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Kalimantan (Borneo) is a huge, sparsely populated
landmass known as the “River of Diamonds” with vast rainforests and
enormous mineral wealth. Borneo is home to approximately 11
million people from headhunters with bones in their noses to 21st
century technocrats.
Kalimantan is truly one of the last great
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| Photos
from Almayer's Folly (Link)
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Large nature reserves for
wildlife
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Tropical rainforests
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Exotic animals such as:
orangutans, pheasants, clouded leopards, tarsiers and proboscis
monkeys.
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Exotic plants such as: enormous
Rafflesia flower.
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Cascading rivers: Mahakam, Kapuas,
Apokayan, Kahayan
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Tanjung Puting National Park
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Dayak carvings and traditional
longhouses.
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Martapura and Barito River in
Banjarmasin known as the “Venice of the East”.
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Bustling floating vegetable and
fruit markets.
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Martapura River where houses,
shops and even gas station are built on floating platforms.
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Tanjung Isuy is one of the last
places in Borneo where traditional vegetable fiber cloth is
still woven and Dayak traditional dances are performed.
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