Archive for April, 2009

Jungle Boogie

WARNING: Viewer Discretion is Advised

We got out of bed to a breakfast of pancakes, which would soon become a very common theme and as hard as it is to say it: pancakes have become a bit of a hated food; you really can have too much of a good thing.

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Way Down Deep…

Our first morning in the jungle started with a wild symphony of calls and song. The pigs had returned from their feasting at some point the evening before and settled beneath the house in their muddy pits. They began the day with a good old lung cleaning squeal and grunt, joined in by a chorus of roosters cock-a-doodle-dooing, Read the rest of this entry »

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Highways and Byways

Our first day on the jungle trip was far from the wilds of the tropical wilderness, we had to reach the island of Siberut off the western coast of Sumatra and the only way there was via an over night ferry from Padang.

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Jungle Ready

After the usual affair of breakfast and internet over at the Turret Cafe, where they’ve always just sold out of watermelon and honey, Vicki and I had to prepare for our adventurous six day jungle expedition, which we’d be leaving for the following morning. Read the rest of this entry »

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