After our Good Friday services concluded, we took a 30 minute drive to a nearby water fall. Yes, you can drive to this village...but our 1.5 hour flight from PalangkaRaya is a 4 day drive in a 4X4 truck over CRAZY roads. Not my idea of fun. True to local style, everyone wanted to come. We took two trucks and had over 50 people total. I'll let you do the math on how many people each truck had!
We were 5 minutes into the journey to the waterfall climbing up a steep and muddy slope when we got a flat tire. Our drivers were prepared and 15 minutes later, we had it changed and continued our journey to the water fall.
The hike to the waterfall from the road was awesome. Thankfully the local government has made a very nice wooden walkway to access waterfall. Otherwise, it would have been a near immpossible trail to access the waterfall.
Once we arrived at the waterfall, the fun began, and boy did that cool water feel good! This waterfall is actually a set of three falls; we were at the largest of the three, the one in the middle. We had a blast swimming in the pools, hiking all over the place, and generally just enjoying ourselves and our time with the people from Tumbang Olong. This water fall has always looked amazing from the air when we fly over, but it was even more stunning up close and personal. God's creation is amazing!!!
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