Orchardz Hotel Pontianak

... objects like small cannon and 'keris' patrimony.</li><li>Opu Daeng Manambon Grave<br>The founder of Mempawah Empire Grave is located to hill, Suap village, Mempawah Hilir district. There is also Habib Husein Grave (the first Islam spreader in Mempawah), which located in Sejegi village, Mempawah Hilir district.</li><li>Kijing Beach<br>This beach is sloping beach, in km 84 Sungai Kunyit villages, Sungai Kunyit district.</li><li ...

... the Kinabangtan river in East Borneo. In the morning before heading to camp we went to Sepilok Orangutan Sanctuary. We saw loads of adorable orangutans there up close, I later went back again, I fell in love with those creatures! It took a good 3 hours to get to camp including 1 hour by boat, then a 15 minute walk through knee high mud (recent rains had turned the area into a bog) but eventually we made it to our rainforest sanctuary. This little ...

... 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 breeze, have dinner at mini stalls by the road or engage in some water activities.. though the woman riding the sea creature wasn't enjoying herself - apparently the sea creature was leaking.. haha.. Found ourselves at the nearby Matahari ...

... Singapore and Brunei are all stupid ("bodoh") because they allow Chinese into their government - unlike sensible Indonesia which keeps them out! Not much point arguing with that kind of attitude. I just kept quiet. He also asked if I had any Jewish blood. I was pleased I said no, because he said he would have to shoot me if I did! It was all kind of joking - and he did have Chinese friends coming in and out of the house - but I wouldn't like to be on the wrong side of him ...

I arrived late last night after more than 24 hours of travelling (including a fair bit of waiting around. The bus trip to Kuching was quite good but there was only one meal stop. At least they stopped for men to go to the toilet at the side of the road, but I pity the women. My travelling companion was a little old lady. None of it seemed to bother her. I managed to get a bit of sleep. The bus (quite comfortable up to that point) broke down in ...