Write an entry Entries about this placeThree weeks and I'll be here! by hornbreakerI fly into Medan on February 8th. I want to see an orangutan and camp in the jungle. I’m currently trying to get my paws on some new anti-malarials, or figure out if my expired Malarone will still save me. over 3 years agoChickens in the Mist! by emaehlI visited Sumatra about 10 years ago – caught the ferry from Penang to Medan, found a guide there to take us trekking in the rain forest, saw no orangutans but only a handful of chickens one misty morning. I was traveling with a couple of friends and we thought we were all Indiana Jones with our machetes and our Banana Republic outfits, but then every once in a while an old granny with 50 lbs of cargo on her shoulders would blow by us like we were standing still. It was pretty humiliating. If you go trekking, do a long trek (3 days +) or it’s not worth it. And expect leeches. We spent New Years eve recovering by shores of Lake Toba, drinking cheap gin and listening to the Austrian couple who owned our hostel screaming at each other. over 6 years agoTiger, tiger by Mrs. Bryce
I’d love to see these little Sumatran tigers in their natural ecosystems. How exciting to be one with the wild… here’s a little William Blake for you: Tiger, tiger, burning bright Untitled by NainggolanHave plenty of family around lake Toba that I have never met, seeing as I have never been there. My great grandfather was some kind of Raja out there (and my dad was thrown in the hot spring in some kind of coronation ritual in the 50’s) as you can probably tell I don’t know much about it! Really want to go though and see how many relatives I can meet.. over 7 years ago |
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