Expedition5: Down the Sungi we go!

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(Expedition5/traverse 5 largest islands) With food in our stomachs and the jungle nightmares behind us we set about our next move. Our aim was to buy a boat and utilise the huge rivers of Western Kalimantan, the Sungai Melawi and the Sungai Kapuas that flow down to Pontianak and out to the South China Sea.

We set about the normal routine, Ant went running around talking to the locals with maps and bits of paper to scribble on hanging out of his pockets, while I sat with the kit and my ginger beard entertained the local children. Continue to dispatch