Apr 15, 2012

Big eyes watching me...

Watching the moon at the ferry.
Last days in Sulawesi :´( From Togean we took a night ferry to Gorontalo, the only way to get towards north. Over 12 hours in a huge boat full of mostly local people, who also mostly took a cabin. We bought the cheapest tickets and slept outside on the deck. Which was really nice, the weather was good, not many people outside in the night and even visiting the business class made me shiver. What's the idea of A/C if you need to put on all your clothes and use 2 sleeping bags and still be freezing???

In the morning in Gorontalo we booked into Malati hotel for a few nights. Nice place, really helpful (sometimes even too helpful) staff and free WIFI!!! :) Yea finally online!!!

On the 2nd day we tried to hike to a waterfall but once again, it started to rain and we had to turn back. So we were sliding in the muddy jungle trying not to fall down to spiky plants which were everywhere. All well, after about an hour we got back to the village, wet and had only slightly bloody feet. But I saw a black macaque on the way!!! And I also had a photo session, once again...

I still wanted to see a tarsier before leaving Sulawesi so no other choice than to jump into a kijang again and sit in the car for 13 hours to get to Tangkoko National Park in the northern tip of Sulawesi. And yeah, I finally saw the funniest little monkey with huge eyes and little tiny fingers. So cute!!! Worth all the traveling hours!







Pia is not happy to leave Sulawesi.
And then it was time to leave Sulawesi, snif... We spent the last night in a horrific hotel in Manado and in the morning I left to the airport, Elly back to Togeans. Take a guess into which car I would have rather stepped into... Now I've spent 2 days in Singapore and tomorrow it's time to move on towards Nepal. I try to get excited. And I will for sure the moment I land!!!

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