Blogs from Sulawesi, Indonesia, Asia - page 24

Blog 4 - The journey to Lembeh....... Since my last blog i have stayed in Kota Bharu, Kuala Lumpur, The crowne plaza hotel in Singapore (il explain that later in the blog) and on a bench outside Changi Airport and finally i am in Lembeh, Sulawesi!! So thats the easy bit out of the way, now the journey here was fairly broken up so wasnt too bad, i stayed in Kota Bharu(KB) for 2 nights, it was originally going to be one but then realised if i got the night bus then i would miss the England vs Germany game so changed it. Needless to say i know regret making that change as it was a complete waste of my time and money but oh well at the joys of hindsight!!! So from KB i took ... read more

Het laatste verhaaltje vanuit Indonesie. Volgende week vliegen we alweer terug. Het zijn roerige weken geweest. Ziekenhuis in en uit, veel gevlogen maar nu is alles weer goed. Afgelopen week hebben wij heerlijk op de Togean Islands gezeten en genoten van een rustige week en niets doen.. Heerlijk op een eiland waar je helemaal niets kunt doen behalve van de zee en het strand genieten en van de zeer mooie zonsondergangen met gezellige mensen eten,drinken en kletsen. Jammer dat we dit niet echt aan het einde van de vakantie hadden ingepland dan hadden we echt helemaal met het vakantie gevoel teruggekomen. Morgen en overmorgen gaan we nl weer 2 dagen de jungle in dus dat wordt misschien nog wel even afzien met heel veel hoge bergen en een diep vallei. Het is hier zo ontzettend mooi ... read more

Vous avez situé Manado sur 1 carte ? C'est bien là, juste au sud des Philippines. Si on la compare au reste du pays, la région est plutôt prospère. On y vit correctement avec 200 euros/mois. De ce que j'ai pu en constater, le salaire de base est autour de 60 euros/mois. La zone est légèrement montagneuse. J'ai ressenti 1 seul léger tremblement de terre depuis mon arrivée. Les volcans fument mais restent calmes. Pas de terrorisme ici. Ils ne font que passer (notamment ceux qui viennent des Philippines)... Le départ forcé de Suharto a agité le pays, mais il a retrouvé un certain calme depuis quelques années. Religions a Manado : protestants (église du 7ème jour, adventistes, pentecôtistes...), musulmans (50/50), quelques hindouistes, catholiques et disciples de Confucius (chinois d'origine). Les photos présentées sont des échantillons ... read more

5 hour boat ride from Wakai to Ampana. It was uncomfortable on the wooden boat, not much place to sit so you can have a lie down on a matt in the lower level but the locals already congregated there, so we just hung around wherever there is space. The locals gave us some corn to eat later and as we approached the main island of Sulawesi we saw a curtain of dark ominous clouds ahead of us which we hit in no time and rained heavily, luckily our packs were safe, it was dripping everywhere in the lower level but we stayed dry. At the port it was not raining and Ampana welcomed us warmly, a woman from the tourist office herded us to their office about 100 meters from the boat on the left ... read more

Between the 3 of us Skoda the Czech, Tomas the Slovenian and me decided to hire a car and guide, Jeck to take us to Tomohon from BatuhPutih, we bid farewell to the French mother and son. About 2 hours it took us to get to Tomohon but before then we visited an old graveyard with sarcophagi that has intricate carvings, Minahasan ancestors are buried here I think it's called Waruga but I could be wrong. Then from there we went straight to the Tomohon market, it's busy but not overwhelming, we went straight to the exotic meat market and this is not for the squeamish! Right away we saw bats cut up into pieces, some in the process of being chopped up, these are big bats, I think fruit bats and they look scary with ... read more