Kumai and the Orangutans

Hello friends,

After leaving Semarang we did a brief stop in Karimun Jawa. There we met two new crew members to join us in our adventures and make our night watches go easier.

Rhiannon is from Florida and is joining us for the long haul to Singapore. She is single and likes kittens gentlemen!

 

Kaitlin is from Minneapolis and joined us just for the short trip to Kumai. At the time of this writing she was heading home already to a puppy that misses her lots.

  

Matt and I went to get some haircuts in town. Gotta love this basic barber shops. The language barrier makes things exciting. I don't really mind if they shave it all off but Matt was sad they took a bit too much of his top.

We met Sophie walking around Kumai and she joined us for our Orangutan adventure. She would have been a good fit in the Tropicbird crew, but sadly only has 2 weeks left of her vacation.

We headed down the jungle to the Tanjung Puting National Park. At least the parks in Indonesia are still open. What a surprise to see turn signs down the Chocolate River. I wonder if boats went off the road?!?

The park is dedicated to orangutan rehabilitation and land conservation. There we met The King.

  

And King's family. 

  

Just in case you need a reminder that you are in the Jungle.

 

The rehabilitation includes feeding in the jungle. This fella stole a bucket of bananas from one of the rangers and had a feast.  No, not Ali - the other one!

Mr. Feast with banana pudding.

A little fellow doing yoga.

The King sort of administers the bananas and decides who gets them. That is unless you can distract him,  sneak in and grab some.

Ladies and children do not get to go first. But they get their turn and come along with a baby velcroed to their side.

All that jungle trekking prompted Ali to do a yoga class. Stretching is good no matter where you are. Then we prepped to go to a wedding. 

The wedding was a traditional Muslim wedding in a small jungle village. This is what we were expecting... more or less. 

What really surprised us was the entertainment - hired from the big city. At least it was all in a family atmosphere.