Munene, the journey...

We began the hike at 9am, having split into two groups: the slow team who called themselves torutgas, and the tigers. The tigers took the harder route, while the tortugas took the easy route along the river. With Zack The hike was fun, a lot of fun. We went up hills, down valleys, crossed rivers etc. Some parts were tough. I slipped and fell a couple of times, as did everyone else. We ended up crawling on all fours in some sections, because they were so steep. Because it was a rain forest, it was damp and wet in some sections, and therefore very slippery. We had a break to catch our breaths and get some a fruit snacks. We had lunch at around 2pm. We got to our camp site at 4pm, tired and hungry. Luckily, tea and biscuits were on the ready. After the snacks, we had a dip in the water. It was cool and nice. I also learnt to skip rocks on the water. Afterwards, we changed into dry clothes, had dinner, and more tea and coffee. Then we played jungle games: This is a ...

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 throug...