Attracting more than 50 million visitors each year, how do you see a piece of the awe-inspiring Great Wall of China in just one day?
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Roaming Beijing’s Hutongs
Before visiting all the ancient and famous sites in Beijing, take a little time to wander through and absorb the countless Hutongs, before they’re lost to modernity.
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Imagine the surprise of discovering only when at the airport that my birthday will be spent in Beijing…
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Kalimantan’s low-key and untouched regions offer snaking rivers, remote jungle, and stunning coastal swamps, but it’s time to say goodbye to Kalimantan and Indonesia!
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The multicultural city of Pontianak in Kalimantan’s west has been the reoccurring haunt to explore Borneo, although now, it’s one last time…
Continue reading “One Last Time: Kalimantan’s Pontianak”Lingering in Banjarmasin, Kalimantan
After some gold rush fever in Martapura, it’s back to Banjarmasin in Kalimanta’s southeast, to linger a little longer in this bustling city.
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One of the largest diamond mines in the world and also Indonesia, it’s difficult not to get caught up in gem fever when exploring the Cempaka diamond and gold mine in Kalimantan’s Martapura.
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Nearing the end of the four-month fabulous sojourn island-hopping through Indonesia and with only a month of exploring in Kalimantan coming to an end…
Continue reading “Banjarmasin Sojourn, South Kalimantan”Central to South Kalimantan: Pangkalan Bun to Banjarmasin
Hitching a speedboat from Pangkalan Bun to Banjarmasin is an intoxicating 4-hours while zigzagging rivers interlinking canals, and crossing over from Central to South Kalimantan…
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The intrepid journey by speedboat, bus, and 4×4 continues from Kendawangan to Kuala Jelai then Sukumara and onto Kota Waringin, before arriving in remote Central Kalimantan’s Pangkalan Bun.
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Traversing across Kalimantan in an easterly direction, a couple of speedboats whisk us from Pontianak to Ketapang, then onto isolated Kendawangan to edge ever so slowly to Banjarmasin…
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After wasting visa days in Putussibau waiting, the time has come to reassess the non-existent travel plan and backtrack to Sintang, then Pontianak.
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