tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34129761940654665452024-02-18T19:07:07.454-08:00Swiftlet Farms of IndonesiaIndonesia is probably the largest producer & the earliest to cultivate bird nest outside their natural cave habitat. I would love to travel around & learn more about this industry in Indonesia.Walet.twinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18210388939671378989noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412976194065466545.post-86818072981475211762011-01-12T03:08:00.001-08:002011-01-12T11:37:01.030-08:00Jakarta Seminar 2010 - Part 1It was a late decision to participate - more of catching up socially with friends from other countries. How often can we all meet together? Informal learning through after diner discussions are very informative too.<br /><br />The flight from Bangkok arrived late at night. We checked into hotel past midnight. Good that the seminar was held there. Getting up late for breakfast only to find seating space at the rear. An opening remark from Ben Chai - "It has changed from a hobby into a business." Good for him!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiczjK1UhJPTDaq1vvwPdX8kjWkXa-0DaFwNSvd_lL9Yif-n1v1xVl_bdOyekN_cldvjN87rQNuzgS3z6dhfHj64pB2j1qVnRJhVgVr2z0zgMz5nUU9d2oy-66cpk5Y5zeYNP3STDyDgVdx/s1600/DSC00129.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiczjK1UhJPTDaq1vvwPdX8kjWkXa-0DaFwNSvd_lL9Yif-n1v1xVl_bdOyekN_cldvjN87rQNuzgS3z6dhfHj64pB2j1qVnRJhVgVr2z0zgMz5nUU9d2oy-66cpk5Y5zeYNP3STDyDgVdx/s320/DSC00129.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561258853166568354" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Attendees seemed to have doubled compared to our last attendance. P'Jiap noted, many here are multiple bird house owners and some are builder/developers. Very true too, as we met more people to gain an insight to their activities.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6id0GpIJPB-L8ceyQHNt2p2YxSJh-4pyBsw_xb7Ve0D2P5mIUrEL0A6GnmomOeeG7pE_etN_GYIx_R62tzuhngFrikyK-00m76kbjutWLIVrReNORvPJrD1afgYSpX7XrxF-9-zPsrvjJ/s1600/DSC00128.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6id0GpIJPB-L8ceyQHNt2p2YxSJh-4pyBsw_xb7Ve0D2P5mIUrEL0A6GnmomOeeG7pE_etN_GYIx_R62tzuhngFrikyK-00m76kbjutWLIVrReNORvPJrD1afgYSpX7XrxF-9-zPsrvjJ/s320/DSC00128.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561258881182440802" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Many of us at the back were not paying attention - created a bit of nuisance to new attendees.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv0LUIF07sI9u2nSpSFxxGJ7ceVToySWiDRGw3mzgEh54nzpAOzFRGpd8ogaFl_9jDpFZDPIYg8n3FAo1lwWw7vL5MoSGTSwEXlhLvOipcNMMW6dHY_sEIy7UhsZ4lf2KdJcY8V14x_uXA/s1600/DSC00127.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv0LUIF07sI9u2nSpSFxxGJ7ceVToySWiDRGw3mzgEh54nzpAOzFRGpd8ogaFl_9jDpFZDPIYg8n3FAo1lwWw7vL5MoSGTSwEXlhLvOipcNMMW6dHY_sEIy7UhsZ4lf2KdJcY8V14x_uXA/s320/DSC00127.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561258845758630770" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />See..chatting away caught on camera! I were just as guilty as a party to it here.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq4lvOIPHBXiAIrXmUvpRZGhmIfMzOuTMcoRAu6gUDMwgF-fMpa6fR8iRAFkKcaPPXzVvnsivZCJiKUj6fVArcAG5J7cymLbLdbxvi8MtFY3BVFaYbqD67l6-bLv6yKGoygAYRgE0bS4XA/s1600/DSC00130.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 85px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq4lvOIPHBXiAIrXmUvpRZGhmIfMzOuTMcoRAu6gUDMwgF-fMpa6fR8iRAFkKcaPPXzVvnsivZCJiKUj6fVArcAG5J7cymLbLdbxvi8MtFY3BVFaYbqD67l6-bLv6yKGoygAYRgE0bS4XA/s320/DSC00130.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561272241008917938" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The most interesting gadget to me is this feeding hopper demonstrated.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz8zVtqfghOmfiGigDJ04kwR89SdRUSiRtBO1tFsNyMYImyK-ZEjICgvreJO6T3HBdXxonMcdZrPyYhFlVqbsBfhr2TkTl1Ho6SU2k3ynmkd3pP3YjzkAXM_KmCCCVIeyRXHrj1vZUA1f7/s1600/DSC00131.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz8zVtqfghOmfiGigDJ04kwR89SdRUSiRtBO1tFsNyMYImyK-ZEjICgvreJO6T3HBdXxonMcdZrPyYhFlVqbsBfhr2TkTl1Ho6SU2k3ynmkd3pP3YjzkAXM_KmCCCVIeyRXHrj1vZUA1f7/s320/DSC00131.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561258838647788370" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Many crowd around to get a close look. The conical pan to retrieve fallen pellets; its catchment area can be increased with extension plate attachments.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2SnNojPT7QLnIYfKYpXj0y3POPjBiBxO3rGjhoz8JTyUojlsRUdVDOwXlQBDrKxqT2-Ob75hyphenhyphen803Se2ByRvleiRLnO0gnGfL8EnEUjs0JHWZkkI7haP8w4lYmFAiqqmRUJZFnmAO6gcwV/s1600/DSC00133.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2SnNojPT7QLnIYfKYpXj0y3POPjBiBxO3rGjhoz8JTyUojlsRUdVDOwXlQBDrKxqT2-Ob75hyphenhyphen803Se2ByRvleiRLnO0gnGfL8EnEUjs0JHWZkkI7haP8w4lYmFAiqqmRUJZFnmAO6gcwV/s320/DSC00133.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561256279885040834" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />See the food pellets at the base of the cone, blown into air space above like a fountain.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrpfNIYbovmcknJsThznoANUxTqYiAPYUnW-KCIDcR84ZjLqcf0ICYRyCYrPpd8u1dUJQxhLzC2yLtsIhf1sQ5XxFnPKytngFcyq2-EhNv6ZHxfKMa5LJjKw24RMCQi-Myzk2TvoDCQghy/s1600/DSC00132.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrpfNIYbovmcknJsThznoANUxTqYiAPYUnW-KCIDcR84ZjLqcf0ICYRyCYrPpd8u1dUJQxhLzC2yLtsIhf1sQ5XxFnPKytngFcyq2-EhNv6ZHxfKMa5LJjKw24RMCQi-Myzk2TvoDCQghy/s320/DSC00132.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561256286126817714" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The air blower doing the job mounted below.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiADiUMzzwipPly0gWr-f0MUAsAuphIrqSy1yC0a5LTdgV0X0E2DTdIczLEwqW-u8TcrB8pb04fM-bhyphenhyphen2SC2lcR56jTVENHJRRZYeX7j55o85F6DIWGj1olLvkwH-n8AszdnLytgp1ETC1/s1600/DSC00134.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiADiUMzzwipPly0gWr-f0MUAsAuphIrqSy1yC0a5LTdgV0X0E2DTdIczLEwqW-u8TcrB8pb04fM-bhyphenhyphen2SC2lcR56jTVENHJRRZYeX7j55o85F6DIWGj1olLvkwH-n8AszdnLytgp1ETC1/s320/DSC00134.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561256278138212610" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />When the event was over, everyone puts up broad smiles to remember the day.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg17_6o5Jax6g3LMzcgQKPsAMluCCgTbi5nZKe78fFPSay9Sc_tBy-RFWEEgfKx1le2V8kEQYMtZsPSYKDHRm3BynHPZdtjBhnGmmosWWkC0yp45phVpcMPUjeU78nR_G_rM67BxM3td5hv/s1600/DSC00135.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg17_6o5Jax6g3LMzcgQKPsAMluCCgTbi5nZKe78fFPSay9Sc_tBy-RFWEEgfKx1le2V8kEQYMtZsPSYKDHRm3BynHPZdtjBhnGmmosWWkC0yp45phVpcMPUjeU78nR_G_rM67BxM3td5hv/s320/DSC00135.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561256269707564258" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Visited EKA Walet on day before departing for the airport. This entrance hole steel frame caught my eyes. Its design is small and narrow to prevent burglars entry - only seen in Indonesia.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHUfVji-_uD0BqYuA1DpurFMD4bgBPfaTSZXBa5Q1Vf2F1J-BoG1cJsTqt8uK7pktbRuRCL7dBDQ6aYYn8Y-Ykz9xG4vz_mhV9ahC9PHOfZadWCVEvbsb6vBpKN3f7JdB51_UQYBJR177j/s1600/DSC00156.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHUfVji-_uD0BqYuA1DpurFMD4bgBPfaTSZXBa5Q1Vf2F1J-BoG1cJsTqt8uK7pktbRuRCL7dBDQ6aYYn8Y-Ykz9xG4vz_mhV9ahC9PHOfZadWCVEvbsb6vBpKN3f7JdB51_UQYBJR177j/s320/DSC00156.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561256272588764930" border="0" /></a>Walet.twinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18210388939671378989noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412976194065466545.post-91323135381004506782011-01-12T02:01:00.000-08:002011-01-12T03:06:15.221-08:00Jakarta Seminar 2010 - Part 2, the field tripThe field trip was to Panimbang again, western tip of Java. I wasn't keen initially but changed my mind when I heard Pak Hen was going to show us his revamped bird house. That would be an eye opener.<br /><br />The two large tour buses were in full capacity for a 3 hr ride.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhwkxxo3sAc5UpiW4KWFp-JqdDoQZd5PwkwLaoRENBQTKFEa3yXoHCVvX10NIycPmUaOopPgvePg6jz9imM6ixCqigpDa_MbZgM9gcolmzLLneri2ZtZ_03B4cGSrfcp_zA9ehcaSFzk1m/s1600/DSC00139.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhwkxxo3sAc5UpiW4KWFp-JqdDoQZd5PwkwLaoRENBQTKFEa3yXoHCVvX10NIycPmUaOopPgvePg6jz9imM6ixCqigpDa_MbZgM9gcolmzLLneri2ZtZ_03B4cGSrfcp_zA9ehcaSFzk1m/s320/DSC00139.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561245566425062594" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />A routine stop for toilet break & refreshments, nothing fancy.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkXeXizrggLLbi8UXG0Pi1_AaqWb-MvGrDGUygpjlrwEnEuzHoDFwv-M3QKxIWRB77bz9zkcjH6-mDnH97cr-1cL7udt_1i3rRKO0uZdZuIplniOOpoL0KhmpaQr3a0xs7DOCXEXVvTXv_/s1600/DSC00136.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkXeXizrggLLbi8UXG0Pi1_AaqWb-MvGrDGUygpjlrwEnEuzHoDFwv-M3QKxIWRB77bz9zkcjH6-mDnH97cr-1cL7udt_1i3rRKO0uZdZuIplniOOpoL0KhmpaQr3a0xs7DOCXEXVvTXv_/s320/DSC00136.