Place

Banjarmasin

My name is Hanif. I was born in Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan. Now I want to tell you a little about this city and what is interesting here. Banjarmasin is the capital city of South Kalimantan. I was born there because my father was working there when my mother was pregnant. My parents were there from 1993 until 2002. I lived there about 2-3 years. My older sister also born there.

My house there is like this. Actually, this picture is not my house. But, my house looks like this. My house’s color is green and the fence is brown. It’s not big but a good place to live. My house in Banjarmasin is unique like the other houses there because it is connected to a swamp under the house with a very strong wood called iron wood.

 

This is one of the interesting places in Banjarmasin. It is a market. It is called Pasar Apung because the sellers and the buyers do the transactions on the boat on Barito River. Barito River is about 900 km long. It is the widest river in Indonesia that has width 650-800 meters. Many activities happen here and Pasar Apung is one of them. There are many things to buy here like fruits, vegetables, foods, and many more.

 

Last time I went to Banjarmasin was in 2011. And I miss to ride a unique boat called Perahu Klotok. This boat is called perahu klotok because its fuel is solar and it moves slowly so it make a sound like ”klotok klotok”. I took this boat very morning because it was not crowd and it was very cold. It was so fun to move around in the river with perahu klotok.

 

This is the other activity that happen in Barito River. It called Tongkang. It is a big flat boat that carry a coal from a city to another city. It is pulled by a little ship. It moves very often.

Above Barito River is Barito Bridge. Barito bridge has 1.082 m length. This bridge is is recorded as the longest suspension bridge in Indonesia. It connects Banjarmasin and Palangkaraya. It is very useful for people who want to go to Banjarmasin. Before the bridge was built, people used boat and barito river to go.

Okay that’s all I can tell you about Banjarmasin. It was fun there. I hope I can go there again next time.