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Cap Go Meh Singkawang, A Parade of the Possessed
How would like to have sharp metal piece piercing through your cheeks? Or resting your feet on a machete blade? Or rubbing knives to your throat, arms, and scratching your itchy legs with swords? I ...
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Island for the Turtles – Sangalaki Island, East Kalimantan
A visit to Maratua Island usually includes an island-hopping tour to Kakaban and Sangalaki islands. That’s exactly what we did. You can read about the visit to Kakaban Island here, and the brief vis ...
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Gloomy Sky Over Blue Ocean at Maratua Paradise Resort, East Kalimantan
Maratua Paradise Resort was only live in my head back in 2009 when I visited Derawan Islands. My friends and I couldn’t afford going to Maratua because we heard it was expensive to get there, let al ...
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Swimming with Stingless Jellyfish at Kakaban Island, East Kalimantan
Upon knowing that our road trip would include a visit to Kakaban Lake, I couldn’t be happier. My first visit to Kakaban Lake in 2009 left a very sweet impression. I loved swimming with stingless jel ...
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Hugging The Biggest Borneo Ironwood at Sangkima Nature Reserve, East Kalimantan
If there were one thing a person cannot do by him/herself, it’s hugging the giant ironwood tree at Sangkima Nature Reserve. It’s so huge, with 247 cm or about 8 ft in diameter, only the elastic Mi ...
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Visiting Dayak Kenyah People in East Kalimantan
What comes to your mind upon hearing the word “Dayak”? Some of you may have just heard about it, but those who knew that Dayak is an indigeneous tribe of Borneo or Kalimantan, might have some hint ...
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Crocodile Farm in Teritip, East Kalimantan
The guides threw dead chickens into an enclosure and we watched the crocs, that seemed to stay still and lazy, suddenly moved fast and fought over the chickens. It was pretty wild, though this particu ...
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Swamp Buffalo in the Haze – Amuntai, South Kalimantan
Continuing our Wild Borneo Adventure on #Terios7Wonders road trip, we drove north from Kandangan to Amuntai. It’s a small town sitting near the confluence of Negara, Tabalong and Balangan rivers. O ...
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Wild Borneo Orchids – Kandangan, South Kalimantan
Flowers are usually identified as something pretty, sweet, and feminine. Like so many things – or individuals – that appear so, underneath lies strength that can actually overcome difficulties and ...
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Sinking Knee-Deep To (Not) See Proboscis Monkeys – Pulau Kaget, South Kalimantan
Indonesians are obsessed with long noses. In most cases, people with long noses are thought as handsome or beautiful. Our next destination in Borneo is to see something that involves long noses: the B ...