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561246575227129282" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Just few steps behind, the scenery in the backdrop was beautiful.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Kc3zBsgaQgHeO7RE70hcAvuXcNyYwDEG9s8UEsl74il2ukNdo48s783pJS9ZCLObRiGpy7MnO0VhPG2TlGXrgiVYEzxB8cxybAw6dLFKi1IZ9MYVeMbaDh2G-Ekq8TR_Y_waQhAdyM-J/s1600/DSC00137.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Kc3zBsgaQgHeO7RE70hcAvuXcNyYwDEG9s8UEsl74il2ukNdo48s783pJS9ZCLObRiGpy7MnO0VhPG2TlGXrgiVYEzxB8cxybAw6dLFKi1IZ9MYVeMbaDh2G-Ekq8TR_Y_waQhAdyM-J/s320/DSC00137.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561247283699757234" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXqMaa7biI6ZT1E3k5yEqBV-d-FKH7ezIDV2SPYkw5GJMNi6kM8wFGuOf3W84l9Ex6fcbiQ6rlVmMi3XuLrEhcE2K3qNZt3t92VMH9vIbV8lYUj1lJUF9T4OhXwvmklYYn-UBbb_w9OPVH/s1600/DSC00138.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXqMaa7biI6ZT1E3k5yEqBV-d-FKH7ezIDV2SPYkw5GJMNi6kM8wFGuOf3W84l9Ex6fcbiQ6rlVmMi3XuLrEhcE2K3qNZt3t92VMH9vIbV8lYUj1lJUF9T4OhXwvmklYYn-UBbb_w9OPVH/s320/DSC00138.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561245573871226514" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />See the crowd gathered in front of Pak Hen's bird house, waiting for their turn to enter.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXAedH5n16qU5irnFZ6cTC_KExPEboGJGZwznw3O2T0G100ACpxRaoJC5yNB6ju9Pe3LfdRIrOXOivp84TxiDJNvcWOll1vWsBfdEk9wjxk5JgfqOPf69_wdevaHfY5Y9VALA6gbDLIBu2/s1600/DSC00142.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXAedH5n16qU5irnFZ6cTC_KExPEboGJGZwznw3O2T0G100ACpxRaoJC5yNB6ju9Pe3LfdRIrOXOivp84TxiDJNvcWOll1vWsBfdEk9wjxk5JgfqOPf69_wdevaHfY5Y9VALA6gbDLIBu2/s320/DSC00142.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561245556301688306" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />A small group of five at a time... notice the bazooka beside entrance pointing towards a neighbor.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5v1-_TexNccBHZBOUyYkBwbtlTiBdY34Qz3b-pNf2ap9yimRdAhvI60xjSD95VyZX-qHua_W5_KyBpinb_MgJN7cfngs3ka-mlOMTOd3fp01GbQrw8XPJk3qeHApV5bMId1KDjYPnvRWv/s1600/DSC00143.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5v1-_TexNccBHZBOUyYkBwbtlTiBdY34Qz3b-pNf2ap9yimRdAhvI60xjSD95VyZX-qHua_W5_KyBpinb_MgJN7cfngs3ka-mlOMTOd3fp01GbQrw8XPJk3qeHApV5bMId1KDjYPnvRWv/s320/DSC00143.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561245547340193634" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I can't take the heat waiting in the yard, so I wandered off to check the neighborhood.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS64GZpzlzRhAn3jR_jba7frgT7vlvazIWqRBSZqD7qv139ZJikTQzZhVnquzobCWu2sLSsyDSsHpVvm5bVMbPLmTqs8KpbTkL9ANVe0-t_YEIR-Sq8OKnUBaiit0yO6uwvbY_gX49mjMo/s1600/DSC00140.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS64GZpzlzRhAn3jR_jba7frgT7vlvazIWqRBSZqD7qv139ZJikTQzZhVnquzobCWu2sLSsyDSsHpVvm5bVMbPLmTqs8KpbTkL9ANVe0-t_YEIR-Sq8OKnUBaiit0yO6uwvbY_gX49mjMo/s320/DSC00140.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561245559891583602" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />When the internal tour was over, we visited another part of the town with cluster of bird houses. A re-visit I would say.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1c2DFFDRl1N6McXM5Rh1FovXNI74BTaqNPjwBiZnNrxvRYbu0iMLpgAZMcFIiq2qBZ63Adny4EKk70lbpL5AjvA4UvvIU76D7sXZv2OWGfqZZzGLyM0y6or0NlYDs2dSNVXKLJEo8YH3i/s1600/DSC00144.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1c2DFFDRl1N6McXM5Rh1FovXNI74BTaqNPjwBiZnNrxvRYbu0iMLpgAZMcFIiq2qBZ63Adny4EKk70lbpL5AjvA4UvvIU76D7sXZv2OWGfqZZzGLyM0y6or0NlYDs2dSNVXKLJEo8YH3i/s320/DSC00144.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561243036195827010" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />This looks like a fortress!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBnImQRVY5pj5tXFMdP-l9d8UrzUh6kP9gBdYX3A4BoPMVz4zZhvQw9DNvQh1wMEe9xS6dF45QbI_YTDLcgUtWUyby9MGLuOM14D84ImXcJXoLFReokRlHBkGbsb0DnxkQeEahQSRCi0xH/s1600/DSC00146.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBnImQRVY5pj5tXFMdP-l9d8UrzUh6kP9gBdYX3A4BoPMVz4zZhvQw9DNvQh1wMEe9xS6dF45QbI_YTDLcgUtWUyby9MGLuOM14D84ImXcJXoLFReokRlHBkGbsb0DnxkQeEahQSRCi0xH/s320/DSC00146.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561243033448426450" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Bird house, bird house & more bird houses!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2lr9pUlaJO24z-mxij3h-7E31U8DswF3V4HfdZCPaz6ie8N2yGGD1mZ9XRNkYQRaBFdA2u0KwBx9Ez-TpT8-3h8u-EnJAdx3UuhXnA3R9dgs7nBQtsxK01cpxbY3qFRk5_vAJKAt-XOF8/s1600/DSC00150.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2lr9pUlaJO24z-mxij3h-7E31U8DswF3V4HfdZCPaz6ie8N2yGGD1mZ9XRNkYQRaBFdA2u0KwBx9Ez-TpT8-3h8u-EnJAdx3UuhXnA3R9dgs7nBQtsxK01cpxbY3qFRk5_vAJKAt-XOF8/s320/DSC00150.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561243013052461186" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />To local residents, it seem like an invasion of camera wielding aliens.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8DAmR5W9EaIGeTtC8DOKikvFYNhUm7h97pgYDZajAcXD_r7qa4JvIcdSwSNHY3TdBUHpBV_HQQuayufs5GOPQubfImAaduuYmcdFCE2I-KcRdB5yo-odpr2U5GEEu4yDEQlqbqwJC-nLf/s1600/DSC00149.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8DAmR5W9EaIGeTtC8DOKikvFYNhUm7h97pgYDZajAcXD_r7qa4JvIcdSwSNHY3TdBUHpBV_HQQuayufs5GOPQubfImAaduuYmcdFCE2I-KcRdB5yo-odpr2U5GEEu4yDEQlqbqwJC-nLf/s320/DSC00149.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561243020863524594" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />An alley fronted by bird houses both sides.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1hiWFPC3OeNTVZmPFX_IQb7pEGRsq_obViUyapNIe5e9xk-EB-nVIxI5RFKcaVjbErGjKstVquB5VgddqpbtiJvfBzR9E2ZX9IlTy1iDmoUSr4aJZG2FAlSQOZ1WMK-8xbb_P3dufmPNd/s1600/DSC00148.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1hiWFPC3OeNTVZmPFX_IQb7pEGRsq_obViUyapNIe5e9xk-EB-nVIxI5RFKcaVjbErGjKstVquB5VgddqpbtiJvfBzR9E2ZX9IlTy1iDmoUSr4aJZG2FAlSQOZ1WMK-8xbb_P3dufmPNd/s320/DSC00148.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561240804439647106" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Row of bird houses along the road. Residential houses are amply overshadowed.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVBcnIetTcLSkFdXXjWA6wP8WD_-bCyCn0kkdE7GTZMoXOh94y7R_oFNmkYVAFr5fuRUDSgGtYU1V4L2nlB9NK69T0Nou_1R1YxaN2dQ4e14R9k1OWeEzAdwoi4yI7kRmmUXxNOGBGQ9KP/s1600/DSC00151.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVBcnIetTcLSkFdXXjWA6wP8WD_-bCyCn0kkdE7GTZMoXOh94y7R_oFNmkYVAFr5fuRUDSgGtYU1V4L2nlB9NK69T0Nou_1R1YxaN2dQ4e14R9k1OWeEzAdwoi4yI7kRmmUXxNOGBGQ9KP/s320/DSC00151.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561240803648638738" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The village money changer sells LPG gas too!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvQOX1HsG7h-DNkBki6uS6oChZ_tKpxGiKL552g1CQtpo4JQwlmtGJKgA_fE0gFx7CpewGX1Q8-60EL7Ti-r_Y6AntqlPwXs6P-3_9gL263LR4zKmGnxk_Hjr0vsnQsF0oxt7FLjyKZJbb/s1600/DSC00153.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvQOX1HsG7h-DNkBki6uS6oChZ_tKpxGiKL552g1CQtpo4JQwlmtGJKgA_fE0gFx7CpewGX1Q8-60EL7Ti-r_Y6AntqlPwXs6P-3_9gL263LR4zKmGnxk_Hjr0vsnQsF0oxt7FLjyKZJbb/s320/DSC00153.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561240795989131970" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />This is supposed the 70Kg (probably per harvest) bird house. Local residents said the sight of birds is awesome on rainy weather. We all decide to wait.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9NkcQf1Z-0jIaaIplUNDvPXWmkGVocW0i9X52H14bsGdAVg6but-qZRfs91ztd0FWGBhUYOymoLOY7y12l-LPrxpNm2bj2kwSwdeNnNQoo1nVLGXpIE9Le1RJBjZJ4WL6TyfoTVrjA4Da/s1600/DSC00154.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9NkcQf1Z-0jIaaIplUNDvPXWmkGVocW0i9X52H14bsGdAVg6but-qZRfs91ztd0FWGBhUYOymoLOY7y12l-LPrxpNm2bj2kwSwdeNnNQoo1nVLGXpIE9Le1RJBjZJ4WL6TyfoTVrjA4Da/s320/DSC00154.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561240793684932210" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Boredom sets in as everybody idled to kill time waiting for the swiftlets to return.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqGnPaibiKNbkzbIPs0Db0nFTixnylWWJox-4qlfzTrUCykNHYLPKCuHWPyc9NV_WjuTe7Z835OFJoSG-tZizkFqdrf_aJGFHdmpit_nsG0AiQZcOi-q4vzM2iGev2zxP5au_1biOrJoPW/s1600/DSC00155.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqGnPaibiKNbkzbIPs0Db0nFTixnylWWJox-4qlfzTrUCykNHYLPKCuHWPyc9NV_WjuTe7Z835OFJoSG-tZizkFqdrf_aJGFHdmpit_nsG0AiQZcOi-q4vzM2iGev2zxP5au_1biOrJoPW/s320/DSC00155.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561240787999222514" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />It was a bit of anti-climax as not many birds as expected. Maybe we set our expectations too high in the first place. By then it wasn't bright to take good pictures so I gave it a miss.Walet.twinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18210388939671378989noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412976194065466545.post-61871405654425643822010-01-23T09:27:00.002-08:002010-01-23T09:31:33.051-08:00Pak Hen's seminar in jakartaSoon as the word went out to my group of farming friends in Thailand, response to Pak Hen's seminar in Jakarta was unexpectedly positive. My first concern was the language used in seminar presentation. But Pak Hen was kind to assure us he would conduct additional sessions during the evening in English.