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Wednesday, 7 January 2015

Le TOUR de BORneo 2014 ... PalangkaRAYA ... Banjar

....still in PalangkaRaya........

riding to another location in mind.............

.............. past noon
Leaving... PalangkaRaya ... soon....... with Police Rider........
................... eeeemmm ..similar to mine...

a long overland concrete road to Banjarmasin.... Kalimantan Selatan....
a 9 km......straight .....stretch to d' other end of d' swampy low area......

.......... a rest ....... at a road side stall ..........
... NOt very far to our final destination .......... for today......

to Banjarmasin................

Barito... Bridge ...populary known crossing Barito River ..... to Banjar.....

waiting host .......Pa Edy...... .....
.ready with............his Banjarmasin members ......bikers.....
.

well ........ known...
Pa EDy owns this RUMAH Makan in Banjarmasin ......... remembered well ...
d' restaurant was softly opened .... at that time ....December 2010..................
at that end of d' year he entertained... Brunei 4WD group...............

......... on arrival ................. kept
Riding ......to a new highway to nearby city .......about 30-40 km...... from Banjarmasin
.................. to a place called ..............Banjarbaru ............

........ brought to .......
......... Q Grand Dapam Syariah ...........
newly ....as softly...opened Hotel ........ only level 4 available ............

new building .......... complete....... .Hotel ...Mall...........

......... even a mosque.. for Friday prayers .................

...........Banjarbaru ........

Banjarmasin..............like Acheh.... strong Islamic city......Indonesia. ................
quite strict...place.... NO entertainment on Friday..... Thursday's nite...
............. so no music..... etc....

.......morning breakfast ........served with Lots....... eat as U could.....

at 9.00 am..........Friday 12 December 2014

Attending Guests .......................

Invited for d' Opening Ceremony......... 2nd year...... Anniversary....

Pa Haji Noorhin.......... hotel ..... n......... mall ..owner.....

......... performed Friday prayer ........... here .... a Mosque in d' Q' Mall............

Unlike Brunei .......... Mall ..... shops are still serving their customers...... ............

.......during Friday prayer times .....................................

meanwhile ......... today a good day ........ to rest..................................................

Our bikes ...all kept rest ........... so later...
Riding............ just to find out a car wash..... nearby....................
meanwhile ....left ..... motors ........for ...... wash........
.Us......... taken out to Banjarmasin ....city

with Pa Edy's van .........able to carry 9 of us.........
........... a chance to sight seeing........ Banjarmasin

seeing ......... observing .......

.... lives ..... people ........ buildings ........... commercial shops .......surroundings.....

....views ..... scenery ............. streets...................... transportations ............. .... so called ............ city

Later ..... taken

Entertained.......... another supper by......... Pa Edy ........
...........so BIIBBF Momento..... gift of invitation

a group picture

Pa Pandu ..IMBI Jakarta ...... also gave few words of appreciation to host ............

....... another nite invitation to our Le TOUr de Borneo group at d' Hotel.........
.........by Wali Kota.. Banjarbaru
M Ruzaidin Noor

... served.... with multiple luxury Food ........
........ complete with traditional music...sing along ........ entertainment.......

our Pemoda president to fulfill d' request ...........a Not singing contest .....aaaaa

Last NOt least ......... to remember....... group picture with WaliKota Banjarbaru

morning....

Saturday...........13 December 2014....

spending ...2 nites 2 days......................

usual......... briefing ... prayer with DOA..... before began d' journey

time to leave ........... after a full 2 days rest .......here in Banjarbaru
...........next..to continue .......... our Le Tour de Borneo................

thanks..... all good people here.... so next
.....Destination ........... Balikpapan

ready to move out....

accompanied by........ Banjarmasin Bikers.......
... .so....... Riding together by escorting us to Balikpapan..

at one point ..........needed stop .........
....( so to be continued...)

Monday, 5 January 2015

Le TOUr de BORneo 2014 .... Sandai ... Sampit ... PalangkaRAyA

10 December 2014..... Wednesday..............

another day...... another story ..........

Le TOUr de Borneo 2014.........

StarLet Hotel ..... Sandai...........

so to make story's connection ..... our early morning movement ........ today began .....
..........leaving around 7.43am local time

it's like us human ...having morning breakfast..............................

....so did.... our machines.... main transportation at d' moment....

....needed...... fuel to continue..... much longer journey... today.....

............... after.. a little obstacle..... to one of our rider.............................................
Riding was ...refreshing.... cool.................................................................................
up ...down d' hill ............new.... smooth surface.... road... leading to d' border.............
......................... Kalimantan Barat ....n.... Kalimantan Tengah

Looking back..........
4 years ago...............
with a 4wd group ....
( sorry d' morning blurrr pictures were not taken well at that time... was early morning after overnite in Sandai .... d' road .... wooo.........
U only could use off road tyres.......)

d' tall structure gate... was there...... a long time ago..... (even before d' highway...)

a must stop........ to have pictures here......... a border gate..

nowadays........ many stalls being built to serve.......
.........as pit stop.... to serve people's needs...... food........ water.... WC...... etc
proving U were here.......a simple way.. to stick U group's sticker...

actually.......... d' border' gate is on top of d' mountain......
Riding...downward......... uphill ...down ....... observing still green surroundings......

continuing journey......... we needed HELp... from d' local police to give way... a faster way to refill at d' Gas Station....... otherwise..............long Q...... as everybody wanted to buy gas.... own vehicles' fuel .................................

we also ...... needed... rest ............ sort off ........... refill ....aaaaa
..................... noon food..... so here ...in d' middle of journey.......

U could see .....d' dark cloud ....... common....... probably at end.....Raining..........

d' road.......... a single two ways ........... narrow....... like kampong roads...... to Sampit..
5.00pm to be sure ........ needed a rest after.. heavy rain ...felt cold.... inside.....................
......... to a road side stall ...(many here.. having HOT coffee.....) .................
(so estimated destination..Sampit... few kmfrom here)

............... later ...escorted to this house..........

( .. to show we were here ...... a photo submitted .......... to welcome us.........)

d' owner of d' house...Pa U Chin ......
he used his house...... as a meeting place to his club............
( he GOt many collections.......... expensive motor- items ..... eeeee......)

One of his collections ............ favourite ...................
a well to do man ........ doing a successful business......... Birds' nests.......... eeemmmm

wet..........feeling uncomfortable .......of coz .......
................straight to serve us.......... dinner........

.......... over nite.... at Hotel Mercury ......... Sampit....

Thanks ...Pa U Chin..........
......came to d' hotel to bring some favourite Sampit food to serve morning breakfast......

before leaving Sampit... had a simple prayer ...DOA........
.......... words ...of ...thanks ....to host .....from Pemoda President.... n..
......our guide ...Pa Pandu....