You must get up pretty early in the morning in Banjarmasin if you want to catch its famed floating market, but you will not regret the 4:30 a.m. wake up call for an instant once you've experienced the cool breeze of the early morning in the jungle and engorged yourself on feasts of ripe, tropical fruits.
For those geographically curious, Banjarmasin is a "small" Indonesian city of about 3-4 million inhabitants on the island of Kalimantan.
Guided by four enthusiastic home town guides from the university, I enjoyed every minute and discovered another dimension of Indonesia. Take a look.
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| A new delicious fruit - Queenie (kind of like mango but not as sweet and a bit more pungent) |
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| Fresh rambutan, although it is not quite yet their peak season |
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| This Banjarmasin cake called "untuk" is basically a cousin of the fried donut hole and filled with coconut and sugar |
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| Want to buy something to take home? Float on up and bargain away. |
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| Did you know there are many kinds of bananas? These bunches (with jackfruit in the background) are a bit green, but we bought some really mild bananas called "pisang susu" or "milk bananas." |
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| Along the river banks of the town you can see houses built on stilts and take a glimpse inside the lives of their dwellers, busy starting their day |
*For those super-attentive, you may notice my daily accounting is a pinch off. I was out of country for a week and thought those days should not count towards my 100 first, so I am picking up where I left off at day 75.
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