Leaving Bawean
Tug with coal barge.....a bit stressful when it cuts across the bow!!
A plam island as we enter the Kumai River
Kumai.....the grey buildings are bird houses for the swifts to make their nest for Bird's Nest soup!!
The ship we anhcored too close and had to move away from
Kumai at sunset
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Kathy and Wati
That's our boat tied up to the barge waiting for us....Mama IV
This is our room for the next 3 days
Our forward view!!
Kumai harbor
Sekonyer river entrance
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Nepa Palms lining the river
See the brown water...ugh!!!
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Water Pandanas
Cemetary at Station 1; they moved the village to the other side of the river but left the cemetary
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Red Flower??
Our first orangutan
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Mom with baby clinging on her back
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The other baby....very active.....maybe 2-3 years old
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Classical pose
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One of many beautiful butterflies
Rangers feeding the orangutans with bananas and sugar cane
Dinner time!!!
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leaving station 1....maybe 10 other boats
Sunset river cruise
Our first Proboscis monkey!!!
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See the large nose of the male!!
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The troop settled for the night
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An orangutan along the river
Our mosquito net around the bed at night
Aklas sneaking up
Let's see what I can find in here!!!
Got sugar???
Aklas feeling dejected
Aklas being enriced back.....so gentle at this point!!
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Lulling everyone to relax
An opening to our boat to steal our sugar jar and cream!!!
Not sure what kind of bird.....maybe a small woodpecker!!!
Station 2
Doyo.....the alpha male at station 2....mayb e20+ years old
So big and very handsome!!
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Rangers feeding at station 2
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Even the squirrels get in the act
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Back to our boat at staion 2
Leaving Station 2
Fishing but not much catching
Small m=nomadic family
The pandanas gave way to these reeds
See the water change as we head up this tributary....no gold mines up river
The water is dark from all the tanins, but very clean
Orangutan on the dock at Camp Leakey
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Macaque monkey
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Mario coming for a look
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Mario playing peekaboo with a small branch of leaves he holds in front of his face
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The "rules" at Camp Leakey
Pitcher plant...open for lunch
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Wild boars
Two orangutans along the path
Red mushrooms
our first gibbon monkey.....such long arms and very graceful
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The #2 dominant male....we did not learn his name
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Kathy sttod very still while this mama and baby passed her by!!!
A guide watches carefully so no mischief takes palce!!
Kathy, John and Siskya, the Queen.....maybe 40 years old
She had ovarian cancer and is a bit moody these days
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Proboscis monkeys at our stop for night 2
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The crocodile research station that is not operating for now
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Greater Coucal
Branjios left the thrid day to go pilot another boat
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These large indentations made in the reeds are from crocodiles
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The guys fixing a busted belt
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The galley stove
The river village
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Palm oil tree.....from west Africa
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The oil is in the fruit
Paved roads and electricity!!
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New houses
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New school
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Nepa plams made for roofing
The children loved Kathy
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Api was driving while the chef cooked lunch.....hmmm, he did not know how to steer too well and we ran into the pandanas....oops!!!
Tying up while we all stopped laughing so hard....the Indonesians are such a happy people
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River sign
Kathy with Ami, our guide
The Kumai river and the end of our river safari of a lifetime!!!
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