Blogs from Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia, Asia - page 8

Having decided on the country where we would spend the last remaining weeks of our trip, we were excited to get there but also apprehensive. Would it live up to our expectations and be the perfect ending that we were looking for? Or would we be disappointed? Well if the start of our time in Indonesia is anything to go by, we will end up wishing we had longer here... We rarely do things the easy way. Instead of booking a direct flight from Singapore to Yogyakarta, we tried to save a bit of money and booked an early flight which would connect in Jakarta with dubious airline, Lion Air. Leaving our hostel at 6.30am having had just a few hours sleep after a big night out was lovely as you can imagine, as was standing ... read more

A perfect holiday allows one to simply do as one pleases. My first day here was one of those days. I slept in until 9, listening to the sounds of the birds. I enjoyed breakfast on my hotel's veranda and then set out to look for a journal and scarf. I walked down Malioboro Street and saw lots of purses, wallets, shoes, shirts, and skirts I would never wear. Block after block, and nothing I was looking for! Finally, I wandered into a mall and found a stationery store tucked in the back. I found a pretty notebook with a batik cover for about 1 USD which should work fine. After sipping on freshly squeezed orange juice, I failed to find a scarf, or at least one that isn't meant to be a Muslim head covering. ... read more

Nach ca. 3 Monaten mal wieder Zeit und Muse um meinen Blog abzudaten. Nach ca, 5 Wochen im schoenen bergigen Dharamsala, Dalai Lamas Exil-Heimat mit der tibetischen Exil-Regierungen, einigen Kursen ging es zusammen mit Dayhana ueber 3 Tage Reisedauer in den Sueden Indiens. Ja erstens mit Dahyana, bin noch immer mit ihr zusammen, trotz gegenteiligen blogeintrag vor einigen monaten. Details hierzu nur persoenlich, kann aber eines dazu sagen, ist sehr gut und wichtig fuer mich und sie zeigt mir sehr klar meine Schwaechen und Dinge auf, an denen ich als Mann und Mensch in diesem Leben arbeiten darf/ muss, um mich in diesem Leben weiterzuentwickeln, was neben meiner spirituellen Reise absolut wichtig ist, aber nicht immer einfach. Hinschauen wo es wehtut, wo man seine Schwaechen hat, wer macht das schon gerne…. Das beinhaltet neben wunderbar tollen ... read more

Geo: -7.78, 110.37Today we flew to Yogyarkata or more simply Jogja. Here we were met by Ria, the RDC Director who lives here and lectures in Coach Education at the local University. He had flown in on an early flight himself. He drove us to our hotel which is very flash and comfortable, Then he took us out to lunch at a place called Parsley. This is a western/Asian bakery/restaurant.I had gnochhi and Fletcher had a pizza.After lunch, Ria had organised one of his students to be a driver for us. Ferdi collected us from the restaurant and drove us out to Prambanan. This is a temple complex dating from the 10th century. It is a series of Hindu temples dedicated to Siva, Vishnu and Brahma.It was very intact until 2006 when a 5.9 degree earthquake ... read more

Ok. Finally. I’ve managed to sit down to write about my week in Indonesia. I left EARLY Saturday morning with David, who was taking a flight to Japan. We said goodbye at the airport. Like GOODBYE (?) goodbye, because he isn’t coming back to Korea, but we might see each other in the future in China. So it went something like “See you around…maybe.” I headed to my gate where I ran into a bunch of friends who work at a different school. Just about every foreign teacher from their school was taking this morning flight to Kuala Lumpur, and then heading on to different locations. This included my friend, Sam, who I was travelling with and was currently planning on meeting up with in Kuala Lumpur. Being on the same flight makes that a heck ... read more