http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Kalimantan/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , Indonesia , Kalimantan en-us Mon, 09 Nov 09 11:28:10 +0000 Mon, 09 Nov 09 11:28:10 +0000 Da 4. Tuvimos un pequeo contratiempo con el avin hacia Java y nos desplazamos hasta otro aeropuerto de Borneo Banjarmansin. All aprovechamos el tiempo libre para visitar una de las ciudades flotantes ms grandes de Kalimantny dnde la vida est en el ro las 24 horas del da. . http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Kalimantan/blog-448158.html Da 3.Visita y paseo entre los orangutanes. Fuimos paseando por la selva por cierto muy tropicaly nos dirigimos a las zonas dnde les dejan comida.Es realmente impresionante ver cmo saltan de rbol en rbol utilizando sus largos brazos las lianas los troncos de los rboles... Una vez acabada la visita fuimos descendiendo por el ro hasta Pangkalan Bun para coger el vuelo de Semarang a http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Kalimantan/blog-447612.html After a reasonably nice trip on the Penli ship with the only drama being Sophie getting locked below deck for a few hours while tickets were checked and being subjected to a million questions by the locals who surrounded her while she waited we docked in Balikpapan Borneo at 3am keen to discover this island that seems so undiscovered from back home in the UK. We were still with Tamil Marusha http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Kalimantan/blog-446564.html Da 2.Esta es una de las experiencias ms inolvidables del viaje y que aconsejo a todo el mundoSe visitaron dos centros de rehabilitacin de orangutanes dentro del Parque Nacional.Estos orangutanes comparten el hbitat con gibones monos Probisteos Macacos Cocodrilos y una gran variedad de aves de la zona. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Kalimantan/blog-445577.html Da 1 Borneo Pangkalanbun Ro Senkonyer.Nos fuimos en las tpicas Barcas de ro al Centro de Rehabiltacin de Orangutanes que se encuentra en medio de la Selva. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Kalimantan/blog-445544.html Borneo has proven to be just as exotic as it sounds. We have spent the last week seeing floating markets diamond and gold mines and a jungle full of orangutans proboscis monkeys and gibbons. It has been a wild ride.We started in Banjarmasin a city that relies heavily on the river system for all aspects of life. I was laying low trying to recover from some stomach problems when the Sams found a http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Kalimantan/blog-444856.html This blog is about a beautiful island towards the top of Kalimantan where the sand is pure white the sea is crystal clear turtles play around in the surf every single day the coral is pristine and if this isn't enough you can venture out to visit jellyfish lagoons and manta rays gangs in neighbouring islands.. and best of all you have it all to yourself as there are no other tourists there to t http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Kalimantan/Derawan/blog-441983.html The bus ride to Bontang was officially our scariest yet.. yes we know we do go on our about transport a lot but it plays such a huge role in travelling it's hard not to The bus driver really did seem to want to scare the bejesus out of us and literally flew round corners virtually on 2 wheels this was bad enough in daylight but a million times worse when it was pitch black and he was flying dow http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Kalimantan/Sangatta/blog-441982.html SurabayaIn Surabaya gaan we nog even op zoek naar overblijfselen van de Nederlandse architectuur uit het koloniale tijdperk. De Opa van Eva heeft hier gedurende een periode van drie jaar gewerkt in een ziekenhuis en we hebben geprobeerd te achterhalen waar dit ziekenhuis heeft gestaan. Helaas helaas bijna alle gebouwen uit die tijd zijn gesloopt en vervangen door betonnen blokkendozen. De pande http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Kalimantan/blog-426332.html Tanjung Puting is one of the natural wonders of the world. You may not believe this after you have been there only one day or two days or three days but after the fourth or fifth day something happens. You are captivated completely by the purity of the air the openness of the night sky with the most remarkable view of the Milky Way the magnificence and dignity of the gentle orangutans the thu http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Kalimantan/blog-423068.html June 24thIt's done We've moved our flight back to South Africa to the 7th of October. Robbie at STA Travel in Hatfield made the change in the blink of an eye. The best service we got in all of our travels comes from South Africa. Makes you think...Today's the day we leave Malaysia. We're heading to Tarakan in Indonesian Borneo the province also known as Kalimantan. Though we had enjoyed Malaysia http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Kalimantan/blog-411421.html If you don't have a lot of money you're looking for same info about the cost of the life in East Kalimantan and your idea is crossing the border to Malaysia from Nunukan maybe this post could help you Samarinda From Pare Pare to Samarinda East Kalimantan by boat 1820h Every Saturday Queen Soya II Economy 165.000Rp in the ticket is included the breakfast but not the mattrest to sleep http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Kalimantan/blog-399875.html To look into the eyes of lsquoPrincessrsquo a rescued and rehabilitated Orang Utan in her home environment was a spine tingling magical experience. She is one of over 200 Orang Utans that have been returned to their natural habitat by rangers working at Camp Leakey deep in the rain forest of Borneo. Truth be told lsquoPrincessrsquo has not been fully rehabilitated she had too much con http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Kalimantan/Derawan/blog-351199.html Is anyone out there or does no one careThe bribes nourish nothing but disgust and despair.Pongo Pygmaeus may soon disappearFrom Sumatra and Borneo without even a tear.D. Noss JrThis week I am departing slightly from the marine theme to introduce you to one of our closer animal cousins the Orangutan. This primate is found only in the jungles of Borneo and northern Sumatra in the countries of M http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Kalimantan/blog-341486.html 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 clarity I took an educated guess and realised it was the usual Indon abbreviation this time for Kalimantan Barat. With this knowledge in mind I began to imagine a new country pretty much isolated from http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Kalimantan/Pontianak/blog-334637.html 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 rehabilitated orangutans in the middle of the forest...It was really hard work we both found out that we are not particularly gifted at sawing chiseling hammering cementing making ceilings making furniture http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Kalimantan/blog-332245.html 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 of Borneo. No banana bags stacked in the aisle or conspiracy theorist babblers but worse...a driver who seems to think he's an F1 racer. He aims the bus full speed down the middle of the road smoking c http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Kalimantan/Balikpapan/blog-327070.html Borneo at last. I don't know why the name has always sounded and felt so exotic to me. Borneo is the world's thirdlargest island and is shared by three countries. Two Malaysian provinces Sabah and Sarawak are found here as is Brunei Darussalam a small constitutional sultanate. Most of Borneo is an Indonesian province called Kalimantan. The name Borneo comes from the word for coconut and it is http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Kalimantan/blog-325856.html 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 ldquoAmericanrdquo food I could think to make without an oven. The teachers loved them and word spread about a delicious ldquotraditionalrdquo American food. Last Friday the teachers came over to m http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Kalimantan/Bontang/blog-324048.html 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 salamanderlike creature halfslithered halfcrawled across the floor. The lizards donrsquot bother me but I was lessthanpleased with my new salamander friend. As such I took a plastic container and tried to http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Kalimantan/Bontang/blog-322541.html