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