Antares Hotel Medan
Jalan Sisingamangaraja No 84 Medan, Sumatra, Indonesia
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Random Thailand visa extension trip to.....Medan!
Lonely planets description of Medan is "Medan is the capital of North Sumatra is the third-largest city in Indonesia. Depending on your perspective, you’ll either love it or hate it." My perspective.....what a **** hole!!! I hated every minute of this place from the moment i arrived to the moment i left! The city was clogged with traffic, …
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Shipping bike to Sumatra
... very kind, young man with real will to help. He took me
to his friend Hakim who work for passenger ferries company. Using his
contacts and relation they've found Capitan of the boat who, for proper
fee, agreed to take my bike with me on his boat. Everything was find
until they found that I don't have Indonesian visa. Normaly, didn't have to,
as instead of walking to embassy in London and queueing for hours I
could much easier get it on the ...
Perve after perve!
... so obviously not so damn poor, and generally making suggestive comments!
On the way back to Medan from BL the other day I had a particularly bad experience with the bus conductor. I was on the bus, when the conductor decided to demand extra money from me and I plain blank refused to pay extra and then he asked for cigarettes from me and I told him that I didn't smoke. I soon fell asleep only to be woken up by him touching my face and shoulders through ...
Sweet's Heart
... attention costing nearly 3.5 days wages in her homeland, the Philippines. The cost of the surgery is 500,000 PHP ($11,750 US). In they Philippines they don't have NHS and they don't operate until the full amount has been paid. If her family can't pay for the sugery, she won't have the surgery, life threatening or not. If you could find it in yourself to help Sweet, any amount is appreciated.
Thank you and God bless.
Norman and Janice Davis"
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Day 2 - Learning to barter
... From what I've established so far from my limited experience shopping here is not a game for the faint of heart. If you're not one for bartering you've had it. If you're white with blonde hair you're in trouble. If your Indonesian is near to non existent you've got no hope. Basically I would have gotten equally as far walking down the street throwing my Rupiahs in the air. Luckily for me I didn't have to face the shops alone and so I left this ...



