There he was!

A walk in the woods: Sumatran style in Bukit Lawang

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March 19th 2015
It was just a walk in the woods. We entered from the village and climbed up the hillside over tree roots. It was drier in this jungle than we had experience in the Cameron Highlands, Malaysia. And there he was! Hanging nonchalantly from the branches above us was 120 kg of Orang Utan. He seemed remarkably unperturbed about 10 tourists pointing cameras at him. He just hung there as if this w ... 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