Peter Langer, the Ultimate Traveller, has just returned from an extensive journey through Indonesia and East Timor, which took him from Medan in Sumatra to Wamena in New Guinea's highlands, exploring many places along the way that don't figure on conventional tourist itineraries.
Over the next two months Langer will host seven in-depth presentations at West Vancouver's Ferry Building Gallery detailing what he experienced on his trip which included the UNESCO World Heritage Sites of Borobudur, Prambanan and the Sangiran Early Man Site in Central Java, the fascinating cities of Yogyakarta and Jakarta, Lake Toba (the largest volcanic lake in the world, inhabited by the Batak people), Camp Leaky
orangutan sanctuary on the island of Borneo, Bali, Komodo National Park, Sulawesi and the legendary Baliem Valley in the highlands of Western New Guinea (occupied by the Dani people who are making the transition from the Stone Age to the 21st century).
The Ultimate Traveller shows are scheduled as follows: n Impressions of Indonesia (Sumatra and Java - Wednesday, Jan. 15 at 7 p.m. n Impressions of Indonesia (Bali and Komodo) - Wednesday, Jan. 22 at 7 p.m. n Impressions of Indonesia (Sulawesi and Papua) -Wednesday, Jan. 29 at 7 p.m. n Impressions of East Timor - Wednesday, Feb. 5 at 7 p.m. n Impressions of Philippines - Wednesday, Feb. 12 at 7 p.m. n Impressions of Madagascar - Wednesday, Feb. 19 at 7 p.m. n Impressions of Sri Lanka -Wednesday, Feb. 26 at 7 p.m. For more information visit theultimatetraveller.com.
