Kalimantan, Indonesia

... I find I know more Indonesian than they know English. I don't find the problem with touts that is common in many parts of Indonesia. They just don't get many tourists here. I think about 2000 a year, and many of those would be on organised adventure tours. ...

... and asked the restaurant to cook it for them. A good idea, which I did myself the next morning. They have been in Kalimantan for months researching/ writing a guide book as there is nothing in Czech on Kalimantan. They have been everywhere. It was very ...

I am in Singkawang. The Lonely Planet says it is best avoided by budget travellers as accommodation is expensive. This is nonsense. There is plenty of good cheap accommodation here. I am in a cosy little room at Hotel Putera Kalbar, with a bathroom - even ...

... 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 couple (they sounded Australian) ...