Category Archives: Borneo

Equatorial travel

Three flights (Banda Aceh—Medan—Jakarta—Pontianak) Total mileage: 2,553km. As the crow flies mileage: 1,663km. And three flights back.
Luckily, the travel was all work-related and for a two-day workshop in Pontianak, West Kalimantan, famous for being settled on the equator. The workshops went well and our hosts were magnificent, taking us out for a [...]

Round-up

I haven’t posted in a while because not a whole lot is happening. I bought a cheap bike to start riding on since my mornings runs just aren’t enough for me anymore. I received an email asking me to determine my return date on my ticket–which I have no idea of as I [...]

Wrapping it up

*Warning* excessive vacation post
Ten days of vacation: check.
Six flights: check.
Being arms-length from an orangutan: check.
Five hour jungle trek on Borneo: check.
A couple hours on a bamboo raft: check.
Ten hour bus ride: check.
Christmas karaoke: check.
Good company: check
That was my holiday, briefly. I’ve got some decent photos that I’ll put up somewhere soon.