I have been back in the States now for a few days, and I have really enjoyed reliving the memories of the trip, looking at photos, and telling stories to all my friends and family. I am very happy to say I have been in consistent communication with some of the friends I made in […]

Written July 22nd Our last leg of the trip was a wonderful closing to a great trip. We visited Seribu Islands, a national park north of Java. The Seribu Islands are known as the Thousand Islands, but really there is a little over 100 islands. We stayed on Palau Pramuka, which most Americans would consider […]

Written July 19th I’ve had a busy few days in Indonesia since we last caught up. The first few days were spent in Halimun, a protected natural wildlife park. We stayed in a research station similar to the one at Tuanan with some slight improvements, like soft couches! Halimun is a montane forest at an […]

Written July 13th We have just started our bus ride to Halimun, so I have decided to dedicate the time to pen my next post. The last few days, we have spent time in Palangkaraya and Bogor. Palangkaraya was pretty relaxing because half the day was travelling back from Tuanan. The night held our major […]

Written July 9th The last three days have been amazing experience. The first two days were spent in the forest with the assistants following orangutans. The research assistants are men from the village and they follow the orangutans from the time it wakes up to the time it goes to sleep. We joined them for […]

Written July 5th It’s right before dinner time after my first full day in Tuanan. The jungle is such a cool environment, in the fascinating sense, not the temperature sense, because it is super humid here. The camp’s conditions are surprisingly comfortable and should be easily bearable for the next week. My pseudo bed/toilet/shower is […]