INDONESIA | Wednesday, 6 Aug 2014 | Views [719] | Comments [2]
In the morning, everyone made cairns out of the rocks on the river’s edge. The Indonesian guys used large heavy rocks so a cairn over 6 feet tall only had 5 or 6 rocks. We all drank Indonesian premixed cappuccinos to wake us up and ... Read more >
Tags: bats, butterfly, cairn, cairns, cave, headlamp, jungle, river, sonar, trekking
INDONESIA | Tuesday, 5 Aug 2014 | Views [734]
Trekking uphill is tough but I always think going downhill is harder. After slipping & sliding a bit & getting rather muddy somewhere deep in the jungle, we saw elephant footprints in the mud, partly filled with rainwater. That’... Read more >
Tags: camp, elephant, fire, jungle, trekking
INDONESIA | Sunday, 18 Jul 2010 | Views [2167] | Comments [3]
We had a day in Bukit Lawang looking around before we signed up for a 2day jungle trek. We paid $4 each to go to the feeding platform where rehabilitated orangutans can go for supplementary feeding if they need it. We travelled by canoe across the ... Read more >
Tags: bohorok river, bukit lawang, hike, jungle, jungle trek, orangutan, rafting, sumatra, trek, white water rafting
