Bukit Lawang

 
The bus we took to Bukit Lawang, three hours from Medan.
The accomodations were less than desirable, but it was less than $1 each way.
An interesting monkey suction cupped to our bus
Me on the bus to Bukit Lawang
Indonesians are very photogenic. As soon as they see anyone with a camera they say 'take my picture, take my picture'. This guy was selling some snacks on the bus before it departed and asked to have his photo taken : )
Nicola excited about her birthday weekend trip to see the Orangutans.
Some of the hotels ruined by the floods of 2003.
The bridge leading to our eco-lodge. That's our jungle guide Irwan on the bridge.

Me, Eden, and Sri at their church festival
The wedding dressing competition
Sri, me, Eden, and Nicola at the church festival
One of the many amazingly huge trees in the jungle.
Rubber trees are very common in the jungle. Our guide referred to it as a condom plantation : )
A view at the beginning of our 5 hour trek through the jungle
Another view from the jungle
The first orangutan we came across
It's amazing how human like their eyes and hands are
This proud mom balanced her baby while he slept
This was the orangutan that chased us
It's hard to tell from this picture, but this is what I climed down. There's only a slight angle to the hill and all you have to hold onto are roots.
This is a picture of me absolutely miserable from our 4 hour trek. We stopped at a fresh water river for some food wrapped in a leaf before the last 1.5 hours of our trek.
Lunch: Fried rice, fried egg, cucumbers and tomatos. I don't know what those white things are--I didn't eat them.
Me, soaking wet from sweat and exhausted after a 5 hour trek through the jungle.
The river, with some light rapids, that we went tubing down.
The river, downstream.