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Travelogues => Travel Diaries => Topic started by: chris dees on October 10, 2016, 12:41:18
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We're currently traveling in Sumatra (Indonesia).
We started on Friday October 7th with a looooong flight to Medan, the capital and 3rd largest city of Indonesia with about 3,5 miljoen people.
It's a typical Asian city with a lot of traffic an roads that are not capable for that amount of traffic.
On Sunday we arrived in Bukit Lawang for a trekking in the rainforest searching for the Orang-Utan, Gibbon and Thomas Leaf Monkey.
We found Orang-Utans, Thomas leaf Monkeys, but no Gibbons.
It was a 7 hour challenging trek with only up and down hill, but it was wel worth it. :)
Internet is common but most of the time very slow.
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That shall be a wonderful trip, Chris
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Have a great time Chris!
Looking forward to more monkey business :)
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with this promising start, I hope you´ll have a great time and we will see many pics of your adventure
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Very nicely captured! Enjoy the trip! ;)
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What a wonderful experience - It is not so easy to shoot these thingies due to the light and so many branches.. but it is what it is and you did well !
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Very nice series, really worth all the trouble you went through
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Chris, great wildlife photos, and definitely worth the effort.
Please post some more from your trip.
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Yes, please, show more. I´m enjoying this trip a lot too.
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Chris, this thread of your travelog will surely be special and unique. Am looking forward to watching how it will develop!
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Thanks for all the comments. I'll try to keep up with the posts.
Today was a travel day and we stated early from Bugit Lawing to Brastagi. It's about 125km, so one hour drive on the Dutch highways. It took us 8 hours including stops and lunch (but still). Terrible roads and even more terrible drivers. :)
It was also "Churchday"
Although Indonesia is the largest Muslim country in the world there is (some) room for other religions.
1. Tamil Tempel
2. Catholic church "Tamil style"
3. Bhudist Tempel
4. Catholic church "Karo style".
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1725 grey monkey. Very expressive!
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Inside the Bhudist temple.
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Today we climbed the Sibayac volcano (2160m). A sleeping volcano and we didn't want to wake her. :)
When we arrived at the top an other volcano, the Sinabung erupted pretty heavily. It was impressive to watch.
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Then it nice to be on the right volcano,,, ;)
Very nice images
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wonderful, Chris! It must be so special to see the orangutans in the wild.
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Today we climbed the Sibayac volcano (2160m). A sleeping volcano and we didn't want to wake her. :)
When we arrived at the top an other volcano, the Sinabung erupted pretty heavily. It was impressive to watch.
That most have been quite an experience !
I really like he candles and path under the vegetation
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A few "Oeran Oetangs" for Peter. :D
D500 + 300PF
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In Northern Sumatra a lot of rainforest is cut/burned in favor of the Palm oil industry. It's a very lucrative business (for a few).
They created an environmental problem as every adult palm tree sucks up 60 liter of water every day.
With millions and millions of tree that's a lot of water.
In dry seasons people don't have enough water anymore and it looks not nice.
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Oerang Oetangs ar just so familiar looking,,, :)
Great travel images Chris!
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The upside down one is so cute!!!
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Wow. There is an awful lot to like in this collection.
Thank you so much, dear Chris!
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After traveling by boat, car, 3 flights, train, tram and 25 hours later we're back in Amsterdam, but having internet again. :)
I'm scrolling thru my images and there's a lot of processing to do.
A few about "public transportation".
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How much do they charge for such comfort :)
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Hhhm... how could I miss this thread?
Impressive impressions, Chris! :)
Looks as if you had a strenuous, but fun vacation.
According to what I gleaned from other travellers to Indonesia, you are likely to have some more interesting pictures about living and people there, don't you?
Looking forward to the result of your scan of your vacation pics,
Günther
P.S. One question: Did you plan your trip before or after purchasing your catch-every-monkey-in-the-djungle a.k.a. D500? Just curious... ;)
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Somehow missed it so far. Great thread, much obliged for the impressions from a different part of the world.
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Livestock transportation,,,
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This is a true fun thread! Glad you enjoy your travel to Sumatra!
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Thanks for the comments. :)
Günther - the travel was planned way ahead of the D500 :D
Now planning the next.
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We visited an old Batak house (over 200 years) where 8 (different) families live and a total of 25 persons.
Each has there own fireplace for cooking and there's not much privacy.
Only electricity and no water. Everything is pretty "smoked up".
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Breathtaking place for a photographer!
Great travel images! Great contact in the portraits
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Great stuff, Chris - too many fine images to say which are favourite. I envy - and also don't envy - your experience while climbing the volcano.
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It was also "Churchly"
Although Indonesia is the largest Muslim country in the world there is (some) room for other religions.
1. Tamil Tempel
2. Catholic church "Tamil style"
3. Bhudist Tempel
4. Catholic church "Karo style".
I thought 2. was Sumatra "Disneyland." It didn't look quite right. I noticed the crosses also. The sky with clowds in 2. is perfect.
Dave
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Thanks David's :)
After we saw the eruption of the Sinabung we went to that volcano.
The government has created a red zone of 5km around the volcano. Within that area people were evacuated and it's now a no-go area.
Of course our local guide new somebody who new somebody and we were able to go into the area for a short time. :)
On the first image (6 stitched pano) you can see the desolate area at the bottom of the volcano. The last (big) eruptions were in 2011 and 2013 with several casualties.
The last one is of a small eruption, but we already left the area.
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Wow Chris! Those are just crazy good :) Looks like your really enjoying yourself!
Thanks for sharing
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Thanks, Chris, it is really interesting to see your photos of this place, keep them coming!
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More, I want more :)
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Impressive ashes to ashes series. I like especially the bucket, coke, and the antenna shadow.
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Thanks guys.
Another few from within the "red zone".
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It must have been something to be so close and experience the power of a volcano when you see the impact of an outburst on daily live.
Beautifully captured!
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Thanks Peter, yes it was.
Our guide was very nervous when we went to the beginning of the vulcani. :)
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The type writer is superb abd I love the smokey view of the mountain top also, plus the shadow of the sat dish.
The whole series has something special I might call the "ashy" quality, In the last one (the first I saw) I immediately got the feeling of a hiden menance, without knowing the story, I saw the mountain and I thought "volcano" ... kind of appeals to the oldest parts of my brain, animal reflexes...
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I still have a lot of catching-up to do and have only just found this thread.
What a thrilling trip that must have been — almost too exciting because having a volcano burst into a full eruption right before one's eyes doesn't happen very often?!
And those bright chestnut-red Sumatran orang utans are so magnificent.
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I also missed this thread. The diversity and image quality makes it very compelling. I am sure you had more to show! It is not too late...
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Thanks Ann, Olivier.
The next is to come. :)
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I just found the thread and like the others, I'm impressed. +1 for the typewriter and I'm glad you found orang outangs in the wild.