<br /><br />Came 7th August '09, we gathered at Suvarnabhumi Airport to depart for Jakarta.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0cMb7Ze7lC4dY1k5qFSqVnTl-Pomcl0qCHzelNN5l2LfTtrl8Kk9T7rwkcP2FEpWNN6V33RYZJkmLQOOj1ef0oopUeX0wgvjJv8qMns9HShzXhUI8LFcEagXQ0_AuQRrtO74PRth03JvK/s1600-h/DSCN0763.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0cMb7Ze7lC4dY1k5qFSqVnTl-Pomcl0qCHzelNN5l2LfTtrl8Kk9T7rwkcP2FEpWNN6V33RYZJkmLQOOj1ef0oopUeX0wgvjJv8qMns9HShzXhUI8LFcEagXQ0_AuQRrtO74PRth03JvK/s320/DSCN0763.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373170999926021938" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Checking in with good spirits.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHk3Mu4h4JaaBclq4amFI_Dkqbl0qLmEPJwLxGg5xyrXJKEP-ipET96Zpr2xIEcI2G7nEagmXtXnCWRAgg7NcaHncZSRjXW6NKSed-3GcPqk_xU7HY4IDLeLc6reaTEOyJlQ8uwSPO4qwl/s1600-h/DSCN0766.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHk3Mu4h4JaaBclq4amFI_Dkqbl0qLmEPJwLxGg5xyrXJKEP-ipET96Zpr2xIEcI2G7nEagmXtXnCWRAgg7NcaHncZSRjXW6NKSed-3GcPqk_xU7HY4IDLeLc6reaTEOyJlQ8uwSPO4qwl/s320/DSCN0766.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373171002670529362" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Attendance was good - more than a hundred and probably 1/2 from Malaysia.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdU3JTKqAQFERD_a1p0PmVIkWnOxozJcYVeSPsboPyGf7VcCWZSf8TljN3-rTXExuzYq3QO2IUHwqO9GRHnH1K0hD4orOITRhTgm3AS7qBf6E0wlrk183rwbnjS_MHx3-jtvfCE5O2yOTA/s1600-h/DSCN0768.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdU3JTKqAQFERD_a1p0PmVIkWnOxozJcYVeSPsboPyGf7VcCWZSf8TljN3-rTXExuzYq3QO2IUHwqO9GRHnH1K0hD4orOITRhTgm3AS7qBf6E0wlrk183rwbnjS_MHx3-jtvfCE5O2yOTA/s320/DSCN0768.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373171019041270786" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Though several topics were covered in Bahasa Indonesia, the visual projections helped to keep interest alive.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXAj3NbE35oYH-Od3Xqgo2z7q2LhAMVL66URJuXYDIrgziq75E0DhAehbNoaz53afSuxw4KemzEkI96ZiTS3NZI1Munsi9NMiDMSq-1nJKEzO7o8Tlj16Hh-jm9UAj4Hzz7XV-GsMbw0aS/s1600-h/DSCN0767.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXAj3NbE35oYH-Od3Xqgo2z7q2LhAMVL66URJuXYDIrgziq75E0DhAehbNoaz53afSuxw4KemzEkI96ZiTS3NZI1Munsi9NMiDMSq-1nJKEzO7o8Tlj16Hh-jm9UAj4Hzz7XV-GsMbw0aS/s320/DSCN0767.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373171011877626418" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />All participants gathered for a photo shot after 2 days.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg1h9GOBFKmZRjV-QZbn6CeS3RUhlnxZJyBy2NHGB7TJn1HxEKu05EnNvx0VvxmA6JXKcADmVPVXFIwtJN_txO48VpGw7qo5lRcev7I5DZJyG-SmL0uNPl3kng71elv7XkUzUrrtNJrsQW/s1600-h/DSCN0773.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg1h9GOBFKmZRjV-QZbn6CeS3RUhlnxZJyBy2NHGB7TJn1HxEKu05EnNvx0VvxmA6JXKcADmVPVXFIwtJN_txO48VpGw7qo5lRcev7I5DZJyG-SmL0uNPl3kng71elv7XkUzUrrtNJrsQW/s320/DSCN0773.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373171027192951842" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The third day was an optional tour to farming towns to the western end of Java - Panimbang, along the Sunda Straits between Java & Sumatra.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo0yNbQXvEwBbgG52XU8gb1vNJOO3nFnRcvBdCleL1kss4pcWyjIOpx7mVnUY089D3Op8N-GJhO5spuhcRObu76IqSVWjY-O6SrmRbtJJ_RcdDRfMomJPwygNxzMBdke11N-3AbvYHyp27/s1600-h/Panimbang.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 218px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo0yNbQXvEwBbgG52XU8gb1vNJOO3nFnRcvBdCleL1kss4pcWyjIOpx7mVnUY089D3Op8N-GJhO5spuhcRObu76IqSVWjY-O6SrmRbtJJ_RcdDRfMomJPwygNxzMBdke11N-3AbvYHyp27/s320/Panimbang.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373174995076966274" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The journey took perhaps 4 hrs, so you can imagine the outcome of the first toilet break.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE4CpNY-QJKRBoCei7tOYYa1HYmUMPv7us6DVDXOMvxLKhwRSO7uP_f9IDxIzfYqHjHSZKV5Yxfox7mbDF_BTefNKTDXLFgbj6UUecy5zhmO9L1sgy5z0juel-mSI_ko-6z4M5u3pmK8qG/s1600-h/DSCN0779.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE4CpNY-QJKRBoCei7tOYYa1HYmUMPv7us6DVDXOMvxLKhwRSO7uP_f9IDxIzfYqHjHSZKV5Yxfox7mbDF_BTefNKTDXLFgbj6UUecy5zhmO9L1sgy5z0juel-mSI_ko-6z4M5u3pmK8qG/s320/DSCN0779.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373172030780313730" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Norodin Top's wanted poster was prominently displayed on the toilet walls outside. Andy posed beside and thought he has the bounty on his head!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn8BjAhaoUoWVs2TEo3vSVJ0Q4YE2kDiFF05RG2hRVFglfrSa3GgwezKpoRHvf7Mk1OqzJvENcE5JhACDKx7F1fcsipOWaRKshmb5f3TZtcbCw9F-ifFcmmNoeS8jEdRgQWKL4fsABTapS/s1600-h/DSCN0780.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn8BjAhaoUoWVs2TEo3vSVJ0Q4YE2kDiFF05RG2hRVFglfrSa3GgwezKpoRHvf7Mk1OqzJvENcE5JhACDKx7F1fcsipOWaRKshmb5f3TZtcbCw9F-ifFcmmNoeS8jEdRgQWKL4fsABTapS/s320/DSCN0780.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373172039214274002" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Midway we visited a small processing center at a village en-route.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv6ys03MjO1pXVpyq-fd7vviGLipnweuW53eSzXSzJqDlp75Ymcyd-T8czd89b3lMNKQ8lCSAIg1fuEZZjo1vSNK2sbBkcC8KmiBVqRub5wvDOEb32iOtdh9uQ2hb20vD0keq6i9iG3G3P/s1600-h/DSCN0783.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv6ys03MjO1pXVpyq-fd7vviGLipnweuW53eSzXSzJqDlp75Ymcyd-T8czd89b3lMNKQ8lCSAIg1fuEZZjo1vSNK2sbBkcC8KmiBVqRub5wvDOEb32iOtdh9uQ2hb20vD0keq6i9iG3G3P/s320/DSCN0783.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373172052028007826" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The ladies continue with their work pretending we were not present.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGztrT5v9BQ45nPyNLGT7lflWlX7obqLPjj-gVO9j7LggLNRGAruDU4Q1ub3gSxpmybONNpSqfaBSZweKHLFRZOlNSNb8QfOzXH7HRpXOvE2VaoAgV2keDCPRotkkPtjKxJEPPah9ep-Fm/s1600-h/DSCN0782.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGztrT5v9BQ45nPyNLGT7lflWlX7obqLPjj-gVO9j7LggLNRGAruDU4Q1ub3gSxpmybONNpSqfaBSZweKHLFRZOlNSNb8QfOzXH7HRpXOvE2VaoAgV2keDCPRotkkPtjKxJEPPah9ep-Fm/s320/DSCN0782.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373172042929947826" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Of course snapping photos of each others is another activity.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpa51lNIFPmn3UErDZHdv6Km8VOhM4xXK9wHWiOXVo2z7H9B6kdsfjTBjJlPhsyz0ojXQj5eVL7KxFTWq-9SrPOAWNtdWAflmCUKiR1J8RBEB7nTMauMR5yFom7hBJDsE3bfgoSGrtaGm1/s1600-h/DSCN0785.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; 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float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-hrIPwW21WvhaFyGW3jviOK9rSjXZ5oAMahV6Ni9ZqqGIv5dsMPCTq0p9ybojPK-C5LJmUOmxE3xOJIUk0WfLPowq5VaTcGmZU13LTx_X57cMhFdX8apgdBQ4_0wgpw9nT2hN8Xc9tXaw/s320/DSCN0790.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373173084953602882" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />We had sea food barbeque - Indo style for lunch. Simply delicious.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIkXb6duaH_DYNk9vLiYeuqzZVVzcn0SJcmhVwvAuE8SRw6kWWJqX49Gt2sYfUV1DRddS1tX64lGvgLVKuBE8AVPffjC03rRpTLF7sDBDq52uCacoEWf11JcVFHsNv9rE6PxNfDHk3cwyp/s1600-h/DSCN0794.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIkXb6duaH_DYNk9vLiYeuqzZVVzcn0SJcmhVwvAuE8SRw6kWWJqX49Gt2sYfUV1DRddS1tX64lGvgLVKuBE8AVPffjC03rRpTLF7sDBDq52uCacoEWf11JcVFHsNv9rE6PxNfDHk3cwyp/s320/DSCN0794.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373173093195945378" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijtytzkGF6oCNtVsZikLcWtO0XT49_QF_IjbB4hySf-K9U6Aqrbeeaf3wtbnFFkGerkTV058OG6vos6RZ4-TK9m5Qsy1KGfpnF5XoF73OFlu7_q6p9UZMC1RnZp76BIEthHgQbqLnKU1aH/s1600-h/DSCN0795.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijtytzkGF6oCNtVsZikLcWtO0XT49_QF_IjbB4hySf-K9U6Aqrbeeaf3wtbnFFkGerkTV058OG6vos6RZ4-TK9m5Qsy1KGfpnF5XoF73OFlu7_q6p9UZMC1RnZp76BIEthHgQbqLnKU1aH/s320/DSCN0795.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373190306751119570" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Getting off the bus finally reaching Panimbang.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_bZr4vAp2uYyT0J9fRwI_5P60mSEX8y8HY878wpJsaEYwFgBSnpesgmp_r43_pTzINYaNzp2RRsy6j8FxOvxz-Ri2wzux7wTPubbx69fa53GTPHCCIjHtXj6rSONMlMVBFHb9QjcV7_9V/s1600-h/DSCN0799.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_bZr4vAp2uYyT0J9fRwI_5P60mSEX8y8HY878wpJsaEYwFgBSnpesgmp_r43_pTzINYaNzp2RRsy6j8FxOvxz-Ri2wzux7wTPubbx69fa53GTPHCCIjHtXj6rSONMlMVBFHb9QjcV7_9V/s320/DSCN0799.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373173105936050578" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />This huge bird house is sadi to produce 70Kg per harvest!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5hWhcVy-P0njjf5O49l9VjP9q8LpcU4_lOjzsroQthgUpA6MQ133hOvGXXPsF48E4ZxHuB65b4jWEKMmRCVQyx-IbwnkX05Jy-qzyjzIddsC340e9tCIGsvhkLJ3RVCVrnYSlwSsyC2kr/s1600-h/DSCN0800.