Archive | June, 2009
Coming Home: First to Jakarta
Mr. Freddy, a local businessperson from the province of Kalimantan Tengah, flew to Jakarta so that he could immediately receive the funds for 20 ha. of forest that he agreed to sell OFI. Otherwise, the forest would have been cleared for palm oil and lost forever to a relic population of about 50 – 100 wild [...]
Continue reading...26. June 2009
Coming Home: Indonesia
I flew back to Indonesia on Singapore Airlines, middle seat, economy. The journey took over 30 hours as I had to briefly overnight in Singapore (in by 2 am; out by 6 am). Singapore Airlines must have the most comfortable seats on an international flight since I was able to fall asleep despite being shoehorned by a 6 foot [...]
Continue reading...14. June 2009
Coming Home: Los Angeles
Coming back from the Canary Islands took three planes, two airlines, and twenty hours. It is great to be back in L.A. If you live in an established neighborhood and have a car, then Los Angeles is probably the most convenient city in the world. In fact, where my family lives, you don’t even need a car [...]
Continue reading...8. June 2009
Canary Islands: A Perfect Day
It is always doubly delicious when you meet a delightful stranger somewhere distant and then discover that he or she is actually from your home town. It happened to me in the Canary Islands. At lunch the day of my lecture I had started talking to Luis Salazar, a distinguished film maker, who was in [...]
Continue reading...8. June 2009
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Canary Islands: A Photo- just to remind us of a terrible sorrow that took place
I could not insert this photo into my original post on the Canary Islands. My computer and the internet fought me. After two hours I gave up. But I wanted people to see what Roger and Deborah Fouts and I saw our first full day on this beautiful island. Whether it is animals or people being brutalized, it [...]
Continue reading...8. June 2009
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Canary Islands: Second Full Day
The jet lag was so brutal my second day in the Canary Islands that I woke up at 12:30 pm. I had drunk a cup of coffee the night before. Big mistake! I couldn’t fall sleep until 7:30 am and when I forced myself to wake up, I felt like a zombie. But I went straight [...]
Continue reading...2. June 2009
Canary Islands: Day One
I arrived in the Canary Islands at one a.m. and went straight to sleep. I couldn’t get up until twelve hours later at one p.m. I was so groggy that I could barely make my way out of the hotel room. I was so jet-lagged and nauseous that I would have willingly confessed to any past [...]
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Scientist, conservationist, educator: for almost four decades Dr. Biruté Mary Galdikas has studied and worked closely with the orangutans of Indonesian Borneo in their natural habitat, and is today the world’s foremost authority on the orangutan.Latest Flickr photos
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27. June 2009
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