Trip to Thailand and Indonesia by Peter Landecker, March-April 2009

Sunset in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

 

Mantas in Surin Islands, Thailand

 

Turtle in Koh Bon, Similan Islands, Thailand

 

Surgeonfish

 

"Captain" Peter driving 25 meter (80 foot) liveaboard boat. This was part of a 15 day adventure with Indian Ocean Adventures

 

Dolphins welcoming us to Pulau Weh, North Sumatra, Indonesia

 

Sunset in Sabang, Pulau Weh, North Sumatra, Indonesia

 

Blue Spotted Stingray

 

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Scorpionfish

 

Crinoid

 

Two nudibranchs mating

 

Peter Landecker self portrait

 

Lionfish

 

Banded shrimp

 

Trumpetfish

 

Large ocean-going ship Ltd.Apung (65 feet wide x 150 feet long by 50 feet high) pushed 3 km inland (page 11) in Banda Aceh by the December 26, 2004 tsunami

 

Peter at the top of the Sibayak Volcano in North Sumatra, Indonesia. This was part of a one week excursion with Expedition Jungle.

 

Waterfall about to empty into Lake Toba

 

Lake Toba, about 100 km long, formed about 75,000 years ago in a huge volcanic eruption so large it caused an ice age for about 1000 years!

 

Peter washing his elephant in Tangkahan, North Sumatra, Indonesia

 

Peter riding his elephant bareback!  Note that the elephant's normal mahout is not on the elephant nor is the elephant on a leash.

Peter riding his elephant bareback up the hill from the river!

 

Peter and the front end of his elephant.

 

Two orangutans in the wild, part of a 2 day trek in Bukit Lawang, North Sumatra, Indonesia

 

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