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5hWhcVy-P0njjf5O49l9VjP9q8LpcU4_lOjzsroQthgUpA6MQ133hOvGXXPsF48E4ZxHuB65b4jWEKMmRCVQyx-IbwnkX05Jy-qzyjzIddsC340e9tCIGsvhkLJ3RVCVrnYSlwSsyC2kr/s320/DSCN0800.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373174081777962002" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Most Indo bird houses we saw has small entrance holes, located at multi-levels.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTZOsIHQ1mWVBYOZdSCPAPRdzDhEaSfVsricvl_ASBze40Rg7ZiBuLQMwBlQuReXwIlgbYKLC5G8upNs8ACtRoLgrdicnbIg-6xIAoctTkWEZt_NsilPRBVcD9njsOta2qslB91GlYnD9g/s1600-h/DSCN0796.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTZOsIHQ1mWVBYOZdSCPAPRdzDhEaSfVsricvl_ASBze40Rg7ZiBuLQMwBlQuReXwIlgbYKLC5G8upNs8ACtRoLgrdicnbIg-6xIAoctTkWEZt_NsilPRBVcD9njsOta2qslB91GlYnD9g/s320/DSCN0796.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373190309706534466" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />'Saw-tooth' metal plate installed on top to protect against bulgary.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg40lTzHsYlTcFDlWqH56R66oTKttvJNxRIlUZetdkWuYbykopgLRJUGJlkG0gywH1b-QExXFlB8-w_C8buStbGC2UtbeAwXJZEPTUWIetUhONYMc05XpAiIlt4wefxVErCNCcyYH8R4NNR/s1600-h/DSCN0804.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg40lTzHsYlTcFDlWqH56R66oTKttvJNxRIlUZetdkWuYbykopgLRJUGJlkG0gywH1b-QExXFlB8-w_C8buStbGC2UtbeAwXJZEPTUWIetUhONYMc05XpAiIlt4wefxVErCNCcyYH8R4NNR/s320/DSCN0804.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373174100274842418" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Not far is what thje local named "Malaysian Complex", a group of bird houses by Malaysian investors. The compound is protected by 4m wall all roound.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX0FDGqOr1NZZqp0hRKhU0_ML_30tO4Aenq89tWw6jlGhzv1nrkz-XoiEFT4v4YAlSgqiYkLHaW0ljjbpJB65YPbdhUPSYXbLCkQlPwnNv3UVxvQMKrV1dDt76700isz6SR19OCDyb3NYF/s1600-h/DSCN0801.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX0FDGqOr1NZZqp0hRKhU0_ML_30tO4Aenq89tWw6jlGhzv1nrkz-XoiEFT4v4YAlSgqiYkLHaW0ljjbpJB65YPbdhUPSYXbLCkQlPwnNv3UVxvQMKrV1dDt76700isz6SR19OCDyb3NYF/s320/DSCN0801.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373174084182048546" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />This bird house has sliding metal barrier gate to keep owls away, manually lowered each evening.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_QOjdYQTmpkZ6NBya2J6QfIAXJkWLJ81ZIKkLfb1qybwk4DcoGYutkcqIrtkAVkSv5sBvFu3jrEFZLFM8eE0Iz-PWP27oXlzT1_1veK_hAvGlQPEzpA3M2lYRTG0YJTFBYDU5gTbyPGBO/s1600-h/DSCN0797.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_QOjdYQTmpkZ6NBya2J6QfIAXJkWLJ81ZIKkLfb1qybwk4DcoGYutkcqIrtkAVkSv5sBvFu3jrEFZLFM8eE0Iz-PWP27oXlzT1_1veK_hAvGlQPEzpA3M2lYRTG0YJTFBYDU5gTbyPGBO/s320/DSCN0797.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373174093559176226" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Pak Hen's bird house in the area.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnaH0S_iDro6UmM_9ZmG94l7yywZ5jL4_jO-S5DbL3xNyTjv6VfdXDvko07L-yMA37L5JngiB5x_pQ4sRGUeMsis37o1T74dMyndNNk0_3Ijfm8NKH_vh3vNBFha_r6SjRqR1ftp-XIC_b/s1600-h/DSCN0807.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnaH0S_iDro6UmM_9ZmG94l7yywZ5jL4_jO-S5DbL3xNyTjv6VfdXDvko07L-yMA37L5JngiB5x_pQ4sRGUeMsis37o1T74dMyndNNk0_3Ijfm8NKH_vh3vNBFha_r6SjRqR1ftp-XIC_b/s320/DSCN0807.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373174106208321938" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />This swiftlet was seen struggling to get off the 'parabolic' wire mesh. Something to watch out for in selection the wire mesh.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-tQXSrK3Ez1yQexj4AylmY_tkgVbNqGqunnlNqTKDIq9OxQoTGqB4UEzWpq9AWdx93hxIt_hgfCbixRtkZ78G1bNuxeut__B9QA2Afig4k3QRqP5xHz9FO5ZwJCD72oTTo4kbfc-nrBMl/s1600-h/DSCN0803.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-tQXSrK3Ez1yQexj4AylmY_tkgVbNqGqunnlNqTKDIq9OxQoTGqB4UEzWpq9AWdx93hxIt_hgfCbixRtkZ78G1bNuxeut__B9QA2Afig4k3QRqP5xHz9FO5ZwJCD72oTTo4kbfc-nrBMl/s320/DSCN0803.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373174970640074482" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />We find this ferris wheel on a tricycle more interesting than bird house actually.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz31ZJr0pC-KivXjtX2LEx4F-j8qQQJbLUcTumnM_bhqiOTmXibVvgiKbReKcjBYy5M47xRinGTA_qft0kC-xQA-0AUSK0kJaPeiPH5a99lwD99DWmns9dbm5XM62mZfCSFa1MYQ0ILXVM/s1600-h/DSCN0809.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz31ZJr0pC-KivXjtX2LEx4F-j8qQQJbLUcTumnM_bhqiOTmXibVvgiKbReKcjBYy5M47xRinGTA_qft0kC-xQA-0AUSK0kJaPeiPH5a99lwD99DWmns9dbm5XM62mZfCSFa1MYQ0ILXVM/s320/DSCN0809.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373174978184310418" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />On the day before departing, we dropped by at EKA Walet's shop to check out what are in store.<br /><br />Fascinating to see these newly incubator hatched chicks.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbgxNvHgXR3BfVjepx4OMU4al8mR98vC4PPZbCmtHWV2sjDVjKujF8yityRfsJa0usCx_OqTGPxqdZB88-giOs53OiiHdaP1DjfukUw2eK465TUYwvgtGsw7S7m1fW-KldUimwjdAk4Qfq/s1600-h/DSCN0817.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbgxNvHgXR3BfVjepx4OMU4al8mR98vC4PPZbCmtHWV2sjDVjKujF8yityRfsJa0usCx_OqTGPxqdZB88-giOs53OiiHdaP1DjfukUw2eK465TUYwvgtGsw7S7m1fW-KldUimwjdAk4Qfq/s320/DSCN0817.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373174990169145634" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />We purchase 100 eggs back to experiment with. They will be distributed in some of our bird houses to hatch.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHvAHhg14T3y3FxMQozMLDXkmyd2qMHrr5YfQRQb2UNC-VRi28t2mkE95th6wFRGDqoXDk_TQXJ5SZOoP-5S89LGfcYNtwfa-iIJOuFKCE4JL78h6bcoAk_nUVcZU7Pa4SDHH1GahQnh3W/s1600-h/DSCN0815.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHvAHhg14T3y3FxMQozMLDXkmyd2qMHrr5YfQRQb2UNC-VRi28t2mkE95th6wFRGDqoXDk_TQXJ5SZOoP-5S89LGfcYNtwfa-iIJOuFKCE4JL78h6bcoAk_nUVcZU7Pa4SDHH1GahQnh3W/s320/DSCN0815.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373174983175553122" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Overall, it was an informative and enjoyable trip.Walet.twinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18210388939671378989noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412976194065466545.post-87475678204133198482010-01-23T09:27:00.001-08:002011-01-16T11:09:01.902-08:00Pak Hen's seminar in jakartaSoon as the word went out to my group of farming friends in Thailand, response to Pak Hen's seminar in Jakarta was unexpectedly positive. My first concern was the language used in seminar presentation. But Pak Hen was kind to assure us he would conduct additional sessions during the evening in English.<br /><br />Came 7th August '09, we gathered at Suvarnabhumi Airport to depart for Jakarta.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0cMb7Ze7lC4dY1k5qFSqVnTl-Pomcl0qCHzelNN5l2LfTtrl8Kk9T7rwkcP2FEpWNN6V33RYZJkmLQOOj1ef0oopUeX0wgvjJv8qMns9HShzXhUI8LFcEagXQ0_AuQRrtO74PRth03JvK/s1600-h/DSCN0763.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0cMb7Ze7lC4dY1k5qFSqVnTl-Pomcl0qCHzelNN5l2LfTtrl8Kk9T7rwkcP2FEpWNN6V33RYZJkmLQOOj1ef0oopUeX0wgvjJv8qMns9HShzXhUI8LFcEagXQ0_AuQRrtO74PRth03JvK/s320/DSCN0763.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373170999926021938" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Checking in with good spirits.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHk3Mu4h4JaaBclq4amFI_Dkqbl0qLmEPJwLxGg5xyrXJKEP-ipET96Zpr2xIEcI2G7nEagmXtXnCWRAgg7NcaHncZSRjXW6NKSed-3GcPqk_xU7HY4IDLeLc6reaTEOyJlQ8uwSPO4qwl/s1600-h/DSCN0766.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHk3Mu4h4JaaBclq4amFI_Dkqbl0qLmEPJwLxGg5xyrXJKEP-ipET96Zpr2xIEcI2G7nEagmXtXnCWRAgg7NcaHncZSRjXW6NKSed-3GcPqk_xU7HY4IDLeLc6reaTEOyJlQ8uwSPO4qwl/s320/DSCN0766.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373171002670529362" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Attendance was good - more than a hundred and probably 1/2 from Malaysia.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdU3JTKqAQFERD_a1p0PmVIkWnOxozJcYVeSPsboPyGf7VcCWZSf8TljN3-rTXExuzYq3QO2IUHwqO9GRHnH1K0hD4orOITRhTgm3AS7qBf6E0wlrk183rwbnjS_MHx3-jtvfCE5O2yOTA/s1600-h/DSCN0768.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdU3JTKqAQFERD_a1p0PmVIkWnOxozJcYVeSPsboPyGf7VcCWZSf8TljN3-rTXExuzYq3QO2IUHwqO9GRHnH1K0hD4orOITRhTgm3AS7qBf6E0wlrk183rwbnjS_MHx3-jtvfCE5O2yOTA/s320/DSCN0768.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373171019041270786" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Though several topics were covered in Bahasa Indonesia, the visual projections helped to keep interest alive.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXAj3NbE35oYH-Od3Xqgo2z7q2LhAMVL66URJuXYDIrgziq75E0DhAehbNoaz53afSuxw4KemzEkI96ZiTS3NZI1Munsi9NMiDMSq-1nJKEzO7o8Tlj16Hh-jm9UAj4Hzz7XV-GsMbw0aS/s1600-h/DSCN0767.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXAj3NbE35oYH-Od3Xqgo2z7q2LhAMVL66URJuXYDIrgziq75E0DhAehbNoaz53afSuxw4KemzEkI96ZiTS3NZI1Munsi9NMiDMSq-1nJKEzO7o8Tlj16Hh-jm9UAj4Hzz7XV-GsMbw0aS/s320/DSCN0767.