Archive | May, 2009

29. May 2009

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One Day of Travel: LAX to the Canary Islands

It took one entire day of travel to reach the Canary Islands.  My plane was to leave LAX sometime after eight a.m.   At 4:15 a.m. I get a call from US Airways that my flight has been delayed 100 minutes and that they will make alternative arrangements instead.  I am very grateful.  After hours at [...]

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26. May 2009

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Canary Islands:Here we come

Last night I drove back to Los Angeles in solitude, except for the CD player pumping out BB King and Guns and Roses, from San Diego where I had posted the first two entries on my blog.  Even though it was midnight, it still took two hours and forty minutes to get back because there [...]

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24. May 2009

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Greetings from San Diego: one day only

Greetings from San Diego: one day only

I am a person of solitudes.  The species that I work with, the Bornean orangutan, is solitary or semi-solitary.  In the past I have spent many, many days alone on the forest floor observing orangutans, trailing them as they wandered through the forest canopy, foraging for food.  More recently, it almost seems as if I spend [...]

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23. May 2009

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Welcome!

Welcome!

Welcome to my blog where I will be bringing you updates from my life. But first, let me cite a paragraph from my own book Reflections of Eden.  I hope that my blog will present my feelings and some insightful reflections on the issues facing orangutans and forests as well as Borneo and its native [...]

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