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Travel with my partner mostly South East Asia with Indonesia being the favorite destination. Currently working in Africa after Previously 5 years in Thailand which made Asia our back yard. Its more hassle to get to Asia now but still worth it we meet up in Indonesia usually and then take off wherever during my vacation periods. We are 50ts and love snorkeling and other wildlife related pass times We do of course do other things as well.Have traveled the world for 35 years initially on ships and a variety of other overseas employment we still love it and will continue as long as we can.

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By dave2222001
February 18th 2009

Pasola Sumbas hard fought Harvest Festival Asia » Indonesia » Sumba » Waikabubak

On the way to Pasola
No horse box here

PASOLA Lamboya 18th February So we set off again after the false start on 15th, We choose to start late missing the ceremony on the beach and the Nayel worms heralding the commencement of the initial battle between 2 riders before the whole Pasola starts in earnest up on the field. Previous experience of the dawn start with traditional ceremonies had resulting in us standing a wood for hours with the appointed holy man coming out of his hut from time to time to scratch his nuts and go back in again. So we would just do the main event. I [View Full Entry]

By dave2222001
February 13th 2009

Sumba Ikat Beetle nut and the Ancestors. Asia » Indonesia » Sumba » Waikabubak

Sumba Terrain
Rolling hills getting more tropical as you go further west

A visit to the beautiful Indonesian Island of Sumba the people here are largely Christian but the Christianity seems to be lightly laid on top of the traditional system of ancestor worship. We had to fly into Waingapu in the East of the Island; the Flight we had planned for the 13th to Tambulaka with Transnusa had been cancelled. I arrived in Denpasar to late for Merapati airlines flight which uses a bigger plane. So we booked the flight to East Sumba for the next day, flights were filling up for the Pasola. We phoned ahead to Hotel Artha in Waikabubak [View Full Entry]

Kids This is what happens at a Village not familiar with the odd european visitor.

By dave2222001
February 6th 2008

Paulu Weh Huge Boars and giant pythons in a Snorkelers paradise. Asia » Indonesia » Sumatra » Pulau Weh

Gapang Beach
Loverly just watch for the Toxic caterpillars

On to Palau Weh otherwise known as Sabang What a stunning island fantastic but even now with most of the NGO staff gone from Banda there is an accommodation problem especially at weekends. We arrived at the ferry port and locals sort the transport out part of the way in a bus then they unloaded us into a Taxi. Nice driver who is the main driver for Iboih beach. We wanted to stay at Gapang so he took us round looking for a place Ellie wasn’t feeling to good so looked for AC it was late, we ended up at one [View Full Entry]

By dave2222001
February 1st 2008

Banda Aceh impressions of tsunami aftermaths Asia » Indonesia » Sumatra » Banda Aceh

Arrived in Banda all very organised with the Taxis set price 90,000Rp fixed from the airport all set up for all the NGO people the number of which are now dwindling. Banda seems OK. First impressions of the Tsunami aftermaths personally I can’t just go to such a place and pretend nothing has happened. We talked to many people about the tragedy people who experienced it, people who were there already and the first outsiders in, people from NGOs who had been working there and how it all went afterwards. The Military were some of the best with the right equipment [View Full Entry]

By dave2222001
January 26th 2008

Bouncing to Tangakahan Asia » Indonesia » Sumatra » Bukit Lawang

The limo on the motorway
Bounce, bounce, bounce, bang stop fix gearbox bounce bounce etc.etc.

Iwan the our guide from the Jungle Inn had been suggesting we take a trip to Tangakahan About 2.5 hours from Bukit Lawang (it took about 3.5 in the end) we can go for a day trip allegedly. Well that’s possible but who would want to. Not wanting to spend so long travelling in one day we decide on an overnight. This is where we screw up having got friendly with Iwan and liking his good knowledge and attitude to the wildlife. So we don’t check it out anywhere else. This would have been easy to do. Iwan said we had [View Full Entry]

By dave2222001
January 20th 2008

Bukit Lawang Backpackin Jungle hang out Asia » Indonesia » Sumatra » Bukit Lawang

Mekaks on the prowl
getting on a bit now slow enough for me to get a picture

Arrived at Bukit Lawang what a lovely place with the rustic bridges across the river and the little backpacker style restaurants and guest houses. You have to walk all the way up to the top of the village for the Jungle in which is by the boat crossing near the ranger station at the top. Jungle inn is stunning, we went for the big room one floor down from the top, as we took it for 5 nights it was a good price. The famed waterfall right out of the bathroom window and you can go out of the back door [View Full Entry]

By dave2222001
January 18th 2008

KL, Sumatra and travel to Bukit Lawang Asia » Indonesia » Sumatra » Bukit Lawang

Hotel view
OK I think they are absolutly stunning got in the Hotel pulled the curtains and there they were

This trip started well, Ellie and I were meeting up in Schipol with her coming in from home in the UK and myself travelling direct from work in Africa via Paris and London Heathrow. then on to KL through Schipol. First off AF didn’t get my bag from Paris to London and being AF couldn’t get it until the next day, this was early in the mourning with dozens of flights available to get the bag to Schipol before I departed for KL 13 hours later but for AF no chance. Next off Ellie coming out of Heathrow in the afternoon [View Full Entry]

By dave2222001
November 17th 2007

Kalimantan journey to Derawan Asia » Indonesia » Kalimantan

Lets get the boat to Derawan
criky how longs the jetty I need a porter, the jetty at Tanjung Batu

Recently back from a trip to Derawan it’s a pain to get to but worth the effort. Arrived in Indonesia by our usual route to Jakarta taking the Air Asia flight to Balikpapan the next day booked well in advance and costing only about 200000Rp a bargain for sure. Took a taxi to Samarinda 200,000 Rp locals said we were being ripped off but not to badly it did take 2.5 hours to get to. Taxi driver said Samarinda not like Balikpapan Samarinda broken. This is because Balakpapan has lots of Expats and oil money. We went there to sort out [View Full Entry]

By dave2222001
November 10th 2007

Muluku security observations Asia » Indonesia » Maluku

Ambon
Relic from an earlier conflict WW2

I write this because I know the issue often comes up when people are planning to go to Eastern Indonesia. I have just returned from a holiday in Maluku 3 weeks in November 06. While I do not have Bahsa we meet up with some knowledgeable people on the subject of the conflict. Dutch Mulukans, local English speakers Europeans trying to run businesses in the area, People who came there for Holidays every year and only missed one year during the conflict and extended conversations with a Dutch journalist, she spends much of her time in Muluku covering the area including [View Full Entry]

By dave2222001
April 30th 2007

Derawan and surrounding islands Asia » Indonesia » Kalimantan » Derawan

Derawans building boom
They just keep on building further and further into the sea whats a poor turtle to do

Derawan Island group off Berau Kalimantan Paradise how long. We arrived at Derawan, the main island in the group and went first to stay at Lestari losmen, As others have commented the best rooms are over the sea on stilts, rooms up the back not so nice and pretty stuffy. There was a long walk to the toilet at the back which didn’t go down to well in the middle of the night. Main problem for us was that there was a Polish Dive operation staying there next door to us, they were nice people and we became friendly with them [View Full Entry]

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