http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Java/Jakarta/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , Indonesia , Java , Jakarta en-us Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:21:11 +0000 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:21:11 +0000 Hallo iedereenHierbij mijn laatste blog van uit Indonesi. Vorige blog ben ik gestopt bij het weekend met papa. Een week later is Professor Sit vertrokken uit Banda Aceh. Na vier jaar hier gewerkt te hebben gaat hij terug naar Vietnam waar hij nog een jaar aan de universiteit van Hanoi gaat werken voor hij van zijn pensioen kan gaan genieten. Het vertrek van prof. Sit ging gepaard met een heleboe http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Java/Jakarta/blog-461205.html Selamat Siang Im 2 months into my Jakartaworkadventure and Im starting to feel like it's all rather normal I guess it means that I am settling in Not THAT much has happened since my last blog but last weekend's events made me decide to share some more pictures with youFrom 1610 until 1810 I left the island of Java to climb Gunung Agung the highest volcano in Bali measuring 3100m at it http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Java/Jakarta/blog-446516.html This summer I have been able to go and see a lot. I have explored more of Korea and found that although Seoul can be a ldquosoullessrdquo place pun intended at times there is quite a lot of beauty and friendliness outside its borders. Korea is a very mountainous country and most of the countryside resembles a lot of what I appreciate back home. I still havenrsquot seen all that I want http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Java/Jakarta/blog-444665.html 24 September 2009 06 October 2009Exchange rate as of 24 Sep 2009 1GBP Rp15300TRANSPORTPadang to Jakarta by plane Mandala AirlinesRp 560000 per person 1 12 hoursHOTELMargot Hotel Jalan JaksaDouble AC hot water cable TVRp220000 inc. breakfastNot worth the price but still a pretty decent choice in one of the better locations in Jakarta.The flight from Padang was one of the be http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Java/Jakarta/blog-440403.html I had originally planned on staying in Bogor and commuting by train each morning to Jakarta for the couple of days I needed to see the essentials in the big city the essentials of course being the zoo the oceanarium the bird park the bird market and the bird reserve. However when staying there for the one night before going to Cibodas I had discovered that I did not like Bogor one little bit http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Java/Jakarta/blog-440122.html Cogimos un avin hasta Jakarta llegamos mas o menos tarde y no tuvimos ningn problema en encontrar el hotel. Esa noche no salimos porque estaban en Ramadn y estaban las calles repletas de hombres no vea ninguna mujer y mi madre no se senta agusto de todas maneras no pareca que nos perdiramos mucho.Jakarta es la ciudad con mayor de musulmanes del mundo. Y mira que esta rodeado de pases http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Java/Jakarta/blog-437846.html And the Jakarta story starts again I arrived in Jakarta last week Wednesday 209 on the evening of the 7.3 scale earthquake which shook Western Java. Not sure yet if Im happy that I was safely in the air while it happened or not. I THINK I would have loved to feel what its like But I guess I will have to wait for the next one hhh Lucy my new boss was waiting for me at the airport with h http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Java/Jakarta/blog-435933.html So I have finally made it to the last place on my trip...what am I feeling Excited.. I can't wait to go home and see my friends and family....have warm showers ...eat cereal with fresh milk....drink from the tap without getting ecoli.... I arrived at the new Air Asia terminal in Jakarta which was lovely and shiny new. I was picked up by my friend Ferry who I was visiting the only reason I was http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Java/Jakarta/blog-434403.html Well..... I've now been here 2 and a half weeks and this is the first time that I've has a spare hour to sit down and writeI had a lovely send off at the airport with my mum dad Jess Charlotte Charley there to wave goodbye We all had a few tears but it was so nice to have them thereI sat by some of the other new teachers on the flight so it was quite nice to get to know them better and c http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Java/Jakarta/blog-432234.html So this is my last full day in Indonesia. I arrived in Jakarta Sunday afternoon and presented my research to the Ministry of Agriculture yesterday. Just a short presentation in front of a few people so not too bad. I did it after I got to Jakarta eh sort of last minute and got some good comments from people so I can definitely put together a better