Orangutans and sun bears🌞

We visit the orangutan rehabilitation center. There's a central feeding platform, surrounded by spectator stands behind mirrored glass panels to prevent us from being directly seen. This is how the center is financed and gives us insight into the behavior of these impressive animals. To allow them access from the surrounding forests, ropes are stretched from the trees to the platform, which they climb up to, just in time for feeding time. The feeder is careful not to make eye contact, but still assesses the condition of the arriving orangutans. After all, they shouldn't develop trust in us humans, because unfortunately, they are still being mercilessly poached. I enjoy the playfulness of the younger ones and the serenity of the slightly older ones.

There is also a second feeding station, which is located a little further away in the forest, where a different crowd (of orangutans) comes by to eat.

Afterwards we visit the Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre, which is dedicated to the conservation of the sun bear.

For dinner today, we're going to a restaurant near our accommodation. It's a bit loud at first, as they're also having karaoke, but it calms down after a while. What I mostly remember is that at some point, there was apparently a fight between two geckos on the ceiling, and the next moment, the two of them plopped into my half-full glass and disappeared in a flash.