Jengger Wisma Jakarta

... Nasi liwet juga tambah nikmat jika disantap dengan kerupuk rambak yaitu sejenis kerupuk kampoeng. Keberadaan masakan ini di Kampoeng wisata Pancawati sudah cukup dikenal sampai kekota bogor disekitarnya. Nasi liwet juga telah dikenal dikota jakarta. B. Nasi liwet terkenal dengan teksturnya yang pulen dan rasanya yang gurih, rasa gurih ini dimunculkan dari rebusan nasi yang dimasak dengan cara dikaru (dituangi ) dahulu ...

... all in an hour and I got to sleep at 2am after getting a bit of hastle from some of the male guests who liked me a bit too much. I then proceded to have the best day once I got up at 10am. I walked about 25km all in all, saw some cool things, booked up my train ticket out of here to Yogyakarta, bought some medication for my cough, more toilet roll, had some great food which was insanely cheap (Indonesian food ...

... cafe down the street that Kate and I had met the previous day. Too funny. I sat up in the front seat and we had a great conversation about Bali, toursim, music, religion, politics - everything. Once again, it was awesome to get a resident's perspective on things. It was funny - he was asking me about all the people in Canada who wear fur and do dances because that is all he has seen on TV. Of course he was talking about our ...

... seemed like the whole neighbourhood!) it as back to the hotel and time for a bit more work and emails before bed. More meetings the next day, coupled with a 4 hours drive through the bad lands of Indonesia... Shacks as far as the eye could see (where there wasn't swamp land!) and unsealed roads at times meant our little people mover struggled at the best of times. I prayed (yes prayed Mum!) for us to avoid flat tyres and pretty much every other vehicle on the road ...

... juice. Couldn't be dehydration. On the MRT ride back to the hostel, I began to feel faint and a bit queasy as well. Fearing the worst, I opened up the guidebook that I was gong through a rough patch with and searched the health section. "HEAT" bingo. It wasn't recommended to engage in strenuous physical activity (like walking across a city on foot) during your first few days in SE Asia, to give your body time to adapt to the unreal humidity. Since I failed to heed this ...

... because of crime and bandit activity in the area. This was before they understood in which direction i was riding. I'd just passed through there a couple of hours ago and i didn't see no bandits though.






The 'Trans Sumatra Highway' is shown as a thick red line on my map. The only thick red line running the entire length of the country, through the middle, north to south. When i finally popped off one of the back-roads from Pekanbaru and met up with it, i ...

... we had in some other country, so we thoroughly enjoyed our dinner. I fed a couple bits to kittens who chilled by our table. They were really cute but Travis said I shouldn't touch them, so I didn't. Sad. Also the fresh juice at the juice carts was super tasty. Highly recommended. In the morning it was raining, but it cleared up early enough for us to go up to Freedom Square and see Soekarno's Last Erection. Or so the monument ...

... Indonesian people just cannot sit still and were constantly changing seats - if someone stayed in the same seat for more than five minutes they'd probably call in security to check they weren't dead!; and bing-bong call to prayers as these would be played out over the airport tannoy (sorry, speaker system) - you'd hear the chimes expecting to be told some news on your flight and instead you'd get some guy wailing like he'd burnt his hand on a hot kettle! We ...

... toen ze het vroeg...maar goed, wat moet ik anders doen)!! We kwamen bij het huis en toen zag ik dat zij op een hele lokale manier woonde, een houten huis op palen in het water ( daar wonen meestal de lokale mensen uit de lagere bevolkings klasse). Maar zij wilde graag heel basic leven....terwijl die oom de beste jurist in singapore is en heel veel geld heeft, wilde hij toch zo leven!Nu hebben zij wel een gigantisch huis op palen en airco, douche etc....maar toch! de ...

... but its too a beach and national park -- back in nature and by the ocean could not be any better we caught a parade in Jakarta -- celebrating the birthday of Jakarta 1527-2007 we're catching a few celebrations along the way--- I do not want to come back to the states yet -- i love it here this place has the best exchange rate ever! just had dinner and 2 drinks for about $2.30 :-D woooo! ok well much love and back on the road tomorrow besos