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>> picture taken on: december 22, 2004
>> photographer: sLesTa
>> event: visiting borneo
>> place: balikpapan port

on the first day i arrived in balikpapan, my dad took us to take a boat ride to the reservation area where the forest is located. we stayed in reservation area for a whole day and night. while waiting for the boat to be prepared for the half-hour trip, i looked around and took some pictures around the port. i felt the originality of the place, just how it was when i still lived there more than a decade ago. the smell of the salt water, the kids running around asking to be of help to the boarders.

the view of the long port where the boats are ported, may be just a regular view. but i found it really nice on my frame. the beach, yet it's not the kind of beach you would swim into, feels as if it has so much to offer out there. when we got there, it was in the middle of the afternoon and the sun brights so shiny, hence the brightness in the sky. i would love to see the sunset here again one day.

>> posted by sLesTa