Bukit Lawang, Indonesia

Travel Blogs from Bukit Lawang (55)

the orangutans of Bukit Lawang...., Bukit Lawang, Indonesia travel blog
the orangutans of Bukit Lawang....
Jun 23, 2008

... lack of variety and get back into the groove of searching out their own food from the forest.     A little bit about Bukit Lawang.  It's a small town right on a river, the size of which is perfect for tubing...wide and shallow.  But ...

A travel blog entry by rawhideone
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Day 62:  Falling in Love With Bukit Lawang, Bukit Lawang, Indonesia travel blog
Day 62: Falling in Love With Bukit Lawang
Jul 22, 2008

... ... See deh animal... Trekking together... with orang-utan... Walking together... Singing together... Everything together! In Bukit Lawang...HEY!" ...all typos deliberate. Ita's brother also whipped out a photo album and a pamphlet about his ...

A travel blog entry by sirrocko711
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*Day 61:  Homesick :-(, Bukit Lawang, Indonesia travel blog
*Day 61: Homesick :-(
Jul 21, 2008

... bush as soon as the assistant threw a stick at it. Props to the monkeys. My local made, jungle-grade Bukit Lawang flip-flops were also proving their worth, despite leaving my feet vulnerable to mosquitoes they were perfectly adequate  ...

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*Day 60: Orangutans & French Lullabies, Bukit Lawang, Indonesia travel blog
*Day 60: Orangutans & French Lullabies
Jul 21, 2008

After a warm fruit filled bowl of "muesli"(actually coconut flavored debris from the bottom of their toaster oven), I was fetched by guide Abdul and followed him on a round through the village to pick up the other four trekkers. The first was a ...

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Forum Discussions on Bukit Lawang (5)

Adventuring Trip
Posted on Feb 21, 2008, 06:13:44
... rivers, attending traditional weddings, riding elephants in Tangkahan in north Sumatra a 2 hr motor bike ride from the famous Bukit Lawang. Bukit Lawang was destroyed in 2003 after a massive dam up in the jungle burst its banks and took the whole village ...
Travel in Indonesia
Posted on Apr 18, 2009, 13:05:01
Indonesia was the highlight of my trip by far! Bukit Lawang was the best part of it, don't go to Indonesia without making a pit stop there to see the orangutan. The village even has its own theme song. Hii I am Bowo, work in local ngo( ...
Travel in Indonesia
Posted on Nov 24, 2008, 09:15:48
Indonesia was the highlight of my trip by far! Bukit Lawang was the best part of it, don't go to Indonesia without making a pit stop there to see the orangutan. The village even has its own theme song.
Tangkahan NorthSumatra
Posted on Jul 8, 2009, 04:54:04
... , The other night I was checking out You Tube and found this new video just released on Tangkahan- the jungle paradise 2 hrs from Bukit Lawang in North Sumatra. One of the highlights of the area are the 7 elephants and you see plenty of them on the video. ...

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