TERNATE, North Maluku, Thursday in mid-April when we started our travel. It was still early according to our Jakarta-time wristwatch as we had to wait in the Sultan Babullah Airport VIP lounge. We, a group of five journalists, arrived at the province five days earlier.

That particular morning we were waiting for a Forestry Department official from Jakarta for an interview. But we decided to forget it as it was our last “task.” Taking note of