Day 13: Bukit Lawang, Orangutans

Oil palm bunch

This was zesty

Tofu making in the background

Rubber

We began the day at 10 and Dede and Danny and his group showed us around the Bukit Lawang area and village.

We saw many things

• Roof making from palm tree leaves
• Making of tofu
• Making of brown palm tree sugar
• Rubber plantations
• Rice plantations

More importantly, we came in contact with leeches, and Julie got a bleed from one of them

In the afternoon after lunch, we had a session with people from Orangutan Haven who explained to us about their works
Afterwards, Kelly, a former student of the program last year (2017) explained about the Orangutan health project

• Self-medicating orangutans
• Use of their medicines for humans
• Parasite research

Afterwards, Dede and Danny gave us a list of the things to bring to tomorrow's hike and day and night in the jungle.

This place has a lot of monkeys, cheeky ones at that. They go through trash, and if you leave clothes out, they might  rip them and generally mess with you.

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