http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Lolo/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Lolo en-us Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:38:17 UTC Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:38:17 UTC Sept. 3Carrie Jonathan Heather and I flew to Sumatra where Tomin Karmellersquos friend was waiting for us at the airport. Driving to Bukit Lawang the scenery did not change for three hours. We past row after row of perfectly lined trees planted for the palm oil trade. Tomin explained how the trees are completely changing the habitat since they donrsquot allow any sun to shine through. We http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Indonesia/Sumatra/Bukit-Lawang/blog-324574.html Aug 31Ten of us set off for the island of Java where IAR has a primate rescue facility nestled perfectly into the mountains. Our first stop after landing in Jakartahellip don't laughhellip was Dunkin Donuts. Karmelle got called away to treat a leopard that was caught in a leg hold trap so we just saw the accommodation area and had dinner. The accommodation area was set up for researchers and http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Indonesia/Java/blog-323823.html Aug 27th The conference began with a demonstration of Balinese dancing and the ringing of a huge gong. We were then made to do team building exercises so we could get to know each other. After everyone tried to get me to dye my hair brown and completely cover up the games were nothing like what I expected. We had to stand in 5 lines and the winning team had to have the longest line. You could li http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Indonesia/Bali/blog-318230.html Aug 24th Today began my 30 hour journey to Indonesia and I am filled with anticipation of what I will find there. I picked up the book Three Cups of Tea which is a story about a man Greg Mortensen who attempted to summit K2 and failed. He got lost on his way down the mountain and ended up in a small village in Pakistan. He became close with the people and promised them he would come back and bu http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Indonesia/Bali/blog-318229.html On August 24th I leave for Indonesia to begin a new adventure. I plan to meet up with Alan CEO of IAR and Carrie VP when I arrive. We will attend the Animals Asia conference where I am very excited to meet one of my heros Jill Robinson. We will then travel to Jakarta. In the mountains we have built a primate rescue facility which I am dying to see. It will be great to finally meet the IAR http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Indonesia/blog-310959.html