My ride to Gumuruk

My ride to Gumuruk
Originally uploaded by joodmc.

loved the panther on the side. An the russian pilot had Java House coffee for me! I could have hugged him (but didn't).

when we arrived in Gumuruk, the pilot didn't want to stop the engine, so we were dumped rather uncermoniously with all our gear in the middle of the airstrip. He would have had to wait another 20 minutes for the engine to cool down, and didn't want to have to wait. It was a little frantic arrival to say the least.