Abadi Hotel Yogyakarta

... a new person came along it cracked me up and I jumped into the photo with gusto (ludicrous word), as well as making sure they took a photo with my camera. As a result I have a whole selection of photos with these random people!<br><br>Once we left Borododur we headed for Mount Merapi, an active volcano which erupted as recently as three years ago. This drive took about an hour, during which time I began to feel like death. My head hurt, I felt exhausted and I ...

... as I had to tell him repeatedly I wasn't buying, although I did get the craft of Batik explained to me and free tea. However as I walked down the street I was hassled some more and politely refused. The market stalls stretch for as far as the eye could see, it was a nice way of passing the time, seeing some of the touristy things. Everything seems to be at your fingertips in Jogja; food, accommodation ...

... to just throw their garbage out into the streets, presumably to be picked up by garbage collectors. However, the collectors don&#8217;t get around to this until the early morning hours, which gives rats plenty of time to burrow in and delve out delicious treasures like discarded fish heads and cigarette butts. Some countries, like Vietnam, promptly pick up the garbage after the rats have taken away all of the good stuff, but in Cambodia, the trash collectors apparently had better ...

In the morning of the day I left Bandung I was still uncertain of my next destination. I was sorely tempted by Pandangaran with its sea turtles and pearly beaches. Time and of course money eventually decided for me and I bought a rail ticket for Yogyakarta (Yogya) with great excitement. This excitement was mainly down to Yogya's proximity to Borobudur - an ancient Buddhist temple that I had planned to visit since my gap year travelling that never happened. The ...

... her attempted shoulder massage was truly woeful...]. After many photos and plenty of time looking around, we decided to leave the structure and take a little break sitting on the grass enjoying with view of Borobudur from below. It was then time to head home because it'd been a long day, and we were all very hungry.<br><br> Tom and I treated ourselves to a McDonalds [Tom: First time since KL - not bad! It was a genuine McDonalds. Gloriously awful.] back at the mall ...

... so schnell wie moeglich, rechts oder links is egal und wenn halt einer entgegen kommt....sieht man dann wer als erster ausweicht. Also es war teilweise schon verdammt knapp was unser wehrter Fahrer dahinfabrriziert hat, war aufregend und vor allem Luschtig. Wir fuhren bis Prombollingo, wo wir dann gesplittet wurden in verschiedene Busse. Wir fuhren insgessamt vom 8:30 am Morgen bis abends um 19 Uhr bis zum Mt Bromo. Unser Hotel hies Joeys und war echt ...

... Many of the structures were undergoing renovation for the 2008 Olympics which is great for the people going to the Olympics but sucks donkey balls for the guy who comes 3 years before. All complaining aside though, I always find it almost surreal to walk amongst these temples, running my hands across stones that were hewn over a 1000 years before by such dedicated workman. I am sometimes amazed by the artistry and creativity of mankind. Sure we are ...

... not "common labourers" and did not wish to get darker skin to look like them. The role of women here is also important to understand. Women --even educated working women-- are very traditional in catering to men. I see it everywhere. I will not bore you with specific examples, but suffice it to say that women are"assigned" to a role in society here that most Western women would find ...

... which was served with rice (15,000 Rp) because I had read that was one of Yogyakarta's specialties. We also both ordered pineapple juice (6,000 Rp) and split a large Bintang (15,000 Rp) since it was happy hour. The pineapple juice was as good as it always is in the tropical countries and I may have eaten the best piece of fried chicken that I have had in my life. I was so hungry though that it is hard to say that I was judging fairly. Lisa's meal was good, but ...

... of different examples I can use for clarification. I also need to get better at checking whether people really understand what we're discussing, as deaf people 'bluff' here (nod their heads without necessarily understanding) just as they do in the UK! Breaking the ice We meet from 3, and we usually get started by 4pm. We start off with an icebreaker, and we've had great fun with those. For one of them they got into twos and picked, at random, a six ...