Visiting the teak trees at the pilot project at Bumisari village is always an exciting experience. The location is up the hill and it is about 6 km from the main road. Small truck or pick up or even the motor bike are good option to go there than the car. The trip was like an off road journey for about one hour.
Passing through the Palm Oil plantation and tea plantation is a nice scenery before we reach the teak plantation, the plantation is nearby a village. The teak trees now already 9 years old, they look healthy. Some of the trees are growing fast but some are still regular size. Hot season make the trees look dry but it is natural condition where the sun rise will reach the trunks and the soil too. The leaves are falling and soon after the rain is coming they change green. Local teaks dominate all the plantation. Pak Ganda, the guardian who take care the Bumisari teak plantation, is always happy when pak Zaini, the land manager comes to bring his salary and medicine for his family.
Visiting the project at Cibening village is another interesting trip. Driving an open jip with bumpy road is a challenge. The plantation still green from a distance, from west to east hill and cover almost whole the hill. The trees look healthy and big, most of the trees grow well. The teak trees and the fruit trees are blooming and fruiting. Acacia trees have their first flowers, land is covered by leaves and flowers and also seeds. Water is getting less but fortunately, workers can use the water from the water spring and the well.
