Location : Kecamatan Putussibau Selatan, Kabupaten Kapuas Hulu, Kalimantan Barat, Indonesia.

The next morning we set out upriver with the intention to visit Nanga Bungan a Dayak Punan village sandwiched by the Kapuas and Hovongan rivers.

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Pretty girls of Matalunai tagging along
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Very rocky and very fierce current.
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This piece on the right should be sitting proud in a museum.

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Clear water meets the murky water of Kapuas.

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Boat Ride to Long Opea

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We dropped this old couple off for them to get to their farm.

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Rocky journey upriver

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At some points along the way the current was strong

Long Opea

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At Long Opea the purest river in Kapuas Hulu

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Bye Bye Long Opea.

Next……Nanga Bungan.

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