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Tara Bandu in East Timor
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Narve Rio
The environment of East Timor is highly diverse; in terms of geology, topography, climate, as well as terrestrial and aquatic flora and fauna. Obviously man…
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Lake Toba
Written by
Bjorn Grotting
Lake Toba (or Danau Toba in Indonesian) is a lake…
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Tarsier
Written by
Bjorn Grotting
Tarsiers are primates of the genus Tarsius, in the family Tarsiidae, which is itself the lone extant family within the infraorder Tarsiiformes. Although the group was once more widespread, all the species living today are found in the islands of Southeast Asia.
Sun and sand on Senggigi Beach
Senggigi is maybe Lombok's equivalent to Bali's Kuta Beach, but is in many ways totally different. It's far more quiet and peaceful, the nightlife here is also much more limited.
The Tapir
Tapirs inhabit jungle and forest regions of South America, Central America, and Southeast Asia. There are four species of Tapirs: the Brazilian tapir, the Malayan tapir (which we find in Indonesia).
Bintan Island
Bintan is the largest island in the Riau province, area 1.140 sq. km, with a coastline of about 105 km. The island has a population of about 200.000, and like the rest of Riau this is a true mix of cultures like Malay, Bugis, Chinese and the Orang Laut.
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Go to Bukit Lawang
I just came from four days at BUKIT LAWANG near GUNUNG LEUSER NP in Sumatra...Such an amazing place and it's really tragic the way that the town has yet to recover from the 2003 flood. It needs only one thing - and that's tourists. Pre Nov.2003 Bukit Lawang was an absolute oasis for travelers to northern Sumatra and we made up a HUGE part of the local economy.
Bohorok Orangutan Rehabilitation Center
The Bohorok Orangutan Rehabilitation Center was started in 1973 by two Swiss zoologists, Regina Frey and Monica Boerner, and funded by Frankfurt Zoological Society and WWF. The intention was to help orangutans that had been displaced due to land clearing or recovered from captivity. In the first years they had great success in the four steps of rehabilitation; removal from captivity, a quarantine of at least three months, release into the forest around the center and finally taken deep into the rainforest to be released into the wild permanently.
Going ape in Bukit Lawang
Bukit Lawang is a pleasant getaway from the polluted streets of Medan. The village sits on the eastern outskirts of Gunung Leuser National Park, a huge sanctuary for the flora and fauna of the region, but BL is maybe most famous for the Bohorok Orangutan Rehabilitation Center. These attractions has made Bukit Lawang one of the most popular destinations in northern Sumatra, and today the town exists almost only for the purpose of serving the tourists.
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Danau Toba: Mainland.
© Bjorn Grotting
Date: 19/06/03 Views: 874
