Month: May 2010

  • A more quiet Time

    So folks, I barely ended my stories about Ujung Kulon, just to announce the next trip. Starting this sunday I will trip around Indonesia with two friends. We will hit Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi and Bali in the said order. I cannot promise to write you within this three weeks, though I will try to. It…

  • About Ujung Kulon: The final Chapter

    We arrived in Tamanjaya thinking our car would await us and we would go straight back home. Far from the truth this thought was. Our driver hadn’t arrived yet, but we didn’t worry yet. We did our business like paying for the guide and the boat and getting a free lunch – to get the…

  • About Ujung Kulon: Pulau Peucang

    The jungle we left behind us, but before we dared to get back to civilization, we chilled at the beautiful Isle of Peucang with it’s snow-white beaches. With a tiny boat we crossed the strait and got of at the complex on the Peucang Island. There is a ranger station, a tourist office, three buildings…

  • About Ujung Kulon: Green Part 3

    Last but not least. The third day of green, until it turned blue. What? You’ll get me in a second, or two. Staying in the second shelter was not too comfortable, but I guess that’s the price you have to pay for an adventure. We couldn’t really sleep (it was only 6p.m.) and talked for…

  • About Ujung Kulon: Green Part 2

    The second part of the green is dedicated to the second day of my trip. You have already seen the beach of the second day, now you may see the forest. It was a long and hard marsh that day, but in the end, when we reach the abandoned shelter, we also reached happiness. Happiness…

  • About Ujung Kulon: Green Part 1

    If you go to the jungle, you have to expect one certain color. I guess you know which one I mean. It comes to you in any form and any tone. You walk by it and your eyes are fixed to a shape you haven’t seen before, once you get of you’re already stucked to…