Elmi Surabaya

... lift we found colleagues and friends assembled with copious amounts of food and drink....and more presents!<br>It was a truly memorable evening and our thanks to everyone who came along to help us celebrate.................but especially to Viki for putting the whole thing together ....you're a star! (and to Luke for letting me stay till the end.......cheers mate!) Ex-pats rock!

Today is my last day in Surabaya, I have purchased my train ticket to Semarang. Prices are still up and I had to pay for the full fare to Jakarta. The ticket for executive class from Surabaya to Jakarta is 440,000. I am told that the prices will be going down on October 4th!!!

... trunks engulf temples at Ta Prohm and Ta Som, getting lost and feeling like an explorer wandering a lost city at Preah Khan, relaxing along the waters of Preah Nean Pean, getting our first glimpse of the gates of Angkor Thom and the magnificent Bayon, and witnessing the sun's finest performance with a tremendous encore from the walls of the hill top fortress ...

... accompagner de 200 personnes et presqu'autant de jeep. La populace ici. Pas de levee de soleil, trop de nuage. Nous voulons rester plus longtemps avec espoir de voir mieux, disension au sein du groupe du jeep. Donc on nous avons ete abandonne sur le sommet. Mais un jeune samaritain (un gars de la beauce) nous a donner un lift. Ouffff, 10km de moin dans nos jambes pour la journee. Vive l'entraide quebecoise. On le remerci car on a eu droit a une petit eclairci qui nous ...

... I am just living in a fairy tale. Hope all of your thanksgiving were awesome. Please send details! My next adventure will be cambodia. Wish me luck, it looks like I should take Malaria medication for it. So, keep your fingers cross that I don't have any crazy dreams or what not. Let me tell you that I can't wait to go home in a couple of weeks. I feel like just going home is like christmas morning. I can't wait to see everyone.

... One group worked on making plaster and the other group broke up the sidewalk and shoveled a larger pathway around the perimeter. The other group filled buckets with plaster and delivered them to the workers. At this point, I personally believe that ran out of stuff for us to do. They wanted us to eat lunch after 2 hours of working and just be done with it. We explained to the leaders that we traveled so far and we wanted to work more. So, they ...

... After going MIA for a minute or so, Ary returned with a brand spanking new sarong that I was to wrap around my decadent board shorts thereby gaining admittance to the prayer area. Did his generosity have no limit? Not only did that seem limitless, but his patience as well... It was no easy task teaching me how to put a sarong on, but once I got it, twas definitely one of those "oh, duh" sorts of things. While his wife and possible other wife (honestly she was ...

... t want to take anymore of this time and continued my hike. I arrived at the top of the crater and looking down was an amazing sight. The bottom was covered with a blanket of white smoke and I wasn't sure its depth. I smelled the pungent odor of sulfur in the air. I saw little shadows moving about in the abyss. I was unsure whether I should descend into the gaping hole. I remembered Dante's Inferno, the remarkable journey down to hell. Slowly I stepped down into the ...

... a hotel near the station, spotted from Lonely Planet. As we should've known better the room prices were higher than mentioned in the book and we paid 95 000rp for a small room. It's not much but still.. there was no shower, only the local wash basin, mandi, and no breakfast either but for freshening up and 7hour sleep we were more than ready to accept the deal. In the morning at six, we took a taxi to station and continued to Yogyakarta. Nora

... roads, smog filled air, open sewers, and a dirty river and you could almost be here with me. Walking along the street involves great levels of concentration. Let your eyes wonder from the ground for a few moments and you're likely to find yourself through a manhole cover ankle deep in sewage or impaled on a piece of rusty mettle. Crossing the street is just a much fun as walking along it- about 5 or 6 lanes of ...