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Borobudur Temple: The World’s Largest Buddhist Monument

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Approaching the stone steps of Borobudur Temple in the pre-dawn hours, the sky slowly began to lighten, revealing a blanket of grey clouds. Getting up at 4 AM was no longer about seeing a multi-colored sky, but experiencing one of Indonesia's most celebrated cultural landmarks with as few people as possible. Borobudur Temple is the world's largest Buddhist monument, its … [Read more...] about Borobudur Temple: The World’s Largest Buddhist Monument

Camp Leakey, An Effort to Save Borneo’s Endangered Orangutans

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This is the third installment of a three-part series. Check out part one and part two as well. Following the epic photoshoot with the delightful Sweet Hope, we devoured a breakfast of toast, fruit, and fried rice aboard the klotoks, and then disembarked. By then, two dozen other tourists had arrived to watch the morning's orangutan feeding. We … [Read more...] about Camp Leakey, An Effort to Save Borneo’s Endangered Orangutans

The Many Faces of Sweet Hope

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This is the second installment of a three-part series. Read part one here. Upon waking up around 6 AM on the morning of our second day in Indonesia's Tanjung Puting National Park, I surveyed the scene. We were tied up to the same dock where we'd eaten dinner the night before. A few crew members were up and about, while most of the other bloggers were still … [Read more...] about The Many Faces of Sweet Hope

Orangutans in Borneo: Discovering Tanjung Puting National Park

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This is the first installment of a three-part series. Looking deep into their eyes, knowing you as a homo sapien share 97% of the same genetic code as them, it's hard not to feel a kinship with orangutans. The endangered orangutans in Borneo first entered my consciousness when I met Gela, my Dutch trekking partner in Nepal. I remember seeing a photo of her sitting next … [Read more...] about Orangutans in Borneo: Discovering Tanjung Puting National Park