
INDONESIA - Kalimantan -
Palangka-Raya
Palangka Raya is the capital of the Indonesian province of Central Kalimantan.
The city was established in 1957 on wilderness that opened through the Pahandut village alongside Kahayan river banks. Palangka Raya is the largest city by land area in Indonesia. The city is not very interesting for tourists and we took a cruise to Tangkiling area where we didn't find any primary forest. We visited an orangutan conservation center, saw the orangutans on the islands during their adaptation period to become independant and we also see a new gold rush on the rivers with boats extracting the river bed and very probably release the dangerous quicksilver in the water.
BEST TIME to VISIT KALIMANTAN
BEST TIME to TRAVEL to PALANGKA-RAYA
From May to end August

Palangka Raya - river view

Palangka Raya - Long tail boat

Palangka Raya - Houses on the river

Palangka Raya - Houses on the river

Palangka Raya - Houses on the river

Palangka Raya - Houses on the river - the brown building is an aviary for swallows to harvest the nests which are a delicacy for chinese

Palangka Raya - Boat and Houses on the river

Palangka Raya - Houses and a boat on the river

Palangka Raya - traffic roundabout - Tribute to the army

Palangka Raya - market

Palangka Raya - Mosque and girls

Palangka Raya - old house

Palangka Raya - Mosque and Houses on the river

Palangka Raya - Houses on the river - the high building is a "factory" for swallows nests, a delicacy for chinese

Palangka Raya - Houses on the river

Palangka Raya - Houses and a mosque on the river

Palangka Raya - Houses on the river

Palangka Raya - Houses on the river

Palangka Raya - Houses on the river

Palangka Raya - Houses and a mosque on the river

Palangka Raya - Houses on the river

Palangka Raya - Houses on the river

Palangka Raya - Houses and a mosque on the river

Palangka Raya - bridge over the river

Palangka Raya - Houses on the river

Palangka Raya - Houses on the river

Palangka Raya - Long tail boat on the river

Palangka Raya - traditional paintings on wood

Palangka Raya - ladies on a motorbike

Palangka Raya - Official building

Palangka Raya - shop

Palangka Raya - market

Palangka Raya - Entrance of an Official building

Palangka Raya - shop on wheels

Palangka Raya - shops

Palangka Raya - Entrance of an Official building

Palangka Raya - shops

Palangka Raya - shops

Palangka Raya - Official building

Palangka Raya - shops

Palangka Raya - woman working on a parking

Palangka Raya - street food

Palangka Raya - Airport advertising from a bank - Probably for loans to create an intensive chickens farm

Palangka Raya - Airport advertising from a bank - Probably for loans to create a palm oil nursery