Cakra Kusuma Hotel Yogyakarta

... nauseous. I concentrated ******* not being sick. During this time, old Indian bloke Asan took up far too much space in the back seat and made inane and annoying comments. When we finally arrived at the viewpoint, disaster had struck. There was a huge amount of cloud, and we could see absolutely **** all. This drive had been a waste of time. Aaagh. However, the positive side of this was that I went and bought some beautifully-titled "Pocari Sweat" electrolyte ...

... and sights to see. I went to the Vredium (check spelling) museum, looking around and just to have a wonder and maybe learn something, become cultured (yeah right!). Here I met Carlos (from Chile) and Rolly (from Indonesia), both spoke good english and invited me to join them to go to the large market. So I said yes. After walking around for a while (and getting some replacement clothing) we met Rolly's friend Erna ...

... to do. So the trash would just sit -- in the middle of the street, going nowhere, festering in the 100 degree heat. Some trash piles were so large that they looked like little doll-house cities, with walkways and rooms and caverns created by the rats and other small creatures. We would walk by them and the garbage smell would linger for an entire city block. Seriously. <br><br>Small bugs aren&#8217;t as big of a nuisance as the larger bugs are, but some of the more obnoxious ones ...

... problem was that my train would get in at 3am; never a good time to arrive alone in a strange town.<br>The train journey was pleasant and I even managed to get 30 seconds kip at one point. At this point I was planning an all night bar jaunt to avoid ending up in some absolute dive although I relented upon arrival as it was very hot, very dark and somewhat intimidating when dead on your feet. I did indeed end up in an absolute dive, and being the middle of the ...

... Meanwhile, Andy final beat the basketball game! Happy days!] [Andy: Possibly the greatest achievement of my life!], before hitting the worst internet cafe we'd ever experienced. It was horribly slow, and the computers crashed alot, which meant we had no time to blog, upload photos, or check the football news. Oh well.<br><br> On the way back, Tom decided to stop off at a local 7/11 copy-cat shop, I had to wait outside with my cigarette. I got speaking to one of the ...

... Hammer! Jeder hatte sein eigenes Zimmer im Javaniuschen Style, echt total gemuetlich. Wir haben uns dann im restaurant alle getroffen, dort hab ich dann den Hollaender Rene getroffen mit dem ich die folgenden 2 Wochen weiterreisen sollte. Ham dann dort noch gut gegessen und de andere Hollaender (ka wie de Name war) und ich ham dann nochn Bissl ueber verschiedene Studiengaenge und ueber die Weltberuehmten Studentenstreiche der Hollaender gschwaetzt. Wir ...

... and will probably end up killing each other in the end but before that final curtain comes down, we sure can do some amazing things when we find time to put the guns down and pick up a chisel or a paint brush. I know I am about the 1 billionth person to lament man's violent disposition but if we could just harness all of the hateful energy that we expend on killing each other and put it to a better use....say, building temples in a jungle....this world ...

... And they accept it as their place on earth. I have been waited on by women who took offense when I tried to serve myself. In Kuta Beach when I went into the kitchen to fix myself lunch, Bibi Nina looked at me and asked what I was doing in "her" kitchen, asked what I wanted, and told me go sit down and she would prepare it. In Lombok a young woman who worked as a domestic ...

... was hard to guess that her meal cost more than mine. After dinner we were both ready for another swim. We had to be quick though because the pool is only open from 8:00 until 20:00 and it was already 19:15. We were able to enjoy the pool by ourselves until it was time to close and by that time we were both ready for bed anyhow. We were up since 5:00 and the train ride was more exhausting then it was relaxing. We started watching the 3rd season of Oz and went to bed ...

... word from some I had prepared. Then they had to 'spell' the words out using their bodies so that others could get the word. It was hilarious, some of them were great while others made it so hard for themselves! For the letter 'T' the guy from one couple wanted to lift his female partner and hold her horizontally above his head! Early on I noticed that some of them were having difficulty understanding the idea of campaigning: there is a problem ? we ...