Location : Kecamatan Nanga Pinoh, Kabupaten Melawi, Kalimantan Barat, Indonesia.

Although Nanga Pinoh was not in our Gawai loop, we made it our next stop just to check out the place since it is the doorway to Kalimantan Barat tallest waterfall called Nohkan Nayan. No, it was not in our schedule, yet, because that would be another 7 day journey.authentic, traditional, backpackers, destination, Sintang, Nanga Pinoh, Sungai Kapuas, Obyek wisata, Tourism, tourist attraction, Trans Border, 跨境婆罗洲游踪, 印尼西加里曼丹

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Nohkan Noyan falls the highest in Kalimantan Barat and Kalimantan at 180m. The mist goes higher than the fall

Nanga Pinoh may be only 74km away from Sintang but the drive took us almost 2hrs due largely to the second half of the drive along a very bad road full of craters like in a war zone. We saw an overturned truck on the side of the road, no surprise.

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First part of the journey to Pinoh

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An almost completed church on the way to Pinoh
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Gereja Katolik Santo Yohanes Paulus II

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Yet to be coloured pillars, very nice motifs
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Welcome to Nanga Pinoh

We arrived to observe a bustling town serviced by planes and airconditioned buses to Pontianak. We drove around town to have a visual check of the hotels available, passed the airport and ventured into a village where the road ended. Finally, picked a hotel that was closest to a huge openair foodcourt / Lapangan Alun-alun Melawi.

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Surrounded by the Melawi and Pinoh rivers
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Districts for Melawi Regency
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Lapangan Alun-Alun Melawi, openair foodcourt
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Lots of local fruits
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Mobile kuehcap
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Strong coffee if the guess is right
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Murtabak local style

As the sun was slowly going down we strolled to the nearby river to check out the scene. As usual we sneaked into the ‘rumah terapung’ or ‘jelatong’ in Sarawak and floating house in English.

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Dry season can cause a 4m drop in water level at the Melawi river
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Moving around the floating houses here can be a misdaventure if you slip off these tiny planks to cross from one house to another
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The trash in Pinoh is horrible somewhat like Pontianak during 80s era

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Sunset view at the rumah terapung

Made friends with a Dayak family that ran a convenience store and some of his regular customers who came for his ‘arak’.

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Favourate pastime of the locals, making sure the arak is strong enough
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Our new friends

After enjoying the sunset from his floating store we had a nice chat in Hakka with the Dayak boss and his daughters. Her eldest daughter Siau Lin invited us to explore the picnic spot at Sungai Pinoh for the following day. To be continued….

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