Inna Garuda Yogyakarta

... his finger at it and explaining exactly to to get there; of course having never been to Bangkok before, this all meant nothing. "Do you have a credit card?" he inquired. "You should book a room now!" I told him that I wasn't going to be there for three weeks and would simply make a note of the name in my phone (I later deleted this). He seemed unhappy with this. Soon Crystal and I were the only ones remaining with him ...

Today I met with Rolly and Carlos at their hostel and went to head to Borobudur, one of the ancient wonders of the world!!! We took the transjakarta bus to Jombor station. From here it was a bumpy and turbulent 1hr bus ride to Borobudur. We got hassled by singers on the bus, it was pretty funny but we didn't give them any money and they jumped off at the next bus stop. Once we arrived at our stop we were slightly perplexed as to which direction it was to ...

... the battle, but we didn’t find our camera in time.) Anyway, the roach fell, it struggled for a while and flailed around, the gecko tried to pick it up again with its mouth, and the roach ended up dying. The gecko never came back for the roach’s carcass and both animals lost in the transaction.

The cockroaches in Southeast Asia are enormous and very brazen. They saunter out in broad daylight (although they mostly prowl around at night) and dodge in between people ...

... cheap. After that we got the 16hr bus to Bali, turned out it was nearer 22hours. I did say that these things happen alot out here. And we complain when a bus or atrain is delayed 30 mins. Better than arriving 6hrs late!

So we are in Bali now til the end. So will prob just chill out, catch a bit of sun, try surfing. Generally just relax. That will do for this blog. Catch you laters

... covering a total length of five kilometers end-to-end. Borobudur also houses 504 Buddha statues. A main dome, located at the center of the top platform, is surrounded by 72 Buddha statues seated inside perforated stupa. From the top of Borobudur you can get a spectacular view of Mount Merapi, one of the most active volcanoes on Java, steaming above the clouds.

Like Prambanan, foreigners have to pay a 'slightly' higher entrance fee. Whilst Indonesians may enter ...

... smiths are in abundance. A big export of the area is jewelry so the lady had to see it. With purse strings firmly tied (joke) she was let off on a tight leash to the shops. Needless to say she bought a small something, but was very restrained. Back to our digs to listen to the evening call to prayer competition - we were based in the middle of 4 mosques that compete for hollah's. It was quite amusing listening to them go at it. It was in Jogja (short ...

... own no home or car or really anything of value. i have no wife or children to come home to and i my bank account will always be like an undernourished child...never quite as big as you were hoping for. Dont get me wrong...i love what i do and wouldnt trade it in for the everyday grind that many find themselves in (no offense) but like i said, there are trade offs and now you can add one to the list. you arent there when people you love leave forever. again, thank you everyone

... saddle. I fell in love with SCUBA diving and will forever have a great passion for this sport. Some of the greatest and spiciest cuisine in the world is found here. Most things on the continent was cheap for a budget-oriented traveler. And the people. The people, as a whole, in Asia are some of the kindest, most smiling, humble, hard-working and generous people you will meet on the planet. There was my personal growth ...

... per l'Australia e' ancora lunghissima. Spero che non si riveli tutto vano, spero di trovare la dannata barca; ho anche fatto un paio di voti agli dei del viaggio, visto che un sacrificio di maiali e galline mi sembrava un tantino troppo cruento, per ottenere un po' di aiuto. Non mi sono fatto piu' la barba da Singapore, e cosi' sara' fino a che raggiungero' Darwin; e se ci arrivo senza volare, smetto di fumare. Giuro solennemente. Ho giusto un'ultima sera da ...

... early for my liking at 6:20 for some breakfast before we departed at 7 am for the Borobudur temple. When I arose there was a weird Western guy wandering around drinking beer and talking randomly to himself or anyone who would listen to his ramblings. As he was pestering the younger english girls, I slipped into protective parental mode and distracted him, then he hailed a rickshaw and set off to buy some cigarettes - the nearest shop was no more than 50 yards ...