Last fall one the specimens of Amorphophallus titanum flowered in the Bogor Botanic Garden. Of course, by the time the Jakarta Post had managed to report that it was happening and we went along to take a look, the flower was looking a little droopy! The titan arum has the largest inflorescence in the plant … [Read more…]
[simage=1297,200,n,left,]Climbing one of Indonesia’s highest mountains is a good challenge. At 3726 m (12,224 ft) Gunung Rinjani dominates Lombok; it is active, with a huge crater lake where there is a new cone that last erupted in 2004. We booked a trek from Rinjani Explorer (http://www.rinjaniexplorer.com/index.html) , which includes a guide and porters to carry … [Read more…]
[simage=1352,200,n,left,]We finally managed a holiday in Indonesia where neither of us were sick, unless you include Gill being seasick while snorkeling off Gili Air (this particular incident involved Andy mistakenly swimming through the floating carrots and wondering what strange marine life it was). We took advantage of the election day and Easter holidays to spent … [Read more…]
We made it through one year in Bogor. Unfortunately, we did not manage to spend the anniversary together. I was in Laos having dinner with Tom, the usual good food at Cave du Chateux. Gill was in Bogor hosting a baby shower with about 30 guests, almost all of them having no idea what a … [Read more…]