Home ATTRACTIONS City/Village Sekadau Kalimantan Barat Indonesia Travel Guide

Sungai Kapuas, river, local market, authentic, traditional, backpackers, destination, native, Borneo, Indonesia, Obyek wisata, Tourism, travel guide, 婆罗洲游踪, 西加里曼丹旅游 — Bringing the durians to town to sell

Sekadau Kalimantan Barat Indonesia Travel Guide

February 23, 2019

Location : Kota Sekadau, Kalimantan Barat, Indonesia.

The second day of gawai, a few competitions going on.

Betang Youth Center, traditional games, culture, event, native, Gawai Dayak, tribal, Borneo, Indonesia, Tourism, tourist attraction, travel guide, Trans Border, 印尼西加里曼丹, 原住民传统游戏 — THE SIFU Mr Sekundus a Jawan Dayak from Desa Mundi showing the technique to solve the locally invented puzzle

traditional games, culture, event, native, Ethnic, tribe, Borneo, Indonesia, Obyek wisata, Tourism, tourist attraction, travel guide, Trans Border, 婆罗洲西加里曼丹, 土著传统游戏 — Battle of the tops

The biggest fun was still the street scene at the Pasar Flamboyan and the amount of dried fish sold here was mind boggling.

Pasar Flamboyan, Sungai, Kapuas river, fish, Gawai Dayak, Ethnic, Kalimantan Barat, Obyek wisata, Tourism, travel guide, Trans Border, stingray, 婆罗洲游踪, 西加里曼丹海鲜市场 — Dried sting rays

Pasar Flamboyan, Pasar ikan, Sungai Kapuas, fish market, authentic, traditional, backpackers, native, Ethnic, Obyek wisata, travel guide, Transborneo, 婆罗洲游踪, 西加里曼丹早市 — Thanks to Miss Mega Aulia for explaining to us her products

It clearly indicated how rich Kapuas river was and still is. I did noticed though that inspite of the amount of dried fish sold on the streets, no processed by products like fish ‘keropok’ was found displayed. Fruit varieties were amazing too.

local market, authentic, backpackers, destination, event, native, Gawai Dayak, Ethnic, tourist attraction, travel guide, Transborneo, 婆罗洲西加里曼丹, 印尼塞卡道 — Happy couple selling fruits

Pasar Flamboyan, Sungai Kapuas, local market, authentic, traditional, backpackers, destination, native, Obyek wisata, Tourism, travel guide, Transborneo, 婆罗洲游踪, 西加里曼丹早市 — Bitter petai strands

Perhaps, I should mention too that we came across a row of about ten units of green coloured motorized cargo tricycles parked near the fresh mart somewhere in town. The first thing that came to mind was their function would be for transporting goods. But to our surprise upon closer observation, those tricycles were employed for rubbish disposal! Perfect for narrow roads in the villages where rubbish volume was not that heavy. Smart idea. Something for Trienekens to think about on rural garbage disposal in Sarawak.