Blogs from Malang, Java, Indonesia, Asia

Sunday, 22nd April 2018 We woke up to an excellent buffet breakfast spread at the hotel this morning. What was really unforgettable were the local selections corner that was interesting, colourful and well-presented. Coupled with great coffee and hospitable service from the crew members, this was an unforgettable breakfast experience for us. After our excellent meal, we hailed a grab service to bring us right to the door step of the Bratiwaya Military Museum along the leafy Ijen Boulevard. There were some street vendors lining outside the museum on a Sunday morning which I happily parted some rupiahs for a Coke souvenir. The museum is divided into two galleries with military artefacts dating back from WWII. There was even a large section devoted to the ruling Japanese during the war. From the museum, we made our ... read more

Ahoy! Nogle tætpakkede dage i Malang og omegn er overstået, vi har virkelig fået set en masse. Da nogle af tingene lå ret tæt op ad hinanden tidsmæssigt, har vi dog måtte okse lidt rundt, og til tider måtte undvære den gode nattesøvn (og kæmpet med sygdom). De sidste dage i Yogyakarta fik vi set nogle grotter (Goa på Indonesisk), bla. en enorm en af slagsen, Goa Jomblang. Vi vidste ca. hvor grotten lå, så vi sadlede op på de 2-hjulede og tog den ca. 40km lange tur derudaf. Da vi var nået et godt stykke derudaf, stødte vi på en gut på en scooter som, ud af det blå, spurgte hvor vi skulle hen. Det viste sig så at han var en del af nationalparken ved Jomblang, så vi fik lov at følge hans spor ... read more

From Yogyakarta we took a bus to Pacitan. Pacitan is a fairly small city near the coast of the Java Sea. Our original plan was to stay at a place called Happy Bay Beach Bungalows. From what we had read it was a great little guesthouse that had bungalows you could stay in on the beach. When we got there, it turned out it was closed down. Our bus driver was nice enough to take us to another place he knew nearby. It looked nice enough but was full (of surfers). The owner of the surfshop guesthouse suggested a couple of other places to our bus driver and he was able to find one of them not too far away and even made sure they had a room available before he left. Hotel Rajiwali was our ... read more

So we went back to Krabi (a while ago now) and did a few more island trips then travelled to Phuket to see yet more beautiful islands including the set for James bond 'The man with the golden gun' We only had a couple of days there as we had to leave the country as we had only 15days on the visa. After we got kicked out of Thailand we got a flight to Singapore. Singapore is really nice but quite pricey. We did manage to find a few cheap things to do such as shopping in China town or Little India. On the last two days we went to Sentosa and spent some pretty pennies. The first day we visited the underwater world and the second day we visited Universal Studio. We really want to ... read more

This weekend is super duper yummy weekend! :D Most of Malang couchsurfers and some foreign couchsurfers join into one huge mass of hunger people and we cooked like crazy! It was stunning and we really did great job for our own food from our own countries :) Shayenne from Philipina made great dish of chicken which is really stunning! (I need to know the recipe for sure..) Tom from Belgium made really nice and fresh broccoli and potato ;) Marco from Italy made such huge portion of veggie spaghetti.. bellissima!! :D Some new friends from France (Alex, Pej, and Rose) made us a very big portion of crepes! =) I made Banoffee ;) whish already made every people addicted to it :d and also everybody else made and prepare more interesting local food from Indonesia.. what ... read more