Inna Simpang Surabaya

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!!!

... and I relaxed with our friends Didi and Mukshin at the Zipp Bar and taught and played poker using Bintang bottlecaps with our Sasak friends. The most perfect sunset ever interrupted our poker game as I took Mary for a walk along the white sand and asked for her hand in marriage, steps away from the water's edge and with the colored sky and mountains of Lombok as a backdrop.

... noir mais les etoiles nous accompagnaient. Nous avons pris du vin chaud pour nous en remettre. Une nuit encore bien humide avec cette fois de la musique en back ground (Samedi soir oblige). 2ieme journee (4 janvier). Leve a 3.30 du matin les yeux pochees, pour un depart en jeep pour un autre point de vue du volcan. 1 heure pour se rendre dans des chemins sinueux accompagner d'oxyde de carbonne (quel changement du soufre). On a eu la nausee. Nous sommes finalement arrive a l ...

... were going to sing unbreak my heart at a Christmas concert. But, who I am to judge if Toni Braxton is christmasy or not. They were wonderfully horrible. It was so amazing god awful. It turns out if your husband was a donor, you can automatically sing. No need for talent. I know it sounds cruel, but it was so bad. The concert ended on an up swing the sang a powerful song of Messiah's King of kings. There really isn't much to ...

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The colourful name of Surabaya always had a mysterious and romantic sound to me, probably due to the old song of 'Surabaya Johnny' (Isn't it by Kurt Weill?) and that's the main reason why I wanted to go there, in spite of some warnings of thieves and none worthy attractions and desperate sex workers.. The city which gave this song its title now has more than 5 Million inhabitants and is much better than its lousy reputation. It has a ...

... my life is becoming richer. :) The finale of the program was the kids singing together. The song was cover the world with love and that was when I realized I was getting old. Because I was so proud of those little guys that the tears welled up again and I cried my little eyes out. I guess I am my father's child. Miss you all! See you at Christmas!

... is in addition to the bank sending officials to school to help us open accounts, the currency exchange man coming in here for us - we haven't had to step outside our apartment block...even for sport - we used the running track last night, the table tennis table on Sunday (as well as the pool daily of course) and eventually we will climb the 2 flights of stairs up to the roof tennis court now we have bought raquets.

... heard that I was taking photo and they wanted me to take their pictures. I endured several similar experiences there and my body was trembling. I heard the small voice again and this time told me to "Get the **** out!" I listened. I climbed slowly back to the top, stopping frequently to take photos of the workers who walked passed me carrying their huge load on their shoulders. These yellow gold acquired from the deepest abyss and brought back to earth on their bare flesh. I ...

... a very regular grammar and regular spelling, and it is very easy to learn some of the basics. For example, there are no plural forms. To emphasize that something is plural, you double the word: "kucing" is cat or cats, "kucing-kucing" is cats. There is no verb conjugation as we think of it; 'makan' can be used to translate the English eats, eat, is eating, are eating, has eaten, had eaten, will eat, and so on. The time frame is determined either ...

... Indonesian. She looked local so her accent really threw me at first. We spent twenty hours straight in her company and then hastily waved good-bye at the bus terminal. The real adventure came later that morning as we attempted to negotiate our way from Bromo to Surabaya, the major port city of Eastern Java. We took a small local bus for the first hour and a half and then hit the chaotic bus terminal in Probolinggo. A guy on the street tried ...