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Two days in The Big Durian - Jakarta
... the best seat without asking for
it. At 5"11' and three quarters, I am among Asia's tallest men, and
that means star treatment on some of the worlds dodgiest airlines.
As we descended into the southern hemisphere, I saw the first hundred
or so of Indonesia's islands, sprinkled in between the great land
masses of Sumatra and Java. The islands were like tiny green and white
footprints on the turquoise canvas of the Indian Ocean, leading the ...
Jakarta
... most picture-perfect mosque. It was directly next to a church though. Next to the church was another small park with a really cool monument with a guy breaking chains on top of it, representing freedom I guess. Next, I walked down a busy road through a business district, stopped to pose with a man who wanted to take a picture with me, went to a handicraft department store and to Jalan Jaksa, the main "backpacker area" but more of a dark road with some night-hawker stalls ...
Ça se cultive à Java !
... l’histoire. Certains spectateurs se sont même endormis dès les 10 premières minutes ! Le type qui manie les marionnettes est tout de même impressionnant de dextérité, et puis il y a toujours cet enivrant accompagnement de musique de gamelans. Auparavant ces spectacles avaient lieu partout dans les villages indonésiens, l’apparition de la télé dans les foyers a remplacé ce passe-temps.
Autre visite au site de Borobudur, le lieu le plus ...
Last but not least!
... was, toen hij zachtjes zei zodat niemand anders het hoorde “we hebben vannacht niets besproken he”. Lachend liep ik weg.De General Manager was blijkbaar bevriend met mijn oom, daarom kon hij me helpen en ik sprak hem eerder aan de telefoon voordat ik het kantoortje binnenliep en hij wou weten wat er precies gebeurde vannacht en ik had hem alles verteld, dus ook wat die douanepersoon deed. Alles wat de GM tegen mij zei was “wat een schande, ga maar naar huis, ik ga ...
Zoe's Rant about Racism
... western women and charge anybody from the West 5 times the amount of the locals (in India). Asia is already leading the world economically and soon they will educationally and possibly in every other area too. I know Western history is horrifically racist (and am prepared to admit it probably still exists in pockets), but come on people grow up – it doesn’t need to be anywhere!!
Right now, the only way ...
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