Traveling time took us about 2 hours to get there from our home. Depart at 9 am and arrived approximately on 11 am. The road from Balikpapan to Samboja is good it's only took about 30 minutes actually but we're stopped on mini market to buy some drinks and snacks, and gas station, so it become 1 hour. From Samboja to Bangkirai Hill, the road become bad and worse, but at least it's better then nearly half year ago when I tried to get there and going back at the middle of the road, being too afraid to run out of gas and lost in the middle of the jungle.....:D From Samboja to Bangkirai Hill took us about 1 hour since the road is quite hard, we must be very careful if we don't want to get an accident. lucky the weather is clear, it makes the road dustier but better than if it's raining, it must be really slippery and far more difficult for us to go with the motorcycle. Going there with a 4 wheel drive vehicle will be the best choice, although city car is no problem either, but in a hard condition 4 wheel drive is more suitable.
After 2 hours of torture on a motorcycle seat, our butt surely sore :p Welcome to Bangkirai Hill. We parked our motorcycle under the villa, the villa house is "Panggung" local kind of house that made about 2 meter above the ground, so we can put something under the house, or local people usually put the pet in there, but since that's not a residential house, it become a parking location for motorcycle.
At the first we feel like got lost, where is the famous bridge.......we're looking everywhere and can't find it, how fool, it's just a villa area, and welcoming section.We have to hike about 500 m to the wood to get to the Canopy Bridge, good for health. It's been like 11 years since my last mountain hike when I was in college.
And tada..........we're arrived at the Canopy Bridge......!!!
Look at that picture, it's a bit frightening isn't? it's 30m above the ground and you can imagine if you're falling from that high........but i wanna fight that feeling. I have to be brave, it took us all the trouble and difficulties on the journey and if you do nothing there then it's a useless journey. So Zaza was scared and his daddy too, sure he's altophobia (afraid of height) so me and my sister took a step to climb that tree.
Still a bit scared, but you must go.........
Ok, let's get down and go home............pic says more than words............:D
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