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100% of people who have been to Kalimantan think it's worth visiting. The most popular places in Kalimantan are Balikpapan, Melinau, and Pontianak. Kalimantan is featured on the lists Asia and Directory of Countries.

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Untitled by cranberrygoddess

I travelled around east kalimantan for a few months in 1995 on this exchange thingy. Beautiful jungle, lovely culture, but also sad at the pace of destruction of the place.

I have also been to the amazon, and flying over both of them, it seemed like they were both being destroyed so fast – although I have heard that east kalimantan is where most of the mining and logging goes on.

In terms of culture, transmigration is huge there (when i was there they said 30% had come from other islands in this program), and there is some conflict between the indigenous people and slash and burn farmers from other islands, brought about largely by government policies rather than a real conflict between ethnic groups.

I love their huge boats that they race in (I remember spending alot of time on boats there, getting wet), and traditional practices. and the monkeys are so cute :D

over 5 years ago

big island, only to palangkaraya. by miss_yasmina

this is probably my favorite island in indo.

i stayed in a place north of palangkaraya, called

rungan sari. i want to live there!

it’s so quiet and peaceful and close to nature.

yet, jakarta and other big cities can easily be

reached by daily 1-hour flights. joy.

let’s all move to kalimantan.

over 6 years ago

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