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Wednesday 29 August 2012 – Thursday 30 Augus
... trip and not the beginning, but we won’t have many pictures of Jakarta to share (although there’s not a great deal to take pictures of). There was a very ordinary museum in its basement of the monument which we had a quick look around before catching the lift to its peak. There were good views of Jakarta, although I think for most people on the viewing platform I was the view as being the token westerner led to me having my photo taken by some ...
Call to Prayer
... was my first day in Indonesia:
Yes, there were the street beggers and not too far away from the upmarket shops in the malls. The contrast between those who "have not" and those who "have".
Yes, it was hot!
Yes, they tried very hard to keep the streets very clean but parts of town I saw today still smelt of stinking rubbish - mainly the drainage and canals!!
Yes, the traffic ...
Java
... we stayed in the mountains and it was freezing!! (around 6 degrees) the first time I have had a fleece on for weeks! At 4am! the next morning we climbed a view point to watch the sun come up over the volcano - so beautiful. Then we climbed the volcano itself. In fact, that's not entirely true, we mounted 2 trusty steeds who did the work for us! Hundreds of horses lined up to take lazy tourists to the summit and we jumped happily on ...
INDONESIA! Welcome to the OVERWHELMING Capital!!
... whole crew and a herd of fans taking photographs and trying to get a glimpse of the superstar (he must only be about 8 years old). It was hilarious, and the views over the city were spectacular, so thank you Nizam (and look out for us on YouTube!).
Back on the ground we walked through the gardens (and climbed over a fence) to ‘Gambir Train Station’ so we could pre-book our 8-hour morning journey onwards to Yogyakarta. Unsurprisingly, the station was ...
Excited again or bored now?
... and completely different. I've come to the conclusion today that it's just getting boring in Asia now, lucky Oz is coming up very soon, something different and all that! We got out onto another more main street and walked along, there were little old shops and little food stalls dotted along the road, completely different from the sky scraper malls we were in yesterday! There were this little group of kids sat on the floor on the way along and they were really sweet so I gave ...
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