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Wild male orang-utan, Bukit Lawang  
   

Wild male orang-utan, Bukit Lawang

Survival of the fittest

May 3rd 2009
Mark: Time to fill you all in on our Sumatran adventures and bring you up to date I think! Leaving Malaysia and all that amazing food was done with a heavy heart, and the journey to Medan on Sumatra didn't make things any better! The 5 hour ferry crossing was done on incredibly rough seas, and we were both very ill. To be fair though, I saw plenty of Indonesians with bags around their faces, so I ... read more
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Indonesian Flag 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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