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Areas in Kalimantan: Balikpapan | Bontang | Derawan | Palangkaraya | Pontianak | Samarinda | Sangatta

Jungle and Orangutans
30 days ago: KLN published a blog
Jungle and Orangutans
November 4th 2008  Asia » Indonesia » Kalimantan
Is anyone out there or does no one care? The bribes nourish nothing but disgust and despair. Pongo Pygmaeus may soon disappear, From Sumatra and Borneo without even a tear. D. Noss Jr This week ... 6 photos [full story]

Looking for ghosts in Pontianak
47 days ago: pnaka published a blog
Looking for ghosts in Pontianak
October 15th 2008  Asia » Indonesia » Kalimantan » Pontianak
Kalbar - the name meant nothing when I first saw it. But the more I came across it - on banks, football guernseys, government signs; the more I pondered on its significance. Then in a moment of clarit ... 34 photos [full story]

October 8th 2008  Asia » Indonesia » Kalimantan
Wow!!! What an amazing time we just had!! Thankgod me and Steve were there to help out the team with our tried and tested DIY skills! Somehow we managed to help build a release site for rehabilitat ... [full story]

58 days ago: ADB published a blog
The real bus from hell
September 10th 2008  Asia » Indonesia » Kalimantan » Balikpapan
Although not down at the eighth or ninth level, this one's a couple of levels lower in hell than the bus trip on Flores. We leave Kandangan in the dark, heading for Balikpapan on the eastern coast ... [full story]

Dayaks
65 days ago: ADB published a blog
Dayaks
September 8th 2008  Asia » Indonesia » Kalimantan
I catch a bus from Banjarmasin to Kandangan, check into the Loksado Hotel and arrange for a guide to meet me later in the evening. I go out for a quick meal and a stroll though town. It's not a big pl ... 22 photos [full story]

Diamond diggers
66 days ago: ADB published a blog
Diamond diggers
September 6th 2008  Asia » Indonesia » Kalimantan
I go to a travel agent to buy a plane ticket and there I meet a very helpful person, Sugiato Sumas. He's from Banjarmasin but lives in Jakarta, working for the government. He helps to arrange my ticke ... 19 photos [full story]

Banjarmasin
69 days ago: ADB published a blog
Banjarmasin
September 5th 2008  Asia » Indonesia » Kalimantan
Borneo at last. I don't know why the name has always sounded and felt so exotic to me. Borneo is the world's third-largest island and is shared by three countries. Two Malaysian provinces - Sabah and ... 6 photos [full story]

September 16th 2008  Asia » Indonesia » Kalimantan » Bontang
Hello again, Pancakes are a hit in Bontang. A couple of weeks ago, some teachers came to my house and cooked for me. I wanted to contribute, so I offered to make them pancakes, the only simple &ld ... [full story]

83 days ago: kschnell published a blog
Life in the jungle
September 12th 2008  Asia » Indonesia » Kalimantan » Bontang
Greetings from Borneo, My return to the jungle has reminded that I am, well, really in the jungle. When I opened my door upon returning from my trip, lizards scurried up the walls and a salamander ... [full story]

92 days ago: BethBeth published a blog
indonesia!
September 3rd 2008  Asia » Indonesia » Kalimantan
so just hours before my flight to jakarta was to leave, i was at an internet cafe in bangkok, researching this new country i was about to enter. to my general concern, i discovered there was a HIGH RI ... [full story]


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