Day 59 - Ketapang Borneo - Hery knocks up three hoes for the threesome, and a chance to see the baby orangs

I felt much better today, the aches have disappeared and my energy has returned. We made a slight detour on the way to work last the old centre before they bought the one they are in now. It's very central to the town within a small settlement with houses either side. The big cages you have seen before were squeezed into an area about 20 x 30m. All the Orangs at the centre were squeezed in this area, with a field out the back for the exercise of the youngsters. What an amazing transformation to the 60hectare area the centre has now. Karmele truly is an amazing woman to have pushed so hard to improve their conditions in only a few years in a country where things happen at such a slow pace.

We headed off to work where I was back to being a hoe with the hoes. Hery one of the locals knocked up some new handles for our near broken hoes. It's so clever how they do this so quickly. It was good to be back on the farm. I dug a whole new trench just in time for lunch. Half way through some of the others left for some enrichment but Kristi and I battled on, when we stopped for a break we managed to catch a glimpse of some wild macaques. Just one of the awesome things you get to see working here :) They were literally jumping from one tree and hoping they caught the one below it was a great way to spend a short break. By the time I finished I was dripping with sweat but the achievement was worth it. 

Unfortunately I think I slightly overdid it on the farm as I felt a bit sick by the time I sat down to lunch and couldn't really stomach all of it. I even had to have a little snooze.

After lunch I was on enrichment on my own, so I set up a pile of all the things I needed, made myself comfy and popped an episode of Breaking Bad on. I was stuffing cereal boxes with sandust, peanuts and popcorn, then sealing them with tape. Once I had made twelve the others joined me and we headed out to baby school. We got to watch them for a good half an hour. It was amazing. We were so close and were opening their enrichment with such excitement, their little faces when they discovered the sawdust and threw it at each other was so cute. Some were hanging from the trees whacking the others over head with the empty boxes others were sat quietly picking through the sawdust. 

A few of the were curious of the weird people wielding cameras and you had to keep a constant eye out for invaders from all angles, they are very clever and quick when they want to be. It's incredible to think one day these lucky little ones that got a second chance may one day have the chance to live wild again. The babysitters do a great job teaching them all the skills they need for their future.

Soon it was time to go, we left the babies covered in sawdust and headed back to the island to carry the rest of the wood back. What a wonderful afternoon on our penultimate day at work. We arrived home and had our dinner which was noodles then all sat chattering, I retired to my room to watch the rest of Breaking Bad before carrying on with book 14. It was so warm sleep didn't come quickly and kept me awake for some time.