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373171011877626418" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />All participants gathered for a photo shot after 2 days.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg1h9GOBFKmZRjV-QZbn6CeS3RUhlnxZJyBy2NHGB7TJn1HxEKu05EnNvx0VvxmA6JXKcADmVPVXFIwtJN_txO48VpGw7qo5lRcev7I5DZJyG-SmL0uNPl3kng71elv7XkUzUrrtNJrsQW/s1600-h/DSCN0773.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg1h9GOBFKmZRjV-QZbn6CeS3RUhlnxZJyBy2NHGB7TJn1HxEKu05EnNvx0VvxmA6JXKcADmVPVXFIwtJN_txO48VpGw7qo5lRcev7I5DZJyG-SmL0uNPl3kng71elv7XkUzUrrtNJrsQW/s320/DSCN0773.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373171027192951842" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The third day was an optional tour to farming towns to the western end of Java - Panimbang, along the Sunda Straits between Java & Sumatra.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo0yNbQXvEwBbgG52XU8gb1vNJOO3nFnRcvBdCleL1kss4pcWyjIOpx7mVnUY089D3Op8N-GJhO5spuhcRObu76IqSVWjY-O6SrmRbtJJ_RcdDRfMomJPwygNxzMBdke11N-3AbvYHyp27/s1600-h/Panimbang.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 218px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo0yNbQXvEwBbgG52XU8gb1vNJOO3nFnRcvBdCleL1kss4pcWyjIOpx7mVnUY089D3Op8N-GJhO5spuhcRObu76IqSVWjY-O6SrmRbtJJ_RcdDRfMomJPwygNxzMBdke11N-3AbvYHyp27/s320/Panimbang.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373174995076966274" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The journey took perhaps 4 hrs, so you can imagine the outcome of the first toilet break.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE4CpNY-QJKRBoCei7tOYYa1HYmUMPv7us6DVDXOMvxLKhwRSO7uP_f9IDxIzfYqHjHSZKV5Yxfox7mbDF_BTefNKTDXLFgbj6UUecy5zhmO9L1sgy5z0juel-mSI_ko-6z4M5u3pmK8qG/s1600-h/DSCN0779.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE4CpNY-QJKRBoCei7tOYYa1HYmUMPv7us6DVDXOMvxLKhwRSO7uP_f9IDxIzfYqHjHSZKV5Yxfox7mbDF_BTefNKTDXLFgbj6UUecy5zhmO9L1sgy5z0juel-mSI_ko-6z4M5u3pmK8qG/s320/DSCN0779.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373172030780313730" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Norodin Top's wanted poster was prominently displayed on the toilet walls outside. Andy posed beside and thought he has the bounty on his head!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn8BjAhaoUoWVs2TEo3vSVJ0Q4YE2kDiFF05RG2hRVFglfrSa3GgwezKpoRHvf7Mk1OqzJvENcE5JhACDKx7F1fcsipOWaRKshmb5f3TZtcbCw9F-ifFcmmNoeS8jEdRgQWKL4fsABTapS/s1600-h/DSCN0780.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn8BjAhaoUoWVs2TEo3vSVJ0Q4YE2kDiFF05RG2hRVFglfrSa3GgwezKpoRHvf7Mk1OqzJvENcE5JhACDKx7F1fcsipOWaRKshmb5f3TZtcbCw9F-ifFcmmNoeS8jEdRgQWKL4fsABTapS/s320/DSCN0780.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373172039214274002" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Midway we visited a small processing center at a village en-route.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv6ys03MjO1pXVpyq-fd7vviGLipnweuW53eSzXSzJqDlp75Ymcyd-T8czd89b3lMNKQ8lCSAIg1fuEZZjo1vSNK2sbBkcC8KmiBVqRub5wvDOEb32iOtdh9uQ2hb20vD0keq6i9iG3G3P/s1600-h/DSCN0783.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv6ys03MjO1pXVpyq-fd7vviGLipnweuW53eSzXSzJqDlp75Ymcyd-T8czd89b3lMNKQ8lCSAIg1fuEZZjo1vSNK2sbBkcC8KmiBVqRub5wvDOEb32iOtdh9uQ2hb20vD0keq6i9iG3G3P/s320/DSCN0783.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373172052028007826" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The ladies continue with their work pretending we were not present.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGztrT5v9BQ45nPyNLGT7lflWlX7obqLPjj-gVO9j7LggLNRGAruDU4Q1ub3gSxpmybONNpSqfaBSZweKHLFRZOlNSNb8QfOzXH7HRpXOvE2VaoAgV2keDCPRotkkPtjKxJEPPah9ep-Fm/s1600-h/DSCN0782.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGztrT5v9BQ45nPyNLGT7lflWlX7obqLPjj-gVO9j7LggLNRGAruDU4Q1ub3gSxpmybONNpSqfaBSZweKHLFRZOlNSNb8QfOzXH7HRpXOvE2VaoAgV2keDCPRotkkPtjKxJEPPah9ep-Fm/s320/DSCN0782.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373172042929947826" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Of course snapping photos of each others is another activity.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpa51lNIFPmn3UErDZHdv6Km8VOhM4xXK9wHWiOXVo2z7H9B6kdsfjTBjJlPhsyz0ojXQj5eVL7KxFTWq-9SrPOAWNtdWAflmCUKiR1J8RBEB7nTMauMR5yFom7hBJDsE3bfgoSGrtaGm1/s1600-h/DSCN0785.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; 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float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-hrIPwW21WvhaFyGW3jviOK9rSjXZ5oAMahV6Ni9ZqqGIv5dsMPCTq0p9ybojPK-C5LJmUOmxE3xOJIUk0WfLPowq5VaTcGmZU13LTx_X57cMhFdX8apgdBQ4_0wgpw9nT2hN8Xc9tXaw/s320/DSCN0790.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373173084953602882" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />We had sea food barbeque - Indo style for lunch. Simply delicious.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIkXb6duaH_DYNk9vLiYeuqzZVVzcn0SJcmhVwvAuE8SRw6kWWJqX49Gt2sYfUV1DRddS1tX64lGvgLVKuBE8AVPffjC03rRpTLF7sDBDq52uCacoEWf11JcVFHsNv9rE6PxNfDHk3cwyp/s1600-h/DSCN0794.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIkXb6duaH_DYNk9vLiYeuqzZVVzcn0SJcmhVwvAuE8SRw6kWWJqX49Gt2sYfUV1DRddS1tX64lGvgLVKuBE8AVPffjC03rRpTLF7sDBDq52uCacoEWf11JcVFHsNv9rE6PxNfDHk3cwyp/s320/DSCN0794.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373173093195945378" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijtytzkGF6oCNtVsZikLcWtO0XT49_QF_IjbB4hySf-K9U6Aqrbeeaf3wtbnFFkGerkTV058OG6vos6RZ4-TK9m5Qsy1KGfpnF5XoF73OFlu7_q6p9UZMC1RnZp76BIEthHgQbqLnKU1aH/s1600-h/DSCN0795.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijtytzkGF6oCNtVsZikLcWtO0XT49_QF_IjbB4hySf-K9U6Aqrbeeaf3wtbnFFkGerkTV058OG6vos6RZ4-TK9m5Qsy1KGfpnF5XoF73OFlu7_q6p9UZMC1RnZp76BIEthHgQbqLnKU1aH/s320/DSCN0795.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373190306751119570" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Getting off the bus finally reaching Panimbang.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_bZr4vAp2uYyT0J9fRwI_5P60mSEX8y8HY878wpJsaEYwFgBSnpesgmp_r43_pTzINYaNzp2RRsy6j8FxOvxz-Ri2wzux7wTPubbx69fa53GTPHCCIjHtXj6rSONMlMVBFHb9QjcV7_9V/s1600-h/DSCN0799.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_bZr4vAp2uYyT0J9fRwI_5P60mSEX8y8HY878wpJsaEYwFgBSnpesgmp_r43_pTzINYaNzp2RRsy6j8FxOvxz-Ri2wzux7wTPubbx69fa53GTPHCCIjHtXj6rSONMlMVBFHb9QjcV7_9V/s320/DSCN0799.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373173105936050578" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />This huge bird house is sadi to produce 70Kg per harvest!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5hWhcVy-P0njjf5O49l9VjP9q8LpcU4_lOjzsroQthgUpA6MQ133hOvGXXPsF48E4ZxHuB65b4jWEKMmRCVQyx-IbwnkX05Jy-qzyjzIddsC340e9tCIGsvhkLJ3RVCVrnYSlwSsyC2kr/s1600-h/DSCN0800.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5hWhcVy-P0njjf5O49l9VjP9q8LpcU4_lOjzsroQthgUpA6MQ133hOvGXXPsF48E4ZxHuB65b4jWEKMmRCVQyx-IbwnkX05Jy-qzyjzIddsC340e9tCIGsvhkLJ3RVCVrnYSlwSsyC2kr/s320/DSCN0800.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373174081777962002" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Most Indo bird houses we saw has small entrance holes, located at multi-levels.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTZOsIHQ1mWVBYOZdSCPAPRdzDhEaSfVsricvl_ASBze40Rg7ZiBuLQMwBlQuReXwIlgbYKLC5G8upNs8ACtRoLgrdicnbIg-6xIAoctTkWEZt_NsilPRBVcD9njsOta2qslB91GlYnD9g/s1600-h/DSCN0796.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTZOsIHQ1mWVBYOZdSCPAPRdzDhEaSfVsricvl_ASBze40Rg7ZiBuLQMwBlQuReXwIlgbYKLC5G8upNs8ACtRoLgrdicnbIg-6xIAoctTkWEZt_NsilPRBVcD9njsOta2qslB91GlYnD9g/s320/DSCN0796.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373190309706534466" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />'Saw-tooth' metal plate installed on top to protect against burglars.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg40lTzHsYlTcFDlWqH56R66oTKttvJNxRIlUZetdkWuYbykopgLRJUGJlkG0gywH1b-QExXFlB8-w_C8buStbGC2UtbeAwXJZEPTUWIetUhONYMc05XpAiIlt4wefxVErCNCcyYH8R4NNR/s1600-h/DSCN0804.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg40lTzHsYlTcFDlWqH56R66oTKttvJNxRIlUZetdkWuYbykopgLRJUGJlkG0gywH1b-QExXFlB8-w_C8buStbGC2UtbeAwXJZEPTUWIetUhONYMc05XpAiIlt4wefxVErCNCcyYH8R4NNR/s320/DSCN0804.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373174100274842418" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Not far is what the locals named "Malaysian Complex", a group of bird houses by Malaysian investors. The compound is protected by 4m wall all round.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX0FDGqOr1NZZqp0hRKhU0_ML_30tO4Aenq89tWw6jlGhzv1nrkz-XoiEFT4v4YAlSgqiYkLHaW0ljjbpJB65YPbdhUPSYXbLCkQlPwnNv3UVxvQMKrV1dDt76700isz6SR19OCDyb3NYF/s1600-h/DSCN0801.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX0FDGqOr1NZZqp0hRKhU0_ML_30tO4Aenq89tWw6jlGhzv1nrkz-XoiEFT4v4YAlSgqiYkLHaW0ljjbpJB65YPbdhUPSYXbLCkQlPwnNv3UVxvQMKrV1dDt76700isz6SR19OCDyb3NYF/s320/DSCN0801.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373174084182048546" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />This bird house has sliding metal barrier gate to keep owls away, manually lowered each evening.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_QOjdYQTmpkZ6NBya2J6QfIAXJkWLJ81ZIKkLfb1qybwk4DcoGYutkcqIrtkAVkSv5sBvFu3jrEFZLFM8eE0Iz-PWP27oXlzT1_1veK_hAvGlQPEzpA3M2lYRTG0YJTFBYDU5gTbyPGBO/s1600-h/DSCN0797.