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After an action packed and very long previous day, it was with a groan that the alarm went off at 5.30 for a 6 am boat trip before breakfast. Although I wasn't quite awake I did enjoy being out for the sunrise over the misty river. We also saw some rare silver lipped macacs and lots of birds (kingfishers, hornbills, storm storks, egrets and bee eaters). Returning to camp for breakfast at 7.30, we had the option of another boat trip to a lake at 9.30. However, the long days and early starts had finally caught up with us and Jon and I declined. I think we must have needed the rest as we returned to our room just after 8am and the next thing we knew, we woke up just in time for lunch at noon! We had rice and chicken (just for a change) - then some of us took the opportunity to buy and plant a tree here. There something good about the idea that you may have added a tree that an orang-Utan or monkeys may swing through in 15 or 20 years time (in reality it probably won't survive, but hopefully at least 1 of the 5 trees planted today will make it). In the afternoon we went on another boat trip and were incredibly lucky to see a female orang-Utan in the wild. We stayed watching her for quite a while, then continued down river seeing more proboscis monkeys, macacs, snakes and birds along the way. As we returned in the gathering darkness, lit on by intermittent flashes of lightning, our guide Henry used his torch to show the menacing glow of eyes by the shoreline - crocodiles were lurking amongst the plants and branches. Once again we had a rice dinner - this time we had beef (not sure I can cope with so much variety!).
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