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Published: March 24th 2010
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wanted 2 camp in gaststation 20 km b4 jakarta, but nice policeguy invited us 2 sleep in policestation.next mornin he drove us, in policecar, 1st 2 jakarta & than 2 taman mini(tmii)
hotel 70.000/2 persons. confronted some idiocracy of buerocracy 4 xtension visa.2morrow again.
adeline. my opinion of indonesian people. its only my superficial,generalized,opinion.sometimes feel innocense bhind vulgarity,sometimes not.some want 2 make emself important b4 their friends laughin bout u. curiosity,sometimesxpressed without carin bout yr privacy,bout yrself. some people wanna chat, improve their english.many helpfull,friendly,people.hitchhikin difficult.sometimes cheatin bout prices,but not 2 much.some hussle.many boys playin guitar.
yesterday imigration said,bring sponsor letter, 2day i bring, now em say, bring photocopie of sponsors id card.i speakspeak, got xtension same same.
i like martabak.
wolfgang. opinion bout lonly planet.each destination is a xplored backpacker place.yes, some very nice. em quotre cheap dorms,hotels.i never eat in d restaurants em write about, i eat market,backstreet,stuff.lonly planet ,backpacker bible, sometimes lead 2 dependency cos it makes things easy, hoppin from touri atraccion 2 touri attraccion. yes, i look in2 this book, copy out some info. but it seems, japaneese have better guides, anyway, 4 us, lonly planet is best guide.
took 37000,14 hrs,economi class, night train
2 solo, sleep bad.solo . a not very interestin city. 1 cityday2nd drivin arroun by bike. cheapest food:2000 rice n 2 dishes,3000 nasi soto.watched theatershow.2 nights couchsurfing.now hitchhikeday via bali.
ok.nightlift,3 youn, invited us 2 stay in their home.5hrs sleep.mornin:market ,saw orang utang in local,free,"zoo"hitchhike,arrive bali.0.00.20 km b4 dempasar,capital, camp in hindu tempel.
next month i go germany,visit mama. my wish is 2 relax,watch dvd dvd n mo dvd.2 weeks.after go croatia n italia 4 summersell.
mama xpressed her worries bout my apearances.ok. shes mo barbie,chic, paris hilton style.generally at my visits she press ,force, me ..beginnin like:oh, mike,your hair, their ends alll split, let me cut em.i answer:mama,dont worry, i like em like that. she:but mike, cant u see?let me cut em, just on top, only a little.conversation tuirns in2 arguments, in2 fightin.sometimes she trow away my clothin. she says em where brocken,their color faded.she gives me some jeans,tshirt,pulloover, wich i generally dislike n says:take this, this looks much better, mo nice.she accepts no refusal,mike, u look like an idiot, why cant u understand?
some days ago she wrote:she allready have cloths 4 me, i have 2 brush my hair n b clean. i answered phylosophysin bout acceptance.she replied:
no, rules,compromises, swimmin with the flow,she dont want 2 b ashamed of me.
ok. shame.96-03 i traveled d americas. i was trash,hippie n with littlelittle money, i didnt wash 4 long times, or only at beach,dirty cloths,smelly.now am 36.still am sometimes dirty,smelly, but it make me feel unconfortable.now was invited by d 3 guys , i felt ashamed cos i felt my smell invadin their rooms.i asked 4 a shower. ages makes me mo shamefull, shame bcomes a mo important matter.i understand mamas worries bout my hygenic, but i have 2 fight 4 my hair 2 b uncuted n unbrushed, n i like d look of my clothes, used ,but still usable.
nyepi, d hindu new year.huge papermache dolls,monsters,gods,devils,fantasticaly made, carried arround everywhere.at 0.00 em r 2 b burned, 2 libereate d evil spirit in em.after fallows d day of silence,nobody allowed 2 go out,deadlike city,empty beach.
we couchsurf, spend our silence day indoor.i read,xie write,do some handicraft.
hitchhike 2 ubud,passin,visitin, on d way some handicraft villages.a village full of silversmiths, another woodcarvin, another stonecarvin.
ok.bali is beatyfull.strong impact of visual beauty.oh, how beautyfull d houses with its privat temples.d villages with many stonecarvings. beauty. but i heard
locals focus on westerners,like costa rica,strong beauty & locals focusin on westeners.
search long 2 find placve 4 tent in ubud.
next 2 d entrance 2 monkey forest is a motorbikelane, fallow it n turn sharp right ata crossin.its a free entry in2 monkey forest.beautyfull n many,many monkeys.playin,e3atin yr food, n sometimes when u sit climbin on u.i sat, monkey came,climeb on my head n pissed, his urin, nicly warm but smelly, rinnin down my back.
nice campin with sunrise over ricefield.1 of my most beautyfull shower: mo9nkey forest, go 2 holy spring,cross bridge,turn left, down steps.risin sun shines tru strange tree, on carved warans over d sacred water,d river, stones with green moss overgrown.
1 of most beatyfull toilets.arys warang,restaurant,elegant.shitin, n fantastic fishes swim next 2 u.
went 2 heron village 4 sunset.birdwatchin,back ubud,camp ugly.
leave,hitchike sanur.check-out sailboats 4 hitchhikin.
"of course df trouble with self help is that it risks spirallin in2 sheer self absorption"
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