PADDLE SUMATRA - Kayaking in Indonesia

Imagine to paddle somewhere here : this is RAJA AMPAT, an archipelago of 600 islands stretched out on an area of 250 x 350 km in Papua, the most eastern province of Indonesia ( former IRAN JAYA ).

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KAYAKING IN JAVA - INDONESIA

A new chapter in Indonesia 's… Continue

" Pulau Banyak got hit by the tsunami, an earthquake, there's Shariah ( islamic law ) and Malaria....

- quite a challenge for marketing ! " said John Gray, a successful outdooroperator from Thailand.

" ...probably the best seakayaking trip in my life ! " said Geoff Foote, experienced seakayaker from Australia.

" folks at home will get tears in their eyes when they see the scenery ! " said Olaf Obsommer, organizer of kayakexpeditions and film producer.
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OLAF OBSOMMER and a team of kayak celebrities traveled 3 weeks through Sumatra / Java in search for the wild.

I talked with Jared Meehan preparing the expedition: " Man, we need jeeps... roads on Sumatra are no highways ! - Plus, there is not much known about rivers… Continue

Off the west coast of SUMATRA Peter Jackson places his SKULL ISLAND, home of KING KONG...
if You watch the movie there's a scenery where a map is placed on the table showing actually the outlines of PULAU BANYAK, an archipelago about 40 - 100 km off the west coast of Sumatra.… Continue