On the morning of Tuesday, October 13, 2015, we got up, had breakfast, and checked out of the Rimba Ecolodge. This was the day our tour of Tanjung Puting was going to start. Tanjung Puting is one of two places where orangutans still survive in the wild. They’re terribly endangered, due to their long lives,… Continue reading our river trip to Tanjung Puting
Category: Eastern Hemisphere
These posts are related to Beth and Todd’s Eastern Hemisphere trip from September 2015 to January 2016
our first day in Borneo
Leaving Jakarta for the Tanjung Puting National Park was an adventure. Jakarta is a big, big city with major traffic problems. And all I knew about Central Kalimantan, where we were headed, was that it’s sort of a backwoods area. Quick geography note: Jakarta, which is Indonesia’s capital city, is on the island of Java. The… Continue reading our first day in Borneo
a few final thoughts about Jakarta
I already wrote about Jakarta’s streets and the weird stuff we saw there. And I wrote about the warung dining experience, specifically at Warung Nasi 007. And I wrote about our first experience with a style of food called nasi padang, which bewildered us but was also very tasty. I also shot and posted a… Continue reading a few final thoughts about Jakarta
a short walk down a Jakarta street
I mentioned in an earlier post that Beth suggested I should shoot some video of what it’s like walking down the street here in Jakarta. There’s no way I could describe the mayhem in words. So I shot some footage with my GoPro camera, just holding it in my hand. I hope you watch the… Continue reading a short walk down a Jakarta street
nasi padang, and I didn’t know it
Beth and I were walking around Kemang this morning, looking for something to eat for an early lunch. Many places were closed, and at least one of the warungs I found a sign for didn’t even exist anymore (such is the way of Indonesian street food, apparently). But after visiting an ATM for some cash,… Continue reading nasi padang, and I didn’t know it
our first warung experience did not feature Daniel Craig (updated)
Written October 10, 2015 Updated October 11, 2015 Friday Supper Last night, we sought out the warung dining experience. A warung is a small family-run shop in Indonesia. Most commonly, they’re tiny restaurants, but the word can also refer to small coffee shops, internet cafes, or even phone booths. From what I can tell, there are… Continue reading our first warung experience did not feature Daniel Craig (updated)
money, sweat, and Matt Damon
We just got home (which means the B&B where we’re currently staying in Jakarta) from watching “The Martian”. I think I liked it a lot more than Beth did, though I found a lot of it to be unrealistic or unnecessarily sappy. I liked Matt Damon’s performance, but disliked many of the other actors. I’m… Continue reading money, sweat, and Matt Damon
the tale of two red zones – Christchurch
The second and final city on the South Island of New Zealand that we visited was Christchurch. You may have heard about it being hit by an earthquake a few years ago, though in reality it’s been hit with several, including two really big ones less than a year apart. Today, the result of the… Continue reading the tale of two red zones – Christchurch
this one’s for the birds – Kaikoura
Our first stop on the South Island of New Zealand was a town called Kaikoura. It’s on the east coast and is famous for whale watching. But we stopped there to go see some albatrosses. Neither Beth nor I had ever seen an albatross, and this is one of the few places in the world… Continue reading this one’s for the birds – Kaikoura
my visit to the North Island
Of the two weeks we planned for New Zealand, the first half was on the North Island. I don’t have a ton of photos to share. We slowed our pace down a little when we reached New Zealand. Maybe that’s appropriate, given the culture. But frankly I was starting to get burned out on the… Continue reading my visit to the North Island