Palangka Raya
I immediately fall in love with the architecture in Palangka Raya. Coming from the airport, we drive through newly build quarters. Construction work is going on everywhere. The houses are in traditional, style, but modern versions. The roof tiles shine in all colors, red, blue, green, with adorable wooden decorations. You can see that the city got rich recently, to a large extent due to the economic activities which destroy the rainforest: gold and coal mining, oil drilling, plantations, logging, as Nina, my friendly guide from BOS for the next days explains. She takes me to a restaurant featuring the local indigenous dayak cuisine. I enjoy rattan and grass with sweet water shrimps and fish from the rivers of the region. Delicious!
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