The 2nd day of trekking was exceptionally difficult. We started the day tired. Last night as we we were going to bed, we saw a giant sumatran jungle rat in our tent. Eeekkkk. It ran away but it did freak us out a bit. That coupled with sleeping on the ground with only a thin may meant we slept poorly.
We had an excellent breakfast and then started trekking. The trekking was more strenuous and we were tired. Seeing the orangutans yesterday gave us energy, which helped power us through. Today we saw only a few hornbills, no monkeys or orangutans. So we didn’t get that rush, and a very long descent zapped us. We both fell and were close to a potential nasty fall.
But once we got to camp, we were energized by a swim near a waterfall. It was refreshing to wash off the bug spray , sweat and dirt. The waterfall pool was truly lovely and we frolicked for a few hours.
We have run into cell coverage at times which is how I posted the last entry.
Well a few minutes after I wrote that we saw a female orangutan from our camp site. She was far away to start but crossed the creek near us. Absolutely amazing
Yikes! A sumatran jungle rat! They're the worst 😉 Loving the updates!
~Malia
Yikes! A sumatran jungle rat! They're the worst 😉 Loving the updates!
~Malia
a GIANT Sumatran jungle rat