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Asia » Indonesia » Sumatra » Bengkulu November 10th 2013

We first got to bengkulu at he start of August. Dates escape me now, but after a few days spent in Jakarta we flew up there with Lion air. Its a lovely place. We spent a few weeks, then had a visa run to Batam (an Island of indonesia located near Singapore via direct flight from Bengkulu)-Johor Bahru (malaysia via a fast boat from Batam). Whilst in Johor Bahru we arranged a new 60 day Indonesian tourist visa. Bengkulu has lots going for it. Most importantly its a real Indonesian town, not a tourist town like Kuta, Bali. Theres genuinely friendly locals here. It's npt uncommon to get upwards of a dozen "hello mistahs" in a single day - gotta love that :) The surf has been great. I have surfed every day (bar a couple) ... read more

Asia » Indonesia » Sumatra » Bengkulu November 16th 2008

The smell of the third world hits me as soon as we exit the immigrasi at Batam; that unmistakable smell of burning rubbish mixed with low-grade exhaust fumes and other exotic smells that just didn't exist back across the Straits. Singapore is probably the most immaculate city and country in the world, Indonesia is, well very different. We change money and enter the scrum of shouting Ojek drivers (an Ojek is motorbike taxi, how they think they can help us when we already have 2 wheels of our own is something I don't bother to stop and discuss) and food vendors, the road outside is a circus of food and market stalls as today is the day the big Pelni ship comes to town (well small village with a jetty really). We ride into the huge ... read more
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