Manismata - Kalimantan

One night stay at Manismata, a village down the river


With beautiful views...


... and beautiful trees...


The main street of Manismata


Manismata inhabitants


Most houses look pretty much the same


A Festival in town


And... fans!

Rivertrip between Pangkalanbun and Manismata

On a small 'speedboat' we travelled from one place to another


Enjoying the view at the villages on the way


and the fishing boats....


... more fishers...


more villages....


and their villagers.....

Kalimantan - Indonesia

Our stop over at the next village... the villagers were very welcoming


... even made 'new' friends....


Typical Kalimantan architecture


They even had Kentucky Fried Chicken!!!!


More villagers...


Guess what this nice man is selling.....


I had the mie goreng for lunch.... portion was huge and delicious!

Borneo - Indonesia

Arriving at Borneo Indonesia we had to travel a lot by sea


The port in Tarakan Kalimantan


Waiting for the Ferry ...


Guess what?!.... This IS the Ferry!


These little food packages .... choice between meat and egg...


... were pretty tasty! As dessert lots of sweets to choose from

Sempoerna - Malaysia

Sempoerna is the hub for diving at Sipedan


We stayed at Singamata Resort at one of the water chalets



I wasn't able to dive and stayed at the chalet reading and
relaxing instead.... not bad at all!


By the way... Anton did dive together with Giordy & Veronica
from Chile and.... it was stunning!


Accomodation was really nice....


view wasn't bad either. This island you see is called
The Sleeping Beauty.... you figure it out...


Sunset was beautiful, peaceful and tranquil


Sleeping Beauty island by sunrise at approx 6am


... and a little later....

Sunset at the Kinabatangang River

Sunset.... keeps fascinating

Kinabatangang River

The Crocodile... a small one


...another one...


... and the crocodile's eye...


Monitor Lizzard


more closely now... at different location


... and a small lizzard on a tree

Birds & Insect at the Kinabatangang River

The Cormorant (aalscholver)


in another position


The Praying Mantise sitting on my water bottle


... facing me now...


The beautiful King Fisher


... at night...