After our famous Orangutan trip we were sitting in Pangala bun
in our hotel and discussing the next steps. We tried to get a flight to
Benjarmasin, but many flights are full, as the bridge to Sempit was damaged and
not accessible for buses anymore. We found one in two days and we were also
evaluating the options in Samarinda. Hence we talked to a Dutch Tour Operator
to organize a boat up the river Maklam. He said it would cost 6,8M pp and no
other people could be joined. Only 300 tourists per year are doing this trip, so we were
only us. We discussed back and forth and finally decided not to go into the
heart of Borneo. First of all it was very expansive, second of all the
transport possibilities are rare (there are almost no roads, so you have to take
the boat or the plane) and last but not least we had rainy season, so every day
we had quite a bit of rain:
Hence we decided to go to a region, where the sun shines and
the rainy season would be over. We looked at the map and found LAOS. The
weather would be similar to Myamar and we both have not been there. Our remote
travel advisors Bjoern and Stefan agreed, so I started to evaluate flight
options in the lobby of the Grand Kecubung Hotel and booked all the flights and
hotels after some hours of research.
So we spend a last day in Pangala bun and enjoyed the heavy
rain!
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