Tag: Bogor

• Wandering after Wallace: Bogor Botanical Gardens

  

  Alfred Russel Wallace – co-discoverer of evolution by natural selection – spent three and a half months in Java, from 18th July to 31st Oct 1861 (1). After collecting birds and insects in East Java, he took a steamer from Surabaya to Jakarta, where he stayed about a week. Jakarta did not seem to make…

  rcannon992

  October 16, 2015

  Indonesia, Travel

  Alfred Russel Wallace, Alsomitra macrocarpa, Bogor, Bogor Botanical Gardens, Java, Kebun Raya Bogor

• Javan faces

  I recently traveled to Java (Indonesia) to do some bird watching. I surprised by how friendly the people were. Wherever I went – outside of the capital – people, especially children, were eager to speak to me and have their photo taken. Students liked to ask my name and where I came from. In the…

  rcannon992

  October 11, 2015

  Indonesia, Travel

  Bogor, Faces, Indonesia, Java