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_QOjdYQTmpkZ6NBya2J6QfIAXJkWLJ81ZIKkLfb1qybwk4DcoGYutkcqIrtkAVkSv5sBvFu3jrEFZLFM8eE0Iz-PWP27oXlzT1_1veK_hAvGlQPEzpA3M2lYRTG0YJTFBYDU5gTbyPGBO/s320/DSCN0797.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373174093559176226" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Pak Hen's bird house in the area.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnaH0S_iDro6UmM_9ZmG94l7yywZ5jL4_jO-S5DbL3xNyTjv6VfdXDvko07L-yMA37L5JngiB5x_pQ4sRGUeMsis37o1T74dMyndNNk0_3Ijfm8NKH_vh3vNBFha_r6SjRqR1ftp-XIC_b/s1600-h/DSCN0807.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnaH0S_iDro6UmM_9ZmG94l7yywZ5jL4_jO-S5DbL3xNyTjv6VfdXDvko07L-yMA37L5JngiB5x_pQ4sRGUeMsis37o1T74dMyndNNk0_3Ijfm8NKH_vh3vNBFha_r6SjRqR1ftp-XIC_b/s320/DSCN0807.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373174106208321938" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />This swiftlet was seen struggling to get off the 'parabolic' wire mesh. Something to watch out for in selection the wire mesh.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-tQXSrK3Ez1yQexj4AylmY_tkgVbNqGqunnlNqTKDIq9OxQoTGqB4UEzWpq9AWdx93hxIt_hgfCbixRtkZ78G1bNuxeut__B9QA2Afig4k3QRqP5xHz9FO5ZwJCD72oTTo4kbfc-nrBMl/s1600-h/DSCN0803.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-tQXSrK3Ez1yQexj4AylmY_tkgVbNqGqunnlNqTKDIq9OxQoTGqB4UEzWpq9AWdx93hxIt_hgfCbixRtkZ78G1bNuxeut__B9QA2Afig4k3QRqP5xHz9FO5ZwJCD72oTTo4kbfc-nrBMl/s320/DSCN0803.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373174970640074482" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />We find this ferris wheel on a tricycle more interesting than bird house actually.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz31ZJr0pC-KivXjtX2LEx4F-j8qQQJbLUcTumnM_bhqiOTmXibVvgiKbReKcjBYy5M47xRinGTA_qft0kC-xQA-0AUSK0kJaPeiPH5a99lwD99DWmns9dbm5XM62mZfCSFa1MYQ0ILXVM/s1600-h/DSCN0809.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz31ZJr0pC-KivXjtX2LEx4F-j8qQQJbLUcTumnM_bhqiOTmXibVvgiKbReKcjBYy5M47xRinGTA_qft0kC-xQA-0AUSK0kJaPeiPH5a99lwD99DWmns9dbm5XM62mZfCSFa1MYQ0ILXVM/s320/DSCN0809.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373174978184310418" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />On the day before departing, we dropped by at EKA Walet's shop to check out what are in store.<br /><br />Fascinating to see these newly incubator hatched chicks.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbgxNvHgXR3BfVjepx4OMU4al8mR98vC4PPZbCmtHWV2sjDVjKujF8yityRfsJa0usCx_OqTGPxqdZB88-giOs53OiiHdaP1DjfukUw2eK465TUYwvgtGsw7S7m1fW-KldUimwjdAk4Qfq/s1600-h/DSCN0817.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbgxNvHgXR3BfVjepx4OMU4al8mR98vC4PPZbCmtHWV2sjDVjKujF8yityRfsJa0usCx_OqTGPxqdZB88-giOs53OiiHdaP1DjfukUw2eK465TUYwvgtGsw7S7m1fW-KldUimwjdAk4Qfq/s320/DSCN0817.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373174990169145634" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />We purchase 100 eggs back to experiment with. They will be distributed in some of our bird houses to hatch.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHvAHhg14T3y3FxMQozMLDXkmyd2qMHrr5YfQRQb2UNC-VRi28t2mkE95th6wFRGDqoXDk_TQXJ5SZOoP-5S89LGfcYNtwfa-iIJOuFKCE4JL78h6bcoAk_nUVcZU7Pa4SDHH1GahQnh3W/s1600-h/DSCN0815.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHvAHhg14T3y3FxMQozMLDXkmyd2qMHrr5YfQRQb2UNC-VRi28t2mkE95th6wFRGDqoXDk_TQXJ5SZOoP-5S89LGfcYNtwfa-iIJOuFKCE4JL78h6bcoAk_nUVcZU7Pa4SDHH1GahQnh3W/s320/DSCN0815.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373174983175553122" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Overall, it was an informative and enjoyable trip.Walet.twinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18210388939671378989noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412976194065466545.post-84610820396187850842009-08-24T11:16:00.001-07:002009-08-25T08:57:20.641-07:00Pak Hen's Seminar in JakartaSoon as the word went out to my group of farming friends in Thailand, response to Pak Hen's seminar in Jakarta was unexpectedly positive. My first concern was the language used in seminar presentation. But Pak Hen was kind to assure us he would conduct additional sessions during the evening in English.<br /><br />Came 7th August '09, we gathered at Suvarnabhumi Airport to depart for Jakarta.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0cMb7Ze7lC4dY1k5qFSqVnTl-Pomcl0qCHzelNN5l2LfTtrl8Kk9T7rwkcP2FEpWNN6V33RYZJkmLQOOj1ef0oopUeX0wgvjJv8qMns9HShzXhUI8LFcEagXQ0_AuQRrtO74PRth03JvK/s1600-h/DSCN0763.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0cMb7Ze7lC4dY1k5qFSqVnTl-Pomcl0qCHzelNN5l2LfTtrl8Kk9T7rwkcP2FEpWNN6V33RYZJkmLQOOj1ef0oopUeX0wgvjJv8qMns9HShzXhUI8LFcEagXQ0_AuQRrtO74PRth03JvK/s320/DSCN0763.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373170999926021938" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Checking in with good spirits.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHk3Mu4h4JaaBclq4amFI_Dkqbl0qLmEPJwLxGg5xyrXJKEP-ipET96Zpr2xIEcI2G7nEagmXtXnCWRAgg7NcaHncZSRjXW6NKSed-3GcPqk_xU7HY4IDLeLc6reaTEOyJlQ8uwSPO4qwl/s1600-h/DSCN0766.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHk3Mu4h4JaaBclq4amFI_Dkqbl0qLmEPJwLxGg5xyrXJKEP-ipET96Zpr2xIEcI2G7nEagmXtXnCWRAgg7NcaHncZSRjXW6NKSed-3GcPqk_xU7HY4IDLeLc6reaTEOyJlQ8uwSPO4qwl/s320/DSCN0766.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373171002670529362" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Attendance was good - more than a hundred and probably 1/2 from Malaysia.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdU3JTKqAQFERD_a1p0PmVIkWnOxozJcYVeSPsboPyGf7VcCWZSf8TljN3-rTXExuzYq3QO2IUHwqO9GRHnH1K0hD4orOITRhTgm3AS7qBf6E0wlrk183rwbnjS_MHx3-jtvfCE5O2yOTA/s1600-h/DSCN0768.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdU3JTKqAQFERD_a1p0PmVIkWnOxozJcYVeSPsboPyGf7VcCWZSf8TljN3-rTXExuzYq3QO2IUHwqO9GRHnH1K0hD4orOITRhTgm3AS7qBf6E0wlrk183rwbnjS_MHx3-jtvfCE5O2yOTA/s320/DSCN0768.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373171019041270786" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Though several topics were covered in Bahasa Indonesia, the visual projections helped to keep interest alive.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXAj3NbE35oYH-Od3Xqgo2z7q2LhAMVL66URJuXYDIrgziq75E0DhAehbNoaz53afSuxw4KemzEkI96ZiTS3NZI1Munsi9NMiDMSq-1nJKEzO7o8Tlj16Hh-jm9UAj4Hzz7XV-GsMbw0aS/s1600-h/DSCN0767.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXAj3NbE35oYH-Od3Xqgo2z7q2LhAMVL66URJuXYDIrgziq75E0DhAehbNoaz53afSuxw4KemzEkI96ZiTS3NZI1Munsi9NMiDMSq-1nJKEzO7o8Tlj16Hh-jm9UAj4Hzz7XV-GsMbw0aS/s320/DSCN0767.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373171011877626418" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Participants gathered for a photo shot after 2 days.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg1h9GOBFKmZRjV-QZbn6CeS3RUhlnxZJyBy2NHGB7TJn1HxEKu05EnNvx0VvxmA6JXKcADmVPVXFIwtJN_txO48VpGw7qo5lRcev7I5DZJyG-SmL0uNPl3kng71elv7XkUzUrrtNJrsQW/s1600-h/DSCN0773.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg1h9GOBFKmZRjV-QZbn6CeS3RUhlnxZJyBy2NHGB7TJn1HxEKu05EnNvx0VvxmA6JXKcADmVPVXFIwtJN_txO48VpGw7qo5lRcev7I5DZJyG-SmL0uNPl3kng71elv7XkUzUrrtNJrsQW/s320/DSCN0773.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373171027192951842" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The third day was an optional tour to farming areas to the western end of Java - the town of Panimbang, along the Sunda Straits between Java & Sumatra.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo0yNbQXvEwBbgG52XU8gb1vNJOO3nFnRcvBdCleL1kss4pcWyjIOpx7mVnUY089D3Op8N-GJhO5spuhcRObu76IqSVWjY-O6SrmRbtJJ_RcdDRfMomJPwygNxzMBdke11N-3AbvYHyp27/s1600-h/Panimbang.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 218px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo0yNbQXvEwBbgG52XU8gb1vNJOO3nFnRcvBdCleL1kss4pcWyjIOpx7mVnUY089D3Op8N-GJhO5spuhcRObu76IqSVWjY-O6SrmRbtJJ_RcdDRfMomJPwygNxzMBdke11N-3AbvYHyp27/s320/Panimbang.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373174995076966274" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The journey there took perhaps 4 hrs, so you can imagine the outcome of the first toilet break midway.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE4CpNY-QJKRBoCei7tOYYa1HYmUMPv7us6DVDXOMvxLKhwRSO7uP_f9IDxIzfYqHjHSZKV5Yxfox7mbDF_BTefNKTDXLFgbj6UUecy5zhmO9L1sgy5z0juel-mSI_ko-6z4M5u3pmK8qG/s1600-h/DSCN0779.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE4CpNY-QJKRBoCei7tOYYa1HYmUMPv7us6DVDXOMvxLKhwRSO7uP_f9IDxIzfYqHjHSZKV5Yxfox7mbDF_BTefNKTDXLFgbj6UUecy5zhmO9L1sgy5z0juel-mSI_ko-6z4M5u3pmK8qG/s320/DSCN0779.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373172030780313730" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Norodin Top's wanted poster was prominently displayed on the toilet walls outside. Andy posed beside and thought he has the bounty on his head!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn8BjAhaoUoWVs2TEo3vSVJ0Q4YE2kDiFF05RG2hRVFglfrSa3GgwezKpoRHvf7Mk1OqzJvENcE5JhACDKx7F1fcsipOWaRKshmb5f3TZtcbCw9F-ifFcmmNoeS8jEdRgQWKL4fsABTapS/s1600-h/DSCN0780.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn8BjAhaoUoWVs2TEo3vSVJ0Q4YE2kDiFF05RG2hRVFglfrSa3GgwezKpoRHvf7Mk1OqzJvENcE5JhACDKx7F1fcsipOWaRKshmb5f3TZtcbCw9F-ifFcmmNoeS8jEdRgQWKL4fsABTapS/s320/DSCN0780.