A flight with Silk Air
first brought us (George from Vincent´s,
another diver and me) to Balikpapan and from there to
Berau.
The local flight was very interresting and due to the
low altitude,
one could sea the magnificent landscape of the Borneo
island.
I once read the book from Hans Harrer about Borneo and
think
it´s one of the last adventures to explore the
inner parts.
The Punan people still live quite undisturbed although
the
cutting down of trees is a problem.
We didn´t have any problems despite the riots between
Dajak and Madurese people going on. It´s such a
pity these
folks can´t live in peace since they have such
a beautiful island.
But one can´t survive just from a countries beauty...
It doesn´t seem that far, but it takes around ten
hours to get there, mainly
because of the time waiting between transportation. Close
to the famous
Sipadan-island,
one could expect the best in underwater views.
But don´t just concentrate on diving, the islands
and Indonesia have
more things to offer, and best of all, it´s pretty
affordable at the moment.
Once you change a hundred Sing-Dollars, you´r almost
a millionaire ;-)
Derawan itself is teardrop shaped and not bigger than
a few hundred
meters in diameter. The locals (yes, the have local inhabitants
there)
are friendly and very curious about the pale skinned
tall ang-moh´s
visiting their island.
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