9th-12th December, 2014 Day 1 It was not twenty minutes after stepping off from the road and into the jungle, that we caught our first sighting; a startled owl flying away. Its companion though, remained stubbornly upon the branch. After taking a photo we carried on walking, taking breaks every now and then. This firstContinue reading “Travelblog#30 Gunung Leuser National Park – Sumatra, Indonesia”
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Travelblog#29: Lake Toba – Sumatra, Indonesia
3rd-7th December, 2014 Danau Toba is the largest lake in Southeast Asia. What makes this fact even more impressive is that it is actually a crater for a gargantuan volcano. Thought to have caused a period of ice-age when it erupted 70,000 years ago – the time when geneticists believe the population of the humanContinue reading “Travelblog#29: Lake Toba – Sumatra, Indonesia”
Travelblog#28: Harau Valley – Sumatra, Indonesia
29th November – 2nd December, 2014 During my time in Bukittinggi I kept hearing of a place called Harau Valley: it was an area only briefly mentioned in my copy of the Lonely Planet, but everyone I met who had been there said that it was a must-see. I had just finished doing a motorcycleContinue reading “Travelblog#28: Harau Valley – Sumatra, Indonesia”
Tej Turner 