Diana Australis' photos with the keyword: Sumatra

Family Planning/Public Health statue. Rural Sumatra. Used to persuade simple village people to reduce family size. The two finger symbol was the "Trademark" of the campaign. Pre digital scan

Buying crickets (les grillons) for bird food.

In the 80s and 90s I spent a lot of time in Aceh, Sumatra. There were no tourists. Wild orangutans lived in the nearby jungle. I would walk alone in the mornings seaching the forest canopy for orangutans waking up in their tree top nests. Usually I had no camera.One lucky morning, when I had a simple camera, a female came down close to me. I had bananas for my breakfast, and I put them down on the ground. Then I walked a little way off, and sat down to watch her. These are some of the photos I took. Scanned from old photos...

In the 80s and 90s I spent a lot of time in Aceh, Sumatra. There were no tourists. Wild orangutans lived in the nearby jungle. I would walk alone in the mornings seaching the forest canopy for orangutans waking up in their tree top nests. Usually I had no camera.One lucky morning, when I had a simple camera, a female came down close to me. I had bananas for my breakfast, and I put them down on the ground. Then I walked a little way off, and sat down to watch her. These are some of the photos I took. Scanned from old photos.....

In the 80s and 90s I spent a lot of time in Aceh, Sumatra. There were no tourists. Wild orangutans lived in the nearby jungle. I would walk alone in the mornings seaching the forest canopy for orangutans waking up in their tree top nests. Usually I had no camera.One lucky morning, when I had a simple camera, a female came down close to me. I had bananas for my breakfast, and I put them down on the ground. Then I walked a little way off, and sat down to watch her. These are some of the photos I took. Scanned from old photos...

In the 80s and 90s I spent a lot of time in Aceh, Sumatra. There were no tourists. Wild orangutans lived in the nearby jungle. I would walk alone in the mornings seaching the forest canopy for orangutans waking up in their tree top nests. Usually I had no camera.One lucky morning, when I had a simple camera, a female came down close to me. I had bananas for my breakfast, and I put them down on the ground. Then I walked a little way off, and sat down to watch her. These are some of the photos I took. Scanned from old photos...

In the 80s and 90s I spent a lot of time in Aceh, Sumatra. There were no tourists. Wild orangutans lived in the nearby jungle. I would walk alone in the mornings seaching the forest canopy for orangutans waking up in their tree top nests. Usually I had no camera.One lucky morning, when I had a simple camera, a female came down close to me. I had bananas for my breakfast, and I put them down on the ground. Then I walked a little way off, and sat down to watch her. These are some of the photos I took. Scanned from old photos...

I have never seen such an extraordinary plant...it looks almost artificial! It climbed about 60 meters up a huge jungle tree.