Blogs from Bukit Lawang, Sumatra, Indonesia, Asia - page 3

Vandaag zouden we naar de olifanten gaan, echter vandaag bleken de olifanten niet te werken. We zouden daar ook lekker in de rivier kunnen zwemmen dus we gingen toch. Wat we niet goed hadden beseft, was dat we 2,5 uur op onbegaanbare weg in een Jeep moesten rijden. Op een gegeven moment kwamen we aan bij een brug waar allemaal scooters, vrachtauto's, auto's en mensen stonden te wachten. Bleek dat er een vrachtauto door de brug was heen gezakt. Die lag op zijn kop onder in de rivier. Monteurs waren bezig om met boomstammen het gat weer te dichten! Dat zou echter wel een tijdje duren, dus regelde onze gids zo'n pick-up truck waar wij in de achterbak konden zitten en zo door de rivier naar de andere kant konden rijden. Aan de andere kant aangekomen ... read more

13thof may, after a nice stop here at Lake Toba we had set the alarm at 07am to check out and make our way to Bukit Lawang to see some orang utans. We had booked a collective taxi for 420.000 IDR. We thought a fast breakfast should be possible and while we were eating our pancake ( this seems to be the best alternative compared to bread ) the ferry arrived and started beeping as a sign of departure… It was only 07h45 and the ferry was supposed to leave 08am, we thought Indonesian time meant anything but too early! They will wait for us we thought and in 2 bites we ate our food (Jesper even left his so desired coffee of the day ) and hurried up with all our bags to the ferry ... read more

Geo: -7.83075, 112.697 After a 10 hour taxi ride we arrived inBukit Lawang which is the access point to the Orangutang forest. Onarrival a couple of chaps helped us carry our baggage... thankfullybecause On The Rocks, unlike Nepal where Everest View Hotel is nearthe Indian border, is up a steep climb of nicely laid out steps to aplace that can only be described as paradise in the jungle. The placeis right on the edge of the jungle border and has a collection of 4bungalows made in the traditional style arranged in a secluded layoutwhere you can parade around naked, if it takes your fancy. When theafternoon monsoon rain fell it took my fancy…. During our firstnight in the Bungalow we were attacked by a butterfly that had a wingspan the size of my hands..we both hit ... read more

Well, following on from my last blog, yes, I had an excellent week in fantasy football, thank you for noticing! That aside we have had quite a week! As expected we didn't end up going to Singapore, just about everyone we spoke to said it was very nice but that we'd be much better off visiting when we don't have such a tight budget, so it waits for another time. We spent a few more days in KL, getting on top of our washing, catching up on some sleep and enjoying the city without much to report, and then headed over to a small city called Melaka on the West coast of Malaysia for a change of scene. Melaka was for a while one of the trading capitals of the Dutch East India Trading Company and ... read more

Nous avons pris l'avion de Jakarta pour Medan, puis nous avons pris le bus pour Bukit Lawang. La route est tres chaotique et nous avons mis pres de 3 heures pour encore faire une courte distance. Mais une fois arrives a Bukit Lawang, nous avons ete charme par ce petit village (un peu trop touristique malgre tout). Beaucoup de gens viennent pour voir les orangs outans du parc national. Nous avons organise une randonnee de 2 jours avec Aru, un Indonesien connaissant bien la region. Il nous a emmenes a travers la jungle et nous avons reussi a voir 6 orangs outans dont un enorme male de quelques centaines de kilos. Nous avons passe la nuit dans un campement au bord de la riviere puis le matin nous avons marche pour quelques heures avant de rentrer ... read more