After 2 weeks of Malaysia, I decided for something a little bit more rustic and primitive. Malaysia, is great is a great place to get your feet wet, as it is so clean, safe, good roads, comfortable buses, but now that's to easy. I wanted to get slapped in the face with a culture shock, so I decided to go to the north of Sumatra Indonesia, a little bit more off the beaten path. Tourists are much more rare. Two days without seeing another tourists or anyone understanding english, feels much more like traveling. 
So the first stop was the Jungle in Bukit Lawang. This was a proper jungle, full of every type of monkey, big furry bug, and river creature imaginable. We saw 6 different types of monkeys, including the Orangoutang's, a centipede as big as my hand, and had a 1-2 m lizard scare us all out of the river.Sleeping in the jungle was nearly impossible as all the sounds of the animals are much louder at night, and we are sleeping in a shelter that is only enough to keep the rain out, with no closed in sides. All of the girls were freaking out all night, because of bats, and monkeys coming inside for a look.
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