Mural depicting animals that were formerly found in Java (Credit: Dr Sunarto) I certainly had a different feeling when I explored the jungle of Sumatra. The presence of Sumatran tigers and ...

Sumatra's "Gunung Marapi" volcano was deserted ... base of the slope and trekked up alone by a narrow path through the jungle. The leeches soon found us, crawling into our socks and up our legs.