Blogs from Indonesia, Asia - page 510

After a couple of bus exchange and a suggestion from Lonely Planet, I ended up at Losmen Setia Kawan, near Jl Malioboro, down the alley of Gang II. Whoa, my heart skipped a beat when I enter the losmen. Its like stepping into a art gallery! The walls were beautifully decorated with beautiful oil paintings, and the rooms! My jaw almost drop when I saw the beautiful wall murals and the batik bed sheets. Every corner of the losmen was carefully and beautifully designed. For only 60,000RP (RM22), I get to indulged in one of Jogya's finest guest house! Day 1 in Jogja was spend wandering in the streets of Malioboro. Now Jl Malioboro is some sort like Khaosand Rd in Bangkok. Only, it made Khaosand Rd pale in comparison! The streets of Maliobora is full ... read more

It was great to be on the road again although few hours ago I almost gave up RM300+ worth of air ticket due to some not so nice vibe from the office. Not forgetting dad being a bit apprehensive on letting me go on a short trip before Chinese New Year. Understandable, who in the right mind would let their children fly to another country a few days before CNY and risk not having them coming back? You know, parents think the worst for their children. But as I've told dad many time, we attract what we fear. If anything were to happen to me, who else to be blamed to have injected all the negative thoughts? Certainly not me. The flight to Solo was a pleasant one and it gets even better because I am ... read more

....so mal wieder einen onlineknotenpunkt erreicht ein kleines update: wir sind am 24.1. von bali nach kupang geflogen und weils es so schoen war ueber den wolken und so sind wir von kupang nach kalabahi mit ner kleinen propellermaschine... die droehn droehn klapper klapper um dann den luxus eines buschtaxis zu geniessen (keine stossdaempfer bei schlechter strassenqualitaet) direkt zum pier vor pulau kepa (kepainsel). naja da waren wir fast am ziel. nur das man uns zu einem unmoeglichen preis die ueberfahrt von ca 300m geben wollte. also wie sooft in indonesien : warten . mittlerweile haben wir uns schnell mit den dorfkindern angefreundet und allerhand interressante geschichten ueber die gegend erfahren ...sie sind dafuer in den genuss meiner unmusikalischen floetenkuenste gekommen (habe eine bambusfloete dabei...und ich sollte mehr ueben) zum dank gabs dann noch ... read more

We arrived in Surabaya from Kuala Lumpur and made it our immediate plan to get over towards Mount Bromo. This entailed us getting a taxi to the bus terminal which would take us across to Probolinggo, our base for the climb. Touts greeted our arrival, and we were lucky to grab a taxi with a lovely guy who dropped us at the terminal, largely in order to avoid the mobbing we'd receive. We then sat for a bonecrunching three hours on a rickity bus to Probolinggo and landed directly (probably as a result of direct collusion) and conveniently at the "travel agent" who organised our trip up the mountain and our trip across to Bali. After a good wait and some money grabbing by the agent, we set off for an incredibly long climbh up the ... read more

We zijn weer met ons gat in de boter gevallen... Na onze vlucht van Medan naar Jakarta konden we in de hoofdstad bij de Belgische Paul en zijn Braziliaanse vrouw Elizangela overnachten. (Onze vlucht had twee uur vertraging, maar omdat we op tijd in de luchthaven waren konden we een vlucht vroeger nemen, die dan toevallig ook vertraging had en zo precies een half uur voor onze originele vlucht vertrok. Kunnen jullie nog volgen?). De luxe van een echt bed, een huis met airco en zelfs een zwembad en pingpongtafel konden we niet weerstaan. Jakarta zelf had niet veel te bieden, een snikhete stad die kreunt onder de drukte en waarvan de toeristische sights jammer genoeg niet goed onderhouden zijn. Een museum waarin alle staatsgeschenken voor Suharto in tentoongesteld staan was wel de moeite om eens ... read more