mahakam Archives - EscapeArtistes https://www.escapeartistes.com/tag/mahakam/ Postcards from the Edge Sun, 08 Mar 2015 22:19:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 The Friday Photo: Our Mahakam River Boat https://www.escapeartistes.com/2015/01/09/the-friday-photo-our-mahakam-river-boat/ Fri, 09 Jan 2015 02:45:52 +0000 http://www.escapeartistes.com/?p=20013 I felt like Madame Mao taking this photo, signalling from the bank to get the boat in what I hoped was an appropriately scenic position...

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]]> Mahakam River Boat RotatorI felt like Madame Mao taking this photo, signalling from the bank to get the boat in what I hoped was an appropriately scenic position against the sun. Zac and I spent four days on her, exploring the Mahakam River, in Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo – for work. There’s something just wonderful about sitting on the top deck of your very own houseboat, watching the river flow and the world go by, with a good book, a mountain of snacks, and one eye out for dolphins. With the Batang Rejang, that makes two of Borneo’s great rivers we’ve explored: but there are so many more to see.

Want to do it? We were guests of Borneo Tour Gigant: their Mahakam river boat prices start from around US$500 per person, including food and transfers.

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