and multinational operators, at the expense of local operators. Hmm..... Thread doesn't need to veer too far into the political, but just sayin'.