On Friday night, 19 European partners and 7 Indonesians flew out to Papua with 50 pieces of luggage weighing a total of 1.1 ton, including 500 kg of diving equipment. Fortunately, the latter was not charged as extra and overweight luggage. They travelled approximately 2850 kms stopping on the way at Makassar on the island of Sulawesi (formerly Celebes). A … Continue reading →

On Wednesday afternoon, while some people went shopping, others visited Bogor Botanical Gardens, home to beautiful 200-year old trees. At the end of the day, the visitors got showered by a generous tropical rainfall: a little hands-on experience before going into the field! (translated by Solene Chambon and Estelle Rasselet, L2 SVC, UM2, France)

Tuesday was spent on paperwork. Convened at 10 am in the office of imigrati to make photo identifications, we left it at 3 pm, just after leaving our fingerprints. The procedure was greatly facilitated by the action taken in advance by the coordination team. It normally takes 15 days. Terima Kasi (thank you) ! (translated by Muriel Bastide, Alizée Bourges, Yousra … Continue reading →

On Monday, the first meeting at LIPI (Indonesian Institute of Sciences) in Bogor enabled European and Indonesian partners to meet and get to know one another. Some of them went back on Wednesday to search the collections and discuss things further. The new collaborations look highly promising! (translated by Benjamin Dubourguier, L2 SVC, UM2, France)  

On Sunday and Monday, most of the European members of the expedition arrived from all over the globe. Coming from France, Spain, Peru, New Caledonia… the trip took some of them more than thirty hours! (Translated by Irina Morisset-Ambatlle and Lucie Reixach, L2 SVC, UM2, France)