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373172039214274002" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Along the way we visited a small processing center at a village en-route.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv6ys03MjO1pXVpyq-fd7vviGLipnweuW53eSzXSzJqDlp75Ymcyd-T8czd89b3lMNKQ8lCSAIg1fuEZZjo1vSNK2sbBkcC8KmiBVqRub5wvDOEb32iOtdh9uQ2hb20vD0keq6i9iG3G3P/s1600-h/DSCN0783.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv6ys03MjO1pXVpyq-fd7vviGLipnweuW53eSzXSzJqDlp75Ymcyd-T8czd89b3lMNKQ8lCSAIg1fuEZZjo1vSNK2sbBkcC8KmiBVqRub5wvDOEb32iOtdh9uQ2hb20vD0keq6i9iG3G3P/s320/DSCN0783.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373172052028007826" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The ladies continued with their work pretending we were not present.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGztrT5v9BQ45nPyNLGT7lflWlX7obqLPjj-gVO9j7LggLNRGAruDU4Q1ub3gSxpmybONNpSqfaBSZweKHLFRZOlNSNb8QfOzXH7HRpXOvE2VaoAgV2keDCPRotkkPtjKxJEPPah9ep-Fm/s1600-h/DSCN0782.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGztrT5v9BQ45nPyNLGT7lflWlX7obqLPjj-gVO9j7LggLNRGAruDU4Q1ub3gSxpmybONNpSqfaBSZweKHLFRZOlNSNb8QfOzXH7HRpXOvE2VaoAgV2keDCPRotkkPtjKxJEPPah9ep-Fm/s320/DSCN0782.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373172042929947826" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Of course snapping photos of each others was another activity.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpa51lNIFPmn3UErDZHdv6Km8VOhM4xXK9wHWiOXVo2z7H9B6kdsfjTBjJlPhsyz0ojXQj5eVL7KxFTWq-9SrPOAWNtdWAflmCUKiR1J8RBEB7nTMauMR5yFom7hBJDsE3bfgoSGrtaGm1/s1600-h/DSCN0785.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpa51lNIFPmn3UErDZHdv6Km8VOhM4xXK9wHWiOXVo2z7H9B6kdsfjTBjJlPhsyz0ojXQj5eVL7KxFTWq-9SrPOAWNtdWAflmCUKiR1J8RBEB7nTMauMR5yFom7hBJDsE3bfgoSGrtaGm1/s320/DSCN0785.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373172060576679506" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_-Xr5fUy0vn9vyeKvnFNCfaBE4IphmuizpEp7to1OHnjTcGWZoGWHPfAFR-SZqCqqEuOXV1tDA2WK-nniUrGIqVoB8sSyQprgxkuIVQTKRwbGsRQ7If2UFUjlIuBtJmWoqo0uacd1QIcm/s1600-h/DSCN0787.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_-Xr5fUy0vn9vyeKvnFNCfaBE4IphmuizpEp7to1OHnjTcGWZoGWHPfAFR-SZqCqqEuOXV1tDA2WK-nniUrGIqVoB8sSyQprgxkuIVQTKRwbGsRQ7If2UFUjlIuBtJmWoqo0uacd1QIcm/s320/DSCN0787.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373173076888167346" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />P'Moo posed as the new owner of the processing biz!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-hrIPwW21WvhaFyGW3jviOK9rSjXZ5oAMahV6Ni9ZqqGIv5dsMPCTq0p9ybojPK-C5LJmUOmxE3xOJIUk0WfLPowq5VaTcGmZU13LTx_X57cMhFdX8apgdBQ4_0wgpw9nT2hN8Xc9tXaw/s1600-h/DSCN0790.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-hrIPwW21WvhaFyGW3jviOK9rSjXZ5oAMahV6Ni9ZqqGIv5dsMPCTq0p9ybojPK-C5LJmUOmxE3xOJIUk0WfLPowq5VaTcGmZU13LTx_X57cMhFdX8apgdBQ4_0wgpw9nT2hN8Xc9tXaw/s320/DSCN0790.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373173084953602882" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />We had sea food barbecue - Indo style for lunch. Simply delicious with various sauces.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIkXb6duaH_DYNk9vLiYeuqzZVVzcn0SJcmhVwvAuE8SRw6kWWJqX49Gt2sYfUV1DRddS1tX64lGvgLVKuBE8AVPffjC03rRpTLF7sDBDq52uCacoEWf11JcVFHsNv9rE6PxNfDHk3cwyp/s1600-h/DSCN0794.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIkXb6duaH_DYNk9vLiYeuqzZVVzcn0SJcmhVwvAuE8SRw6kWWJqX49Gt2sYfUV1DRddS1tX64lGvgLVKuBE8AVPffjC03rRpTLF7sDBDq52uCacoEWf11JcVFHsNv9rE6PxNfDHk3cwyp/s320/DSCN0794.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373173093195945378" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijtytzkGF6oCNtVsZikLcWtO0XT49_QF_IjbB4hySf-K9U6Aqrbeeaf3wtbnFFkGerkTV058OG6vos6RZ4-TK9m5Qsy1KGfpnF5XoF73OFlu7_q6p9UZMC1RnZp76BIEthHgQbqLnKU1aH/s1600-h/DSCN0795.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijtytzkGF6oCNtVsZikLcWtO0XT49_QF_IjbB4hySf-K9U6Aqrbeeaf3wtbnFFkGerkTV058OG6vos6RZ4-TK9m5Qsy1KGfpnF5XoF73OFlu7_q6p9UZMC1RnZp76BIEthHgQbqLnKU1aH/s320/DSCN0795.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373190306751119570" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Getting off the bus finally reaching Panimbang.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_bZr4vAp2uYyT0J9fRwI_5P60mSEX8y8HY878wpJsaEYwFgBSnpesgmp_r43_pTzINYaNzp2RRsy6j8FxOvxz-Ri2wzux7wTPubbx69fa53GTPHCCIjHtXj6rSONMlMVBFHb9QjcV7_9V/s1600-h/DSCN0799.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_bZr4vAp2uYyT0J9fRwI_5P60mSEX8y8HY878wpJsaEYwFgBSnpesgmp_r43_pTzINYaNzp2RRsy6j8FxOvxz-Ri2wzux7wTPubbx69fa53GTPHCCIjHtXj6rSONMlMVBFHb9QjcV7_9V/s320/DSCN0799.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373173105936050578" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />This huge bird house is said to produce 70Kg per harvest!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5hWhcVy-P0njjf5O49l9VjP9q8LpcU4_lOjzsroQthgUpA6MQ133hOvGXXPsF48E4ZxHuB65b4jWEKMmRCVQyx-IbwnkX05Jy-qzyjzIddsC340e9tCIGsvhkLJ3RVCVrnYSlwSsyC2kr/s1600-h/DSCN0800.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5hWhcVy-P0njjf5O49l9VjP9q8LpcU4_lOjzsroQthgUpA6MQ133hOvGXXPsF48E4ZxHuB65b4jWEKMmRCVQyx-IbwnkX05Jy-qzyjzIddsC340e9tCIGsvhkLJ3RVCVrnYSlwSsyC2kr/s320/DSCN0800.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373174081777962002" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Most Indo bird houses we saw have small entrance holes, located at multi-levels.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTZOsIHQ1mWVBYOZdSCPAPRdzDhEaSfVsricvl_ASBze40Rg7ZiBuLQMwBlQuReXwIlgbYKLC5G8upNs8ACtRoLgrdicnbIg-6xIAoctTkWEZt_NsilPRBVcD9njsOta2qslB91GlYnD9g/s1600-h/DSCN0796.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTZOsIHQ1mWVBYOZdSCPAPRdzDhEaSfVsricvl_ASBze40Rg7ZiBuLQMwBlQuReXwIlgbYKLC5G8upNs8ACtRoLgrdicnbIg-6xIAoctTkWEZt_NsilPRBVcD9njsOta2qslB91GlYnD9g/s320/DSCN0796.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373190309706534466" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />'Saw-tooth' metal plate installed on top to protect against burglars.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg40lTzHsYlTcFDlWqH56R66oTKttvJNxRIlUZetdkWuYbykopgLRJUGJlkG0gywH1b-QExXFlB8-w_C8buStbGC2UtbeAwXJZEPTUWIetUhONYMc05XpAiIlt4wefxVErCNCcyYH8R4NNR/s1600-h/DSCN0804.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg40lTzHsYlTcFDlWqH56R66oTKttvJNxRIlUZetdkWuYbykopgLRJUGJlkG0gywH1b-QExXFlB8-w_C8buStbGC2UtbeAwXJZEPTUWIetUhONYMc05XpAiIlt4wefxVErCNCcyYH8R4NNR/s320/DSCN0804.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373174100274842418" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Not far is what the locals named "Malaysian Complex", a group of bird houses by Malaysian investors. The compound is protected by 4m wall all round. I am impressed by their enterprising spirit, come this far from Malaysia! We don't know its existence until now.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX0FDGqOr1NZZqp0hRKhU0_ML_30tO4Aenq89tWw6jlGhzv1nrkz-XoiEFT4v4YAlSgqiYkLHaW0ljjbpJB65YPbdhUPSYXbLCkQlPwnNv3UVxvQMKrV1dDt76700isz6SR19OCDyb3NYF/s1600-h/DSCN0801.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX0FDGqOr1NZZqp0hRKhU0_ML_30tO4Aenq89tWw6jlGhzv1nrkz-XoiEFT4v4YAlSgqiYkLHaW0ljjbpJB65YPbdhUPSYXbLCkQlPwnNv3UVxvQMKrV1dDt76700isz6SR19OCDyb3NYF/s320/DSCN0801.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373174084182048546" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />This bird house has sliding metal barrier gate to keep owls out, manually lowered each evening.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_QOjdYQTmpkZ6NBya2J6QfIAXJkWLJ81ZIKkLfb1qybwk4DcoGYutkcqIrtkAVkSv5sBvFu3jrEFZLFM8eE0Iz-PWP27oXlzT1_1veK_hAvGlQPEzpA3M2lYRTG0YJTFBYDU5gTbyPGBO/s1600-h/DSCN0797.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_QOjdYQTmpkZ6NBya2J6QfIAXJkWLJ81ZIKkLfb1qybwk4DcoGYutkcqIrtkAVkSv5sBvFu3jrEFZLFM8eE0Iz-PWP27oXlzT1_1veK_hAvGlQPEzpA3M2lYRTG0YJTFBYDU5gTbyPGBO/s320/DSCN0797.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373174093559176226" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Pak Hen's bird house in the area.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnaH0S_iDro6UmM_9ZmG94l7yywZ5jL4_jO-S5DbL3xNyTjv6VfdXDvko07L-yMA37L5JngiB5x_pQ4sRGUeMsis37o1T74dMyndNNk0_3Ijfm8NKH_vh3vNBFha_r6SjRqR1ftp-XIC_b/s1600-h/DSCN0807.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnaH0S_iDro6UmM_9ZmG94l7yywZ5jL4_jO-S5DbL3xNyTjv6VfdXDvko07L-yMA37L5JngiB5x_pQ4sRGUeMsis37o1T74dMyndNNk0_3Ijfm8NKH_vh3vNBFha_r6SjRqR1ftp-XIC_b/s320/DSCN0807.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373174106208321938" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />This swiftlet was seen struggling to get off the 'parabolic' wire mesh. Something to watch out for in selection the wire mesh.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-tQXSrK3Ez1yQexj4AylmY_tkgVbNqGqunnlNqTKDIq9OxQoTGqB4UEzWpq9AWdx93hxIt_hgfCbixRtkZ78G1bNuxeut__B9QA2Afig4k3QRqP5xHz9FO5ZwJCD72oTTo4kbfc-nrBMl/s1600-h/DSCN0803.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-tQXSrK3Ez1yQexj4AylmY_tkgVbNqGqunnlNqTKDIq9OxQoTGqB4UEzWpq9AWdx93hxIt_hgfCbixRtkZ78G1bNuxeut__B9QA2Afig4k3QRqP5xHz9FO5ZwJCD72oTTo4kbfc-nrBMl/s320/DSCN0803.