Balikpapan Trip!

Last week my family and I just flew to Borneo a.k.a Kalimantan island to visit Balikpapan. My dad had a training there for three days so we got an opportunity to follow him. Yeah at least we got a cheaper charge to rent a hotel room haha. Actually my dad had planned this trip for a long time in order to show us his workplace. He's been working for that company for 27 years and his two big sons still haven't seen his workplace! hahaha so it's kinda his ambitious project.

We went from Bandung in the midnight by bus to Jakarta. We're about to catch the 06.30 am flight from Soekarno-Hatta airport. The flight was nice and we landed at Sepinggan airport Balikpapan at 10.00 am. There is an hour difference between Jakarta and Balikpapan so when the clock shows 10.00 am in Balikpapan it means 09.00 am in Jakarta.

At Sepinggan airport Balikpapan

Shortly after landing in Balikpapan we immediately looked for food. And because we were in Balikpapan, so it's a must to eat seafood. I think eating seafood is one of the most important thing whenever you visit Balikpapan. Yaaaap... here's the dish!

Wohooo seafood! and once again our diet's bleak -_-

On the next day we visited my father's workplace. This is the main purpose of our visit to Balikpapan. My dad rented a car to take us to Samarinda. Actually it wasn't really Samarinda but we passed that city to get to the place my dad had mentioned called Sungai Meriam (I thought it's a name of a river. It's an area name btw). It took 3 hours to get to Sungai Meriam from Balikpapan, and when we arrived we still had to take a speedboat to take us to my dad's workplace because it is located in one of the Mahakam river's delta. Wow, now I know how far my dad seeks money for us. Salute him.

Mom, when she still could smile before the sailing

Ready to cross Mahakam river. Oh yeah never forget to take a pose first (hahahaha)

Busy giving instructions

Just get in bro!

Really really worry because she cannot swim. The smile had gone :)

Dad's workplace, taken from the speedboat

The workplace as the background

Tired of sailing. But not to be captured!

No, it's not Jack and Rose tale in Titanic

I guess the pictures tell the rest of the story. It was a really fun and memorable 3 days trip. I hope I can go back there again very soon someday, so see you next time Balikpapan!