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Kalimantan Peat Swamp Forest, OuTrop
After booking flights to Bali and a quick trip to the supermarket. Scrat and I loaded up our stuff together with two other researchers at the town house and waited for the bemo. Bemos are local buses that look like mini vans. Ours was driven by a man in his 70s. He’s married to a […]
Jakarta – the smell of burning trash
November 9, 2014
That was the reaction of my well-travelled mate B in Bozeman. There is no doubt this city has a bad rep. I’ve not heard anything nice about Jakarta, so when I landed yesterday I was filled with apprehension but curiosity too. “How bad can it be?” I thought. If you’ve been to India, then Jakarta […]
Lantau – Day 3
November 7, 2014
Lantau is twice the size of Hong Kong island but nowhere near as developed. It has a Disneyland park, ancient forts, a fishing village, some say excellent beaches and a cable-car ride that leads up to an enormous bronze Buddha. My cable-car ride up to see the statue started off as impressive but only for […]
Macau – Day 2
November 5, 2014
The ferry over the Pearl River delta to Macau takes 55 minutes. It is part of two artificially fused islands jutting off the Chinese mainland. Unless you gamble, smoke and know how to shop, you are not Chinese according to my friend. In Macau gambling is big, we’re talking vegas style. There are in fact […]
Hong Kong – Day 1
November 4, 2014
My plane landed in Hong Kong yesterday at around 1300. I grabbed my backpack and jumped on the airport city express train and sat with my nose pressed up against the glass watching the landscape change as we whizzed towards the mainland. I was greeted by one of my mates I am staying with “The […]
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