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Day one and the heat is on. Not only outside, which seems to get hotter by the hour as black tailed kites circle above the treetops, but here inside, in a packed room in a non-descript government building pulsing with energy. Here in New Delhi, the world is about to hear if the country with [...]
Dusk was trickling in as a light dusting of snow settled over the stately palaces and wide avenues of St. Petersburg. People were scurrying home, going about their way as we stepped out of the city’s Marian Palace. The naked trees, frozen against the gray sky, and icy early winter snow, however, took me a [...]
When I awoke the sky was still an inky black, its wispy clouds wafting over the city like wet tissue, languid and permeable. It is cold, akin to a dead middle February day rather than late November, but after arriving from year-round tropical Malaysia, any temperature less than steamy feels like middle February. The stillness [...]
Hujan masih mengguyur bumi Lancang Kuning pagi itu ketika kami mulai menyiapkan diri untuk perjalanan yang tengah menanti di hadapan. Tenda dan flysheet yang basah kemarin kini telah kering setelah dijemur memanfaatkan hangatnya pancaran matahari sore di Desa Gema. Tak pernah bosan aku merasa gembira melihat beraneka warna barang-barang termasuk persedian logistik mencakup sayur, bumbu, … Continue reading »
Apa yang tidak diharapkan ternyata menjadi kenyataan. Setelah semua orang selesai makan malam, mendengarkan sesi pengarahan dan pengambilan gambar malam hari dengan tim Jejak Petualang Trans7, suara guntur mulai terdengar dan sesaat setelah semua orang masuk ke tenda yang telah disiapkan, hujan pun mulai mengguyur bumi. Karena semua tenda dipasang dalam keadaan darurat mengingat luas … Continue reading »
Baik, setelah 6 bulan hanya bekerja dari balik meja di dalam ruangan, telah tiba saatnya kita masuk hutan lagi! tujuan petualangan kali ini adalah ke Suaka Margasatwa Rimbang Baling secara administrasi masuk ke dalam Kabupaten Bangkinang, Propinsi Riau. Rimbang Baling adalah target petualangan saya yang keempat dari empat habitat utama harimau sumatera yang termasuk ke … Continue reading »
Finally at our last campsite! It is funny; we are at a spring, the only water for miles around. Everyone is bathing from a pot of water, including Scooby and Sadie! Scooby is on bed rest for the next few days until his muscles get better. Looks like Sadie is on her own for a [...]
Finished surveys for our cell! Scooby and Sadie have done excellent work. We worked alternate days giving each dog time to train on tiger scat. The dogs worked a blind trail problem with Vong and Oudom as their handlers while Jen and Liz took some training videos to show future handlers. Everyone did great and [...]
Wow! We are heading on our last camping trip for the study. It’s incredible to believe that we are finally on the last few cells. We set-up camp and are settled in, these back roads are definitely hard to drive. We are at the only waterhole around; the dry season is taking its toll on [...]
