Moving stones

These stones mark the border between local owned land and government owned. The small stone in the foreground kept being moved by locals (to increase their land!). The same happened with the thin grey one, finally the white one was placed!

Oh, oobee doo, I wanna be like you...

April 24th 2008
(Matt) The local bus rattled along on the potholed road from Medan to Bukit Lawang in Northern Sumatra. We were attracted to Bukit Lawang by the promise of 'real' Jungle Treks and the possibility of seeing orang-utans in the wild. It was hot and humid, the bus seats were ripped, the locals smoke cigarettes on the bus (which sounds like a small thing but seems really odd when you see it). The ... read more

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The Dutch began to colonize Indonesia in the early 17th century; the islands were occupied by Japan from 1942 to 1945. Indonesia declared its independence after Japan's surrender, but it required four years of intermittent negotiations, recurring hos... ... read more

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