If you ever get a chance to walk through the jungles of Borneo and view the wild Orangutans - jump on it! These are fantastic creatures - one could easily spend hours being entertained by them.

Shot taken in Kumai, Borneo - Indonesia. View Map of Location

The Big Male & His Girlfriend, originally uploaded by SailBillabong.

We thought it would be fun to occasionally take a look back. Where were we at this time last year and the year before and the year before that and ... you get the idea! So, where were we in late August of ...

2004 Suwarrow, Cook Islands
A beautiful atoll with native adventures

2005 Savusavu, Fiji
A fun small town with a family feel

2006 Port Resolution, Tanna, Vanuatu
A heart pounding experience with an active volcano

2007 Riung, Flores, Indonesia
A peaceful spot away from everything

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Three panoramic views from around the world. The scenic variety is endless and the views never cease to awe us.

Blue Mountains; just outside of Sydney, Australia View Map of Location

Rice Padi fields near Kelimutu, Indonesia View Map of Location

Matagi Bay, Fiji View Map of Location

A highlight of our travels was a trip up the river in Kumai, Indonesia and into the Tanjung Putting National Park. Here we got a chance to watch the amazing orangutans. The park sets up feeding stations in the jungle. The goal is to keep the orangutans away from the local farms, where the farmers kill any ape or monkey feeding on the crops, by providing a supplemental feeding. The orangutans are not captured or caged - they are still very much wild animals.

It was most entertaining to watch the dynamics of the orangutans as they ate ... especially in regards to the buckets of milk. This one ape in particular seemed to find the bucket almost of more interest than the milk inside. The following three photos are a series. It was getting slightly dark, so the photos aren't of the best quality but perhaps you'll find them entertaining!

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Our apologies as we have been 'at sea' and unable to post. To make up for the missing weeks, here are three photographs. We love photographing children; they are beautiful and fun and really enjoy seeing their picture in the LCD screen afterwards. Two of the photos were shot in the mountain highlands of Indonesia (Kupang) and the third was shot in Vanuatu.

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This photograph was taken near Komodo Island in Indonesia. We really lucked out when the turtle lined up perfectly with the snorkeler!

Underwater Diver and Turtle, originally uploaded by Sail Billabong.

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