Monday, May 25, 2026

Back to the jungle (and the palm oil plantations)

Day 14 - Jakarta to Pangkalan Bun 

Back to Borneo today with a short flight to Pangkalan Bun in the south of the island. As we came in to land it was easy to spot the palm oil plantations encroaching on the jungle.

There were five of us now so on arrival at the small airport we jumped into two taxis to get to the modern Mercure Hotel near the centre of town. There was some heavy rain just after we arrived, but it stopped in time for us to walk down the street for a quick explore followed by some shopping then dinner at the hotel.




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