5th November 2011 Tanjung Puting National Park – Day 2 I woke really early in the morning, I’d had a restless sleep…heard strange noises in the night and imagined that there were Proboscis monkeys climbing onto the klotok! Do you think my imagination may have been working over time during my first night sleeping on […]
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Tanjung Puting National Park – Day 1
4th November 2011 Tanjung Puting National Park – Day 1 At 8am we headed off, from the harbour at Kumai towards the open river canal that lead into the Tanjung Puting National Park. And I was beaming with excitement…I could not wait to get to the jungle and see the orangutans! This is why I […]
KLOTOK – What’s that?!
Do you know what a ‘klotok‘ is? I was about to venture on a five-day journey on a klotok into the jungles of Kalimantan…
A new adventure – Pangkalan Bun, Kalimantan
1st November 2011 – Melbourne Cup Day Well today finally arrived…the day of departure…my ticket to freedom! I left home early and headed to the airport, checked in straight away and went through the doors, trying to escape the chaos that Qantas had caused with their strikes! I didn’t feel excited…didn’t really feel anything. It […]
Heading to Banjarmasin and beyond!
9th November, 2011 Woke up early again!!! Aduh!…what is going on? Me…who loves to sleep-in, is now on holidays and in the habit of waking up at 5 – 5.30am!!! This is crazy! But I enjoyed hanging out in my luxury hotel room and watching Indo TV! Hehehee… I checked out of my hotel at […]