EPisoDe.....7. ......Drove with passion....NO RUSH.....Leaving Hotel WELLA....passing through PALANGKARAYA.... nnnn.. REached...target.... DEStinaTion ... happy......Waahoo....
9.00 am......Moving out....... HOTEL WELLA..... everybody... seemed...cheerer... with NEW energy.. like batteries... already being charged ... after long...comfort night....
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Driving here...Uu.. need to have...d' sense..of good driver... passion.... patience.....attentive.... Looking at d' roads here... nnn d' excitable main road.....to Banjarmasin..... No wonder... roads were easily... destructed by big.....monstrous...vehicles...... On our way....all people....using d' roads as meant of necessity... live without.. never know...???. Playing on open...... Roads...??? we dare......???? But NOT...... as Uuu approaching ...town...area... coz MORE......more... moving vehicles.... passing... too |
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NO need hurry.... stopped... small town.. DESA PUNDU.. just around 11.10..am As usual........ find.... WC... easy excess here... could get permission.. to any Eating Place.... just ask.... d' KEY to enter... BUT ..polite...nnn smiles too..... ????? They knew UUuu... NOT local.... HOW..???? Easy....Uuu..guess CAN...give the answer....?????? 100 percent correct..... lol... |
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NO Pertamina St.......... to buy....fuel.... but COULD get.......anywhere... stalls at roadside selling bottled nnn plastic containers for ... fuels... BENSEN....SOLAR...... Many Bridges...strong steel structure.... to cross... as BIG as Baram River.... on d' way to Miri..Malaysia... |
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BIKES...already..described... earlier BLOG...... sooo ...everywhere..... modification NOT to follow ISO...lol.. AS long as... they... GOT.... income... using... them...???... MONEY.... seemed easy.... THEY are NOT POOR.. as I observed..... except...value... of MONEY..... foreign people...tourists... benefits when change to INDONESIA Rupiah.... So ...d' Standard of Living.. effected... how.. have to study economy..lol.... So... KALIMANTAN.... rich.. resources.... for ... POPULATION... not mentioning...Uuuu Know.... big.gg.. ??? BUT...... they'd.. nn 're GOOD ideas...INNOVATORs.... ...had..nnn..wanted to survive...... ???? anywhere.... |
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Just 11.00...... looking nice.....with crafts-man huts along d' right side road........stopped... Offering foods ...to eat.. BUT we'd chosen...... coconuts.... young ...nOT too young ..... Relaxing...after all... long tiring journey.... |
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THREE....stalls... we..took second... looked table-seats clean... The...house...hut... stall .... whatever..... most..made of WOOD... Pillars ... long straight timber....or cut long straight branches...liked... going down... where... a WC...was located... simply took photos.. inner side... built just on stream or might be.. a man-made drain... from upper higher land... |
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Selling FUEL ... good profit gaining... selling advantage too....in d' middle of journey....nowhere...NO filling stations... 2.10 pm..... Soon..reached PALANGKARAYA.... ANOTHER big TOWN .... we NOT to rest here.... to local.... PALANG.... meant..CROSS...... could be along TIME AGO......when during colonialism ...d' preachers were active going to inner provinces.... to convert people faiths... ??? ... assumed.... Not surprising... inner provinces...more Christian's...faith. RAYA..... celebrating...or could be meaning differently.. as area...town.. Well..!!! ...my perception.... could be wrong...as.... minimal knowledge... |
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My passengers... a lot took time... resting... sleeping..... ME.... NOT a bit... to sleep... had to concentrate ....I enjoyed driving .... with this... large convoy... radio 24hrs ON to hear conversations among US... Me...NOT talkative ...as others.... just listen.. songs... jokes... so so... |
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Half an hour after Palangkaraya...now 2.27pm... not to be exact time ...Approaching... seemed liked a LONG BRIDGE..... but NOT until Uu looked around....NO rivers... except... low lying...swampy land .... Tried to take the counter mileage... ????? Our TEMBURONG BISAI' car... just joked... to take d' IDEA....as an example... to YB... a representative of Temburong..... d' selected Senior Person to d' assembly of Brunei's Parliament .... to build a long road above swampy land crossing Brunei River... ???? TEMBURONG..... an isolated Brunei Territory. ...inside..between Sarawak, Malaysia........as Limbang was long bitter conflict claimed .... was ONCE....Brunei Territory...... as HISTORY written...... ????? |
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Longer... to be... BUT.. THAILAND got much long.. OVER BRIDGE-Road... straight from Bangkok to southern city... BUT... in Kalimantan... thought of such a thing.... of 9 kilometers Bridge - road .... Stopped a distant to see... looked for .. WC.....too Not for long... Eating House..serving foods like... on d' table.... rice.. vegetable.. soup.. fried fish....nn cucumber... ??? |
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TURNED...left...NOT to be mistakenly took different route... BAnjarmasin.... BARITO river.... once Uu drank d' water... wanted ...to keep on COMING BACK..... believe...it..NOT.. NOT really.. . joked... from Car NO..1...boss.. D BRIDGE.... seemed to be.... recreation...TOURISTs center.... NOT to believe...once ...passed... people around for.... dating place.... market place... meeting place... wow... many.. so beautiful....busy narrow bridge..as vehicles passed by.... but people...did not mind at all.... |
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Timed approaching 5.10pm..... we're in Banjarmasin already.... just outside...city.... BOOKED hotel... was NOT in central city coz... end of year...fully booked... could not accommodate 14 rooms or more.... Just went straight... city lives....many people...vehicles..most many bikes... had to U turn... but driving slowly in between d' flow of vehicles' stream.. non stopping turned to hotel left... HOTEL PALM.........Banjarmasin, Kalimantan Tengah, Indonesia..... Parked...rear ..protected area.... soon just OFF my engine...to rest... Others...took their available parking.... where ever...front...too
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NICE...old TOYOTA .. landcruiser.... belong to PA BOSS Polisi here..... a friend of Hj Ibrahim... waiting for US.... A few...NOT recognize them... bosses...BIG SHOOT...as friends' said..... ONE of them GOT...HAMMER...American 4WD car.......as they said... MORE HAMMER cars here in Indonesia.. NOT even Jakarta.... RICH people got richer income from 'BATU BARA"....what ?? ..... first... did not know... COAL...... lol.. Our friends were busy...to find rooms available... ground floor.. nearer.. D' hotel receptions... busy to serve too.... Our..Room 226.. farr.. inside.. wanted to change room later... Costing.... RP400,000......a Million more for 3 Nights..... |
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At 9.30pm...NO time to rest..... everybody..would go for a DINNER... Argust's father..nn spouse... as host wanted to serve us for a DINNER... at SEA FOOD.... Restaurant... Pondok IKAN BAKAR ...Asian Waa...sorry ..my camera came out NO clear photos.... But here we were... at a popular SEA FOOD RESTAURANT in Banjarmasin..... NOT cheap..for... 14 full housed cars...to be served... Left my car.... fearing starting problem...so..went with different cars... Hj Ibrahim..asked ONE of the host's friend to find me a mechinic,,,, ???? |
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Crabs..... with red..chillies..source....clams... prawns.... fishes... what else... WWOooo.. REally...more then GOOD..to us... eat...eat..as much Uuu could... THANK Uuu.... Banjar BOSS,,,,. Bottom right....from right..Shaminan...Banjar BOSS...Lani...nn wife & child |
For tonight... tomorrow would be something else.....
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