The area of Semadang actually comprises 6 villages, including Kampung Giam and Kampung Git. As of 2010, 7261 hectares of land in Giam (according to Harrison, the headman) have been signed off to be used as by the government for resettlement.
Victor had asked if we were interested to have a look the designated resettlement areas, so in the evening we went on a half-hour-long drive through Semadang. The building of alternative accommodation hadn't begun yet, so we just saw stretches of cleared land, some greenery, and what looked like abandoned farmland...
The truth of the matter is, Chris and I missed out on any commentary because we felt like trying out the back of Daveency's awesome pickup truck. Hohoho.
Later on, after dinner, the four of us were offered some wild landak (porcupine) stew: the meat was grey in colour, tough and rather bitter. It had funny bits of cartilage in it and each different cut of meat was, to me, indistinguishable from any other part. Victor's son had just caught it the day before; apparently it's quite rare that anyone manages to catch landak anymore, and it was his first time. The hunter was a large, muscular man with a very taciturn impression, shoulder-length hair and several tattoos on his upper body... definitely not someone you'd wanna mess with!
Victor had asked if we were interested to have a look the designated resettlement areas, so in the evening we went on a half-hour-long drive through Semadang. The building of alternative accommodation hadn't begun yet, so we just saw stretches of cleared land, some greenery, and what looked like abandoned farmland...
The truth of the matter is, Chris and I missed out on any commentary because we felt like trying out the back of Daveency's awesome pickup truck. Hohoho.
Later on, after dinner, the four of us were offered some wild landak (porcupine) stew: the meat was grey in colour, tough and rather bitter. It had funny bits of cartilage in it and each different cut of meat was, to me, indistinguishable from any other part. Victor's son had just caught it the day before; apparently it's quite rare that anyone manages to catch landak anymore, and it was his first time. The hunter was a large, muscular man with a very taciturn impression, shoulder-length hair and several tattoos on his upper body... definitely not someone you'd wanna mess with!
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