Pontianak
Travel Blogs from Pontianak, Indonesia
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Beautiful Borneo: Kota Pontianak, Indonesia
... up dance 'Candle Paddy' by Dayak Kanayatn girls, and its top moment is pray read ritual by one of the Leader in Pontianak regency. West Kalimantan regency functionaries, Pontianak District functionaries and the invitations always attend this ceremony. ...
Hello mister
... hello mister, it was as if they have never seen a westerner before. Kalimantan is one of the least travelled areas in Indonesia, it's quite difficult to travel around as there isn't a road system from one end to the other so to travel you need to ...
Adventures in Sintang
... . I have been offered soft drinks, arak, local snacks, and have had a lot of opportunity to improve my Bahasa Indonesia. Conversations generally start off following the same formula so I'm gradually picking up the essential phrases. Sometimes we manage to ...
First day in Pontianak
... . It was not worth going in to town. I had lunch and relaxed. The ride to Pontianak was interesting; it's a very different environment once you hit Indonesia. I had no problem getting through immigration, apart from a lot of questions but an older angmo ...
Going back to Pontianak
There was not enough of interest to keep me in Ketapang for more than a night so I'm on the Cinta Express back to Pontianak. We just left the river (nice scenery) and heading for the open sea. Yesterday's trip was over seven hours so I know what to expect ...
The Road Travelled Less - Pontianak
... there while attending a conference.. so no prizes for guessing which is one of the best hotels in Pontianak! The rest of the evening was spent walking along the promenade by the Kapuas River.. watching the locals enjoy the ...
all day on a bus
The bus was pretty comfortable, though a guy behind us was coughing his guts up loudly all the way, which competed with the loud karaoke DVD of bad singing that was our soundtrack the whole way. The driver liked it though. ...
Borneo - I'm in love!!
... ! Well those were the highlights of Borneo, I'd better not mention everything as I'm sure you have other things to do today! I'm in Pontianak now. If you ever get the urge to come here...don't. It's on the equator line but the equator monument ...
mister boeleh
en direct is het verschil duidelijk terug in indonesie, en de mensen op straat roepen me na alsof ik verplicht ben hen een antwoord te verschaffen, en ik ben niet geneigd om vriendelijk te reageren op hey mister boeleh (langneus, witkop, buitenlander) ...
To Ketapang Kalimantan, Indonesia
... with meaning. My sis Prisca, my mom Terisah and I travel throught the mainland of Borneo searching a place called St. Augustine Missionary at Ketapang, Kalimantan Barat Indonesia. Wonderful moment yet wonderful experiences both Malaysia and ...
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