one for Research Day. My mentor has suggeste http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Java/Jakarta/blog-427275.html Hi FriendsAfter a LONG day 2 days of chasing the sun West we made it to Indonesia During our 12 hour layover in Singapore we fell in love with the airport...free internet a butterfly sanctuary many koi ponds and gardens free movie theaters nap rooms hotels and a pool seriously I could go on...It was amazing. Yesterday we arrived in Jakarta in the afternoon and forced ourselves to stay http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Java/Jakarta/blog-427151.html In early March me and my parents when to Jakarta and Bandung for a short trip. I assume that we when there at wrong time because they are having a long week holidays it combination with 2 different religious celebration Maulidur Rasul celebration for Muslim and Good Friday we depart from Kuala Lumpur by KLM about 2pm and arrived in Suekarno Hatta airport about 4pm. After we clear all our http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Java/Jakarta/blog-426654.html Where did we leave off...Right...KutaWell our trip has been fullFull of good timesFull of good peopleFull as is no where to sleepFull of surfingFull of sea turtlesFull of long trips longer then they really needed to beFull of waiting to get our passports back in our hands So we went back to Kuta to pick up our passports after waiting a week but they were not ready yet so we opted to get t http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Java/Jakarta/blog-426093.html Sorry it's been so long between updates but the last few weeks have been beyond crazy Can't remember exactly when I last wrote but basically once the national tournament finished we were busy preparing for the international tournament. Also managed to fit in some socialising along the way which was nice.Had dinner one night with a whole lot of people who work at AusAID and it was good to meet the http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Java/Jakarta/blog-425451.html Day 491 on the road They say certain places have to grow on you in order for you to appreciate them. Well after almost two more weeks in chaotic Jakarta I have to say this saying does not hold true for me this time. I found the city just as mad as the first time I was here a few months ago. But I was here to see my Indonesian friend Endah who happens to live here so I had to brace the city in http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Java/Jakarta/blog-423781.html The one thing that I think I was most surprised with when I arrived in Jakarta was the fact that I felt so safe. This is a massive city full of some of the wealthiest and poorest individuals in Southeast Asia but with a glut of surplus labour and having faced security issues in the past it seemed to me that Jakarta has the situation under control. At the entrace to everybuilding there are gua http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Java/Jakarta/blog-419300.html So I am sitting here in Jakarta about to start the real traveling. I have to say that so far the accommodation has been literally first class. We left London on Friday 10th early in the morning having had half an hour sleep as I thought it would be a good idea to pack the night before. You think I would have learnt from South America that this is never a good idea. The hiccup in this decision wa http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Java/Jakarta/blog-417677.html Fact Jakarta has been Indonesiarsquos capital city for years.Location Itrsquos located in the island of Java geographically located on 60128242 South Latitude and 1060488242 East LongitudeWeather The average rainfall is 1916.8 924.50 mmyear. The temperature is between of 22 C 33 C.Politic Political chaos reigns the streets can be packed with protestors and idealists fighting t http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Java/Jakarta/blog-417569.html So after having seen only one small road incident with a motorbike lightly plowing into the back of a taxi I was in a little dustup of my own yesterday on the way to work.I have to admit that my directions could have been sooner for the taxi to turn I'm trying to learn but my Indonesian is still pretty basic but without looking he geared left and we had a motorbike scrape the side. The gu http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Java/Jakarta/blog-414721.html We somehow survived the national tournament unscathed and in reasonable health. Overall it was a huge success In some ways it was nothing like any national tournament I ever went to for rep cricket but in other ways it was just the same. We had 150 kids from 15 provinces there and they all seemed to enjoy themselves a lot. We kicked things off with a press conference on the Saturday which went http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Java/Jakarta/blog-412058.html