Hotel Gajahmada Pontianak

... 30 minutes.</li><li>Long house<br>It is also called Betang House, 310 m length and 18 m wide, now is dwelt about 34 family heads, which still have family relation. Located in Saham village, Sengah Temila district it is not far from International road Pontianak - Kuching. Be the only omission of the Dayak Kanayatn long house in Pontianak regency.</li><li>Juang Mandor Grave<br>It is said that in this grave location had murdered ...

... J I've just left Borneo which was amazing. Fell in love with the place, apart from a few hassles. It's predominantly Muslim so a single girl walking around by herself gets a lot of unwanted attention. I think it's considered culturally weird for Malay women to go anywhere alone aswell so I was asking for trouble really. That plus the corn coloured hair! Every stopped and stared, all cars would beep, mopeds would turn around to hassle and follow ...

... are surrounded by canals that play an essential part of life from transportation to washing to bathing and even swimming lessons.. I'm not too keen for the idea of bathing in the same area where dishes and clothes are washed but it sure does save on bathroom and kitchen space in the house does it? ;) Downtown Pontianak didn't give much of a first impression apart from messy and dusty (at ...

... of "lick" but I didn't understand it myself in that context. A couple of times groups of young people sitting around playing guitar have asked me to join them and were very impressed with Bengawan Solo and Takana Jo Kampuang. 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 ...

... trying to hear the dialogue in an English film over the noise of the engine. Last night I walked all over Katapang, and had an okay nasi goreng and a delicious alpokat juice for dinner. The best was some yam-puffs I got at a little night market stall. Less than 10c each. I sat down with a family group for about an hour and talked to them as best i could. They gave me "Ketapang whiskey", actually arak with some kind of energy drink. They also got some kropok ubi ...