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373174970640074482" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />We find this Ferris wheel on a tricycle more interesting than bird houses actually.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz31ZJr0pC-KivXjtX2LEx4F-j8qQQJbLUcTumnM_bhqiOTmXibVvgiKbReKcjBYy5M47xRinGTA_qft0kC-xQA-0AUSK0kJaPeiPH5a99lwD99DWmns9dbm5XM62mZfCSFa1MYQ0ILXVM/s1600-h/DSCN0809.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz31ZJr0pC-KivXjtX2LEx4F-j8qQQJbLUcTumnM_bhqiOTmXibVvgiKbReKcjBYy5M47xRinGTA_qft0kC-xQA-0AUSK0kJaPeiPH5a99lwD99DWmns9dbm5XM62mZfCSFa1MYQ0ILXVM/s320/DSCN0809.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373174978184310418" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />On the day before departing, we dropped by at EKA Walet's shop to check out what are in store.<br /><br />Fascinating to see these newly incubator hatched chicks.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbgxNvHgXR3BfVjepx4OMU4al8mR98vC4PPZbCmtHWV2sjDVjKujF8yityRfsJa0usCx_OqTGPxqdZB88-giOs53OiiHdaP1DjfukUw2eK465TUYwvgtGsw7S7m1fW-KldUimwjdAk4Qfq/s1600-h/DSCN0817.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbgxNvHgXR3BfVjepx4OMU4al8mR98vC4PPZbCmtHWV2sjDVjKujF8yityRfsJa0usCx_OqTGPxqdZB88-giOs53OiiHdaP1DjfukUw2eK465TUYwvgtGsw7S7m1fW-KldUimwjdAk4Qfq/s320/DSCN0817.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373174990169145634" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />We purchased 100 eggs back to experiment with. They will be distributed in some of our bird houses to hatch.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHvAHhg14T3y3FxMQozMLDXkmyd2qMHrr5YfQRQb2UNC-VRi28t2mkE95th6wFRGDqoXDk_TQXJ5SZOoP-5S89LGfcYNtwfa-iIJOuFKCE4JL78h6bcoAk_nUVcZU7Pa4SDHH1GahQnh3W/s1600-h/DSCN0815.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHvAHhg14T3y3FxMQozMLDXkmyd2qMHrr5YfQRQb2UNC-VRi28t2mkE95th6wFRGDqoXDk_TQXJ5SZOoP-5S89LGfcYNtwfa-iIJOuFKCE4JL78h6bcoAk_nUVcZU7Pa4SDHH1GahQnh3W/s320/DSCN0815.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373174983175553122" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Overall, it was an informative and enjoyable trip. I need a full day to recuperate after wards - a group of enthusiastic farmers kept Pak Hen at the bar till 1 to 2 am each night! Those were the best times getting to know each other. Nobody get tired talking about swiftlets all night!Walet.twinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18210388939671378989noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412976194065466545.post-341443578076088372008-11-22T00:54:00.000-08:002008-11-22T11:29:49.973-08:00A lucky bird nest farmer!I came to know Ah Him about a year ago. When I first visited his farm on Batam Island, my jaw dropped! He didn't have to do much.. a very simple layout - an airwell entrance next to nesting area, brighter than any bird houses I've seen! Old furnitures stored in the nesting room! Huh.. he can have birds here!<br /><br />Batam Island is to the south of Singapore, only about an hour ferry to get there.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEfrHPTaqALW1GSygfaqdhcBG3Erk0TzOAtLnYcPm3AyIRCZCDGnRGpZb6-e-mqXg6DM6Jawu4YX2m11sxM9K_UrqZqzjSB_NC5GH1ZutboVDgpqW6bIEOQEDjybxTGMn1aIGZd6Ryg9rK/s1600-h/batam.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 207px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEfrHPTaqALW1GSygfaqdhcBG3Erk0TzOAtLnYcPm3AyIRCZCDGnRGpZb6-e-mqXg6DM6Jawu4YX2m11sxM9K_UrqZqzjSB_NC5GH1ZutboVDgpqW6bIEOQEDjybxTGMn1aIGZd6Ryg9rK/s320/batam.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271561617825494418" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Singapore skyline and busy shipping channel. Wow.. besides sea freights, crude oil pass through these waters from middle east to fuel the economies of East Asia - China, Korea, Taiwan & Japan!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-vCId6p8TXEiPYsnQKmU17YSFOSRTly5eFwoG5yUvAeIfOo0Jek57EKgcMm5Nz_hyphenhyphen-TPziT3KRFwzu_uL0Cdehnh8pXrb6DiGRvG0dDR9msfG8QjxoksLV8G5F1NPDwApT4zgDcV_ei1s/s1600-h/Singpore+view.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-vCId6p8TXEiPYsnQKmU17YSFOSRTly5eFwoG5yUvAeIfOo0Jek57EKgcMm5Nz_hyphenhyphen-TPziT3KRFwzu_uL0Cdehnh8pXrb6DiGRvG0dDR9msfG8QjxoksLV8G5F1NPDwApT4zgDcV_ei1s/s320/Singpore+view.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271561627415420258" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />He still professed he don't know much about swiftlet ranching. How did he get into it in the first place? 2 years back when he was about to renovate a 3-storey building in his backyard, a friend suggested converting it into a bird house instead. He found it cheaper and so he did.<br /><br />I took his location with GPS and marked on Google Earth.. the reason became obvious. He is right on the flight path between the farming nucleus & feeding grounds. Ain't he lucky? He didn't do any test calls, no need to hunt for suitable site.. it is right in his backyard!<br /><br />But his bird population has not grown.. just about 50 nests. His young birds must have found better places to nest elsewhere! I left him with some suggestions and a sketch for improvements.<br /><br />This week I caught up with him and he is in process of implementing it.<br /><br />He would always take me to one of his favorite eating place when I arrived - a very good Indonesian ox tail soup this time. But this shop has excellent savories too! I can't resist to order some takeaways.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNWrAfbdzRB3QX2XdL-EcvIJfm6FYwaDoOvUYuZksHLOqDLTBDnNu2My9KDnVaWnSQZh02uQmAUjcrQLR2iNjr-IolJHqS4K0wiL7dPaBJkbO0w-sWaqPUnJ4pv89fJbrOSVbzfqqH7xoR/s1600-h/DSCN0057.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNWrAfbdzRB3QX2XdL-EcvIJfm6FYwaDoOvUYuZksHLOqDLTBDnNu2My9KDnVaWnSQZh02uQmAUjcrQLR2iNjr-IolJHqS4K0wiL7dPaBJkbO0w-sWaqPUnJ4pv89fJbrOSVbzfqqH7xoR/s320/DSCN0057.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271403633587286530" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />His backyard bird farm..<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOAa6svmZwrjwpqZUlIiNyTRC62XtfM97ij_V2gsXDpl91W9n2Hl44cNINXL8OBb4R8VaSi9x0mHQHJwl8RpnBu86xpv0YY4K1sOg2nTbjEL4UJhfJDPR1bEvviHyp9U8G-n7Ameb-bYyU/s1600-h/DSCN0065.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOAa6svmZwrjwpqZUlIiNyTRC62XtfM97ij_V2gsXDpl91W9n2Hl44cNINXL8OBb4R8VaSi9x0mHQHJwl8RpnBu86xpv0YY4K1sOg2nTbjEL4UJhfJDPR1bEvviHyp9U8G-n7Ameb-bYyU/s320/DSCN0065.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271403645525474386" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Entrance to the nesting room.. caught a swiflet flying over his head!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjONxGhQNI-MvFUZDkekz67ggWwpR1nXsiA_N6WTu7VAwNIT03RJwWCzCmkbThMhpKVzQRBqCfeshoT2LQfDUBBBD9TFzxMOkWVhFH4Q5LYlyyxZ-FtmrRKyBp7s8oaUrF67Z4AkzMieCYj/s1600-h/DSCN0061.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjONxGhQNI-MvFUZDkekz67ggWwpR1nXsiA_N6WTu7VAwNIT03RJwWCzCmkbThMhpKVzQRBqCfeshoT2LQfDUBBBD9TFzxMOkWVhFH4Q5LYlyyxZ-FtmrRKyBp7s8oaUrF67Z4AkzMieCYj/s320/DSCN0061.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271403640084173138" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Temporary beams act as scaffolding. The roving room height is extended before a roof is added. This will reduce light into the nesting areas.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAnEaWVONaYuV_x1LUm9rFY-d7AxBk_MN2G8XyXvuR76UTn11cusoCoZz42SFVlNIOEFDMdIQ18FRyGP6RjxozoB926WX6dSOFfgHNdB6lXDkEl7qByGp6fVVNLFijQL3YlB74KpIjZf7Q/s1600-h/DSCN0063.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAnEaWVONaYuV_x1LUm9rFY-d7AxBk_MN2G8XyXvuR76UTn11cusoCoZz42SFVlNIOEFDMdIQ18FRyGP6RjxozoB926WX6dSOFfgHNdB6lXDkEl7qByGp6fVVNLFijQL3YlB74KpIjZf7Q/s320/DSCN0063.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271403874390501314" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Some other interesting discoveries in his backyard..<br />Plant with leaves that look like butterflies!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUI4Z3wRZGCj0UmCBteyMsvIW9W1Isy4N2Ep7hjRhZIqmkglgj6aANQrbBr_bA6pHZkDNLouKBD8IjbRTk5HtqY4IRlgNXApgmYcDhWD7FJE51UL40My7EPXcEIuZZG7aUaKlih3dHkSxo/s1600-h/DSCN0060.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUI4Z3wRZGCj0UmCBteyMsvIW9W1Isy4N2Ep7hjRhZIqmkglgj6aANQrbBr_bA6pHZkDNLouKBD8IjbRTk5HtqY4IRlgNXApgmYcDhWD7FJE51UL40My7EPXcEIuZZG7aUaKlih3dHkSxo/s320/DSCN0060.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271403635745556418" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />This has buds that look like birds before flowering! Not a good shot though.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpmfIhP80l3Y7a15pHFgaliZh75J6G73F5yH3n_gufjNkIyWjla-erhO_Ohw34H0BSxjDl5mJpFMYKDOnwdqjznsEBxr785ZRQEusOznCd810ohfED_-jybk-xY1PtK2xyFQGl823Mvidm/s1600-h/DSCN0059.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpmfIhP80l3Y7a15pHFgaliZh75J6G73F5yH3n_gufjNkIyWjla-erhO_Ohw34H0BSxjDl5mJpFMYKDOnwdqjznsEBxr785ZRQEusOznCd810ohfED_-jybk-xY1PtK2xyFQGl823Mvidm/s320/DSCN0059.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271403634134043538" border="0" /></a>Walet.twinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18210388939671378989noreply@blogger.com1