WE FLEW FROM PONTIANAK TO PANGKALAN BUN

WE FOUND A CHEAP HOTEL WHERE TRENYN WAS BEFRIENDED BY A YOUNG BOY! A BOAT TOUR SELLER FOUND US AND AFTER I ASKED HIM FOR SOME SIMPLE THINGS WE DECIDED THAT WE WOULD GO OUT ON THE BOAT THE NEXT DAY.
WHILE WE WERE WAITING FOR THE BOAT, TRENYN MADE SOME NEW FRIENDS AND ALSO LEARNED A NEW CARD GAME!
THE PEOPLE HERE ARE VERY FRIENDLY AND HAPPY TO SEE US AND NOT AS WALKING ATM'S. IT IS SO REFRESHING. ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE A BIG TOURIST TRADE FOR BOAT TOURS IT HASNT SPREAD TO THE REST OF THE TOWN.
THE CREW THAT WE HAD ON OUR BOAT WAS AMAZING. I SWEAR THAT EVERY DAY THEY JUST THOUGHT, I AM GONNA DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO BE HAPPY AND MAKE OTHER PEOPLE HAPPY! IT IS A JOY TO BE AROUND THEM AND TO LISTEN TO THEM LAUGH! THEY ARE HONESTLY HAPPY.
THE BOAT RIDE OUT WAS BEAUTIFUL AND HOT. THE RIVER IS VERY MUDDY LOOKING, FROM MINING. BUT STILL VERY BEAUTIFUL. WHEN WE BRANCH OFF TO THE SECNONDARY RIVER THE WATER CHANGED TO CLEAR BLACK WITH A RED HUE. THIS IS THE NATURAL COLOR. I CAN NOT TELL YOU HOW BEAUTIFUL THAT RIVER LOOKED WITH THE TREES REFLECTED ON IT AND NO ONE AROUND.... AMAZING. IT WAS HARD TO STOP LOOKING LONG ENOUGH TO TAKE SOME PICTURES. WE SAW A FEW LOCAL PEOPLE ON THE RIVER AND SOME OTHER TOUR BOATS, BUT NOT MANY. APPEARENTLY DURING PEAK SEASON THERE CAN BE OVER A HUNDRED AT A TIME! BOY WERE WE LUCKY!
ONE OF THE OTHER BOATS BROKE DOWN, IT HAD A LOVELY GERMAN COUPLE AND THEY CAME ABOARD OURS FOR A FEW HOURS. WHILE WE WERE TOGETHER WE SAW OUR FIRST ORANGUTANS!!!
WE WERE TOLD THAT WE MIGHT NOT SEE ANY ON THIS TRIP BECAUSE THE WILD FRUIT IS RIPE AND TEY ARE ALL BUSY.
SO WHEN WE SAW THIS WILD ORNAGUTAN...I HAD TEARS AND GOOSE BUMPS. I WAS SO HAPPY AND FELT SO HONORED AND GREATFUL! THAT GERMAN COUPLE AND US MET UP A FEW TIMES AFTER AND ALWAYS HAD AN AMAZING ORNAGUTAN TIME!