Gwing1313: U TURN JOURNEY..... TO SAMPIT... xpdc.. home...

24 December 2010............. Day... 9

THREE Nights in BANJARMASIN..... climax of d' expedition ... just achieved d' target ... wow... joy..of..success ...

But....what to say...??? about.. Shopping... at DUTA MALL... "Floating Market" ..... or d' STONEs making nnn selling... in Martapura........

MORE.... actually.. COZ of.... time-framed... limited ... lol..

Banjarmasin...a city..just 22 kilometers from d' JAVA SEA.... nnn Do Uuu Know... ?? ...portions of d' city under ... below SEA LEVEL... meaning d' city rises nnn falls with tides.... as Uu could see d' city was completely river oriented... as many houses built on stilts... along Martapura River... eehh... look back to last blog... lol...

Now.... TIMEs UP... d' HONey MOON was over.... go home... eeh

BUT...HOW ????

No...way man... had to use old ROUTE...

Soo.... UUu Turn..nn...

Ready for d' U TURN Trip... back to where we were 3 days ago....

Still... happy.....recharged nn energetic morning......

Woke up early ... breakfast....nn ready... packed all d' luggages.. inside ..back car...

So.... family posing.... for remembrance at HOTEL PALm, Banjarmasin....

D' Hotel still looked grand here...

8.00am ... d' road still quiet.. few motorbikes passed by....

Cars were ready... looked fresh... few still unwashed...

D' first thing before leaving nn stepping out hotel... NOT to forget... paying RENTs... .. lolll ............ONE million...Rupiah.... ??????.. OK

While people outside... waiting........pictures taking.....

Bottom left pictures.... Fatimah with children.. ..Hj Saring.. Hj Maramit.. Zul Rushdi nn Sabtu

Leaving morning 8.30 ... just following d' leader.. ME ..car No 11... behind B419 ... Hj Saring ..car No. 5.. seemed NO longer following ..according to d' position ... first come first serve... lol..

Passed ... yesterday .. newly opened 'Pawon Tlogo Indonesian Foods' "Rumah MAKAN" ....

But ...later refilled with Rp210,000... @Rp6,000..

Keep on driving to catch up time to reach.... SAMPIT...

Passing BARITO Bridge... after d' river BARITO .... remember..?? where Banjarmasin ...yes... on d' estuary of Barito nn Martapura Rivers ..

Once..UU drank Barito River's water.... would feeling Banjarmasin-SICK.. NOT homesick.. eeh... feeling liked... addicted feeling... of coming back ...here... again nn again...???

OOhh.....NOT really.... lol... may be.. psychologically... motivated self-will...

Look... d' advantage of FREE ... water ..even d' road side water pool was good enough.... .Uuu dare ???.

Approaching... d' longest ever... (if Uu.. never have been to Southern over-Road Bridge...THAILAND) .....over-road bridge.... already mentioned in earlier Blog.... Remember..how..long ???

Definitely... NO change... 9 kilometers.. lol..

Stopped wherever ... nn whenever.... hungry ??? ...looking for WC...???

Now...RUMAH MAKAN SAIYO.... another place... just fine to rest...

A stall ..built left side... took advantage..selling... fuel.... in bottles.. small containers.. on d'other side toys... moving side ways.... NON battery... but solar... movements.. bought ONE... Rp30,000 ... last money changer cost Rp6,500 @B$1.00 ... so equal to about B$5.00..... lol..

My passengers made JOKE... whose children here.... ?????

... So... when Uu a child.. didn't have d' chance to have... such a thing.. NOT in d' world.... NOT... late... lol..

WATCH...carefully... d' pictures here....... a road to a place called ... SAMPIT...

D' ROAD... NOT to mention.... really usable by every living things here... especially.. human..

BUT... narrow road never...being as main obstacles.... stopped nn parked wherever U're...

Look.. at 2 different trucks ..actually.. with.. loaded.. motor bikes... WOW...

Not to say.... bikes modification here.. seemed all legal... lol..

LIVES put high price.. here.... worth of living... for....survival....

Nearly..3.00.. to be... exact.. time 2.48pm.. another rest... avoiding tired....

HElmets... for SALE.... here every where could find... people doing business... stalls.. DO NOT know... easy licence.... or NON at all......

By 5.30.. reached...SAMPIT.. a round about as a symbol of entrance to this place..... A POLICEMAN....... polisi... stand-still... keep watching UUnn... day...night... be careful... loll.. DO Uuu notice ????

Still have time.... called d' owner to reopen d' workshop... popular stops here... sorry passed 5 already..shop closed....

Somebody.. to look for WHEELs... Cheap ..nnnn ..purchasable...

Bruneians as...regular customers... why NOT ????
Just say.... Pa... Hj Ibrahim is here..... !!!

All interested... for WHAT...... ??? Road side Hawker... selling... eatable local foods...???... just LOOKING..... eeehhh

Looking ...too.... for another... place... nn this time ... Night.... dinner...

Where to......... ??? ... a place named...... AYAM BAKAR CIANJUR....