When I got this photo of Padma's arrival at HARRIS Tuban for her first night in Bali, she had already boarded next morning's flight to Balikpapan where she was met at the airport by her cousin and her late father's youngest sister. Tomorrow she'll leave for Samarinda where she was born.
She's complaining about the heat and the humidity there but, having just now come back inside after feeding the wild birds and ducks on the pond, with the white frost on the grass crunching under my feet, I'd swap places with her in a heartbeat. I've always had a soft spot for Borneo, the Land below the Wind - so called because it's below the typhoon region - and its "people of the forest", the orangutans.
By moving even closer to the electric oil column heater before watching this clip of the amazing rain forest on the world's third-largest island (after Greenland and New Guinea), I might perhaps feel a little warmer.
Mudah2an hutan ini kelestariannya terjaga sampai anak cucu kelak juga bisa menikmati keindahan hutan ini.
