点评:As Adventure Josh, I couldn't just let my 41st birthday pass by without some sort of legendary experience. I had just come off 2.5 months in the Philippines, and then touring through the south of Indonesia to see the rivers of blue flames inside the Igen volcano, Komodo dragons, and the intense funeral rituals in Tana Toraja. It was time to end Indonesia with a BANG!
I had originally sort of dismissed Sumatra as it was so far out of the way compared to all of the other destinations in the country. And everyone I kept talking to was shocked! Clearly, I had overlooked something. The more research I did, the more enthralled I became with journeying northwards.
The day finally arrived, and partnered up with Bukit Lawang Adventure, and I set foot into the dense jungle of Gunung Leuser NP. Warned not to be disappointed if we didn't see any animals, as they can sometimes be elusive, minutes later we were greeted with an orangutang swinging from branch to branch with its baby!
The steep, slippery, jungle ascent poured litres of sweat from my body. Jaka, my guide, was always quick to point out any interesting foliage — including one in particular that I found quite interesting. It was some sort of sap that when you scraped it off into flakes would burst into a spectacle of fiery flakes when lit.
Jungle camp, with the mosquito nets and padded mats to sleep on, was a welcome sight. Scorpion sighting aside. The crew got to work quickly preparing dinner by sunset, while I cleansed my aching body and mud-laden limbs in the nearby river. Dinner was a symphony of local food; not what you'd expect for a roughin' it experience.
Day two a much shorter journey to the Bohorok river where we tied inner-tubes together, and blasted down the rapids through the jungle and back to civilization.
翻译:作为冒险家乔什,我不能就这样度过我的 41 岁生日,却没有一些传奇般的经历。我刚刚结束了在菲律宾的两个半月的旅程,然后又游览了印度尼西亚南部,看到了伊根火山内部的蓝色火焰河、科莫多巨蜥和塔纳托拉查岛的激烈葬礼仪式。是时候以一声巨响结束印度尼西亚之旅了!
我原本有点不屑一顾,因为与该国所有其他目的地相比,苏门答腊太偏僻了。和我交谈的每个人都很震惊!显然,我忽略了一些东西。我做的研究越多,我就越着迷于向北旅行。
这一天终于到来了,我与 Bukit Lawang Adventure 合作,踏入了 Gunung Leuser NP 茂密的丛林。我们被告知,如果我们没有看到任何动物,也不要失望,因为它们有时很难捉摸。几分钟后,我们看到一只猩猩带着它的宝宝在树枝间荡来荡去!
陡峭、湿滑的丛林攀登让我汗流浃背。我的导游贾卡总是能很快指出任何有趣的树叶——其中有一棵我觉得很有趣。那是一种树液,当你把它刮成薄片时,点燃后会爆裂成一片火红的薄片。
丛林营地,有蚊帐和睡在软垫上,令人欣喜。蝎子出没除外。日落时分,工作人员开始迅速准备晚餐,而我在附近的河里清洗酸痛的身体和沾满泥土的四肢。晚餐是当地美食的交响乐;与你对艰苦经历的期望不同。
第二天,我们前往博霍罗克河,路途更短,我们将内胎绑在一起,冲过丛林中的急流,回到文明世界。