I've been saving that blog title for weeks ever since I decided to start my second round of this year's Indonesian travels in the West Kalimantan capital of Pontianak. Pontianak has the distinction of being one of the few cities in the world smack dab on the equator. The airport, however, is well south of the city and hence below the equator. There are many ways to cross from Malaysian Borneo to the Indonesian side but I opted for yet another flight, this time from Kuching, bringing July's monthly total to 8. Flying has become ridiculously cheap in Southeast Asia, often cheaper then the bus ride between the same destinations.
After spending 30 days in Malaysian Boreno, it is safe to say that I'm extremely glad that I undertook Borneo's principle tourist activities back in 2006, namely climbing Mt. Kinabalu and diving at Sipidan. The prices to visit Borneo's top 2 destinations, in addition to many others, have gone through the roof in the last 7 years while food, transport (especially the aforementioned flying), accommodation, excellent coffee, and even frosty tinnies of Tsingtao beer are all still very economically priced.
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