After MANY delays, yesterday I finally bought my air ticket to Padang in Sumatra. I’ll be going near the end of June and staying for about 2 weeks. I’ll arrange for a hire car to be waiting for me at the airport so I can cut loose as soon as I arrive.
I’ve just been sitting here on the floor, surrounded by all my maps, planning where I’ll be going. I will probably hang out in Bukittingi for a few days and do a few “easy” mountains to start with. I’m going to take my little guy who’ll be 7 so he will need some practise too.
After that I plan to head south to Sungaipenuh to do a few mountains there, and then north to Sibolga and lake Toba. I am hanging to try Gunung Pangulubao again.
From past trips I expect to see about 19 species including ampullaria, adnata, bongso, inermis, singalana, carunculata, tobaica, gracilis, reinwardtiana, longifolia, sumatrana, eustachya, albo-marginata, spectablis, mikei, rhombicaulis, spathulata, talangensis and some other thing that looks like a strange singalana. IF I have the time and inclination I might try going up Talakmau again to see dubia as it’s SUCH a cool plant.
I went to see some people at the university here in Denpasar and they are happy to give seed culture a shot for me so I’ll try to score some seed, as well as a bunch of pics, of course.
My son will be on his school holidays and I will get him to make a diary and I’ll take pics for it so he’ll have something interesting for show and tell when he goes back to school.
This anticipation leading up to the trip is almost as much fun as the trip itself!
YEEEEEHAAAAAAAAAAAA !!
Cheers, fatboy.
PS Sorry, not trying to rub it in but you guys are the only ones that will appreciate this trip like I do. Everyone else here goes back to Australia for their holidays and they all think I'm mad.
I’ve just been sitting here on the floor, surrounded by all my maps, planning where I’ll be going. I will probably hang out in Bukittingi for a few days and do a few “easy” mountains to start with. I’m going to take my little guy who’ll be 7 so he will need some practise too.
After that I plan to head south to Sungaipenuh to do a few mountains there, and then north to Sibolga and lake Toba. I am hanging to try Gunung Pangulubao again.
From past trips I expect to see about 19 species including ampullaria, adnata, bongso, inermis, singalana, carunculata, tobaica, gracilis, reinwardtiana, longifolia, sumatrana, eustachya, albo-marginata, spectablis, mikei, rhombicaulis, spathulata, talangensis and some other thing that looks like a strange singalana. IF I have the time and inclination I might try going up Talakmau again to see dubia as it’s SUCH a cool plant.
I went to see some people at the university here in Denpasar and they are happy to give seed culture a shot for me so I’ll try to score some seed, as well as a bunch of pics, of course.
My son will be on his school holidays and I will get him to make a diary and I’ll take pics for it so he’ll have something interesting for show and tell when he goes back to school.
This anticipation leading up to the trip is almost as much fun as the trip itself!
YEEEEEHAAAAAAAAAAAA !!
Cheers, fatboy.
PS Sorry, not trying to rub it in but you guys are the only ones that will appreciate this trip like I do. Everyone else here goes back to Australia for their holidays and they all think I'm mad.