Travel Blog Photos from Pontianak (26)
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... 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.
... . 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 ...
... . 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 ...
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 ...