It was an early, pre-dawn start from Orion II as we departed in a flotilla of zodiacs for the 2 ½-hour trip up the Sungai Sekonyer River. Life on the river began to awaken as we did and within the first 40 minutes of the journey we were treated to our first orangutan sighting in the wild — a large
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After two and a half days at sea, it is a happy event to catch our first glimpse of the third largest island in the world, Borneo, or Kalimantan, as the locals call it. As seen from the sea, it is seemingly flat and featureless, however, we all know that it’s lowland rain forests contain one of the most diverse
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We’re now 24 hours into the trip and commencing our first “day at sea.” The Java Sea, which is known to be rough, has been remarkably calm and we are delighted that Mother Nature is smiling on us. It’s a bit overcast, so not exactly “sunning on deck” weather, but not to worry as we’ve been kept very busy with
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(Click an image to view the original size) If driving to Cleveland to catch a 40-minute IMAX film sounds a bit much, spending 12 of the last 17 hours flying to and from Los Angeles for the launch of a new expedition ship may seem downright hair-brained…but it was an opportunity I could not pass up. Orion Expedition Cruises was
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