Inna Garuda Yogyakarta

... a surprise... they all wanted photos with me, Devon and Robert. This actually got really tedious, especially the people taking photos without our permission. What I find so silly is imagining them later on, pouring over these photos of themselves with white people. Why so amazing?! We left after half an hour. Back at the hostel me and Devon went back to the dorm and stayed up chatting till about 4am, despite the fact that Devon had to leave for his train at 7am!<br>

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... no sink, just scoop from the bath and the pool had a green slimy bottom, which was being &#8220;cleaned&#8221; &#8211; not hopeful for a swim!<br><br> We rested for a bit and then went for a walk down the main street of this area &#8211; Jalan Marlboro (named after the Duke of Marlborough, but we don&#8217;t know why so you&#8217;ll have to look this up if you care). It was hot and the batik sales people were out in force ...

... making themselves comfortable in the bed with me -- I tried to crush a bunch of them, but they kept reappearing and I eventually squished into bed with Hanan (the room came with 2 tiny single beds that were separate). I escaped with no bites but we left the hotel the next day because it was generally a craphole. The second time I got bedbugs was in Malaysia, when we got a room at a place called Shira&#8217;s guesthouse that seemed okay. It was a bit dingy, but I should have ...

... Our teacher Agus is quite funny. He went thru the steps of how to create silver and silver jewelry and then proceeded to harass us as we worked diligently on designing, cutting, polishing and sanding our silver creations. We had another girl in our class named Dana from Winnipeg. It was a really fun time unfortunately Jessie got a headache and we did finish our rings but Agus had to finish hers, which he would have had to do anyway with some of the soldering it required.

... away with crow bars. The two baskets are connected by a pole which is then rested on the shoulders of the workers as they hike up and out of the crater and then down the mountain. Doesn't sound too bad I suppose until you realize that these loads are between 80 and 120 kilos which is just ridiculous to be caring down a mountain. One of the guys from Luxembourg tried to lift one off of the hanging scale at the weigh station and could barely do it ...

... Java is a culture steeped deeply in arts and crafts and there are endless cheap markets and emporiums selling leather products, batik cloth and paintings, and silver. Of course, with the throngs of poor people looking for a quick buck, I was endlessly harassed walking down the street: "Where are you from? Where are you going? You need transport?" There are tons of "jobless" guys sitting around just waiting for a ...

... t - das glaube ich jedenfalls, weil ** die ganze zeit so komisch Numm**n gesagt hat (hat sich angehört wie Psalm 5, V**s 20) und dann ohrenbetäubend laut so einen Sprechgesang angestimmt hat. D** ist mir mal wirklich auf die N**ven gegangen und dann steigt d** auch noch mit mir aus und will mir helfen. Ich hab dann einfach alle links liegen gelassen (da sind echt 5 Leute auf mich eingestürmt, als ich den **sten Zeh aus dem Bus auf den Asphalt gesetzt habe). Bin einfach ...

... the girl's Islamic faith - they both laughed as they joked about each other's beliefs - there was no animosity whatsoever. The girl, had decided to leave Christianity and I got the feeling that she somewhat resented the "push" the Christians put on people in Indonesia to join their faith. She did not wear a head scarf; rather was dressed very "westernly", even sporting a tongue ring. We had a very good discussion surrounding religion in current events ...

... here is to see some remarkable historical sites nearby. Borobudur is a grand site and a throwback to Java's Buddhist heyday. Built in the early part of the 9th century CE, the site was only rediscovered when the British were around in 1814. The site had apparently been abandoned when Java converted to Islam in the 14th century. The temple consists of six square bases ascending to three circular ones. It contains over 2,600 relief panels and over 500 ...