Stuif's Adventures
| Sarawak trip: A visit to Kalimantan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Part 3: A visit to Kalimantan Ba' Kelalan is very near to the Indonesian border. So why not pay a visit to Long Bawang, a town just across the border, still in Lun Bawang territory. Visa needed? No lah, just give the border post a list with names and IC-numbers and tell them that you will come back in the afternoon! So, with a guide we went on our way. Just outside the village we passed the Malaysian border post. No problem. The road was muddy, and there was a lot of motorbike traffic. Sometimes heavily loaded. Most of the supplies for Long Bawang arrive via Lawas and the border, because there are no interior connections in Kalimantan, only an airstrip. Then, at the top of a slope, we saw a vehicle. Would it be waiting for us? Yes! Just at the actual border. We embarked and continued our trip. The same landscape, but the churches were markedly different. In Malaysia they look more like community halls. here they have real churches, Dutch style..;-) When we arrived in Long Bawang there was some disappointment with the ladies in the group. Town? Shops? It was not more than a small village. But nice, we had lunch and walked around before returning. On our way back an unexpected surprise, the bridge that we had passed to enter the village, was closed for repair. Luckily it did not take long, so we were able to be back home before nightfall. A nice excursion. Click here for the next episode. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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