Narita Hotel 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!!!

... J'etais un peu vexe de voir leur aisance. Un autre 8km a marcher pour le retour. Nous avons quand meme bien apprecier ses marches puisque nous avions une popularite sans conteste. Les jeunes voulaient des photos, des salutations etc. . . . On nous meme offert des choux, nos poches etaient trop petite on a refuse. Au souper, nous avons bien bavarder avec notre nouveau copain, tres interessant de comparer nos mondes et opinions. (un dentiste malais qui vit a Londre et qui est d ...

Let me start to blog with saying this, I can't believe its December and tomorrow I leave to go to Cambodia. I never would have thought that I would travel to Cambodia. I feel so lucky to have this chance. Its funny traveling over here. Its not always as simple as getting on a plane and finding a hotel. First, you have double check the visa requirements. Some places have interesting ...

... of reflecting glass. The sound and film show tells of the mildly dramatic actions of these days but has the charm and the sound quality of the early Sixties. Dust covered dimly lit dioramas with puppets in fading colours let us have part of former glorious happenings. What a prime example of post colonialist nation building gestures.



Surabaya's big Chinatown lies rather deserted but the Mesjid Ampel Mosque and the surrounding Arab quarters with ...

... them from the source and lug them back up our steps and store them (so attractively) in the hall! No - I just dialled 0 and 5 minutes later our water dispenser was renewed at the staggering cost of 45p. I promise not to download a photo of the latter appliance but herewith a couple of D's efforts to show the incongruity of poverty and modernity.

... on our welcome page is of some of them having lunch the other day. The complex here is so amazing - as well as the luxury of the place, we have 2 houseboys each day making bed, cleaning, washing up, etc. and changing sheets and towels. There are 4 badminton courts, 2 squash courts, a table tennis table, a pool table, and the tennis court on top of the building (which we still haven't used yet!)as well as the huge pool and ...

... scratches. The family asked me I was okay and I told them that I was fine because I am built like a tank and has the nerve of steel. I continued to walk down to the main office and discovered a line of workers waiting to weight their load. Once weighed, the worker would receive a piece of paper indicating the total weight and their amount of compensation. One of the workers invited me to their housing. 10-15 workers would spend the night here if they don't return to their ...

... hot water and furniture, - you can use our housekeeping personel for cleaning and cooking at Euro 30,- per month; - garage, carport, parking space in front of this house Price: - rp 15.000.000,- / month or 1.000,- euro / month - minimal contract for 24 month You are welcome to visit the house, please call Hertien at 0062-31-5999097 call : 031-5999097 or 031-72588518 adress : CENTRAL PARK SEMOLOWARU Pondok Agung

... call to check that it had been found. They thought it was a bit odd that we'd need to do that, but called up. Yes, it was there, yes, they'd send it down. The next day, it showed up right when they said it would, intact and apparently unopened. Even the $100 in rupiah (which is a LOT of money in Bali right now) was untouched. (Note: other tourists are not so honest, so one should still watch one's valuables.) Balinese religion is extremely ...

... Hotel Paviljoen in what I would, upon arrival, classified as a rough part of town. We learned soon after that, from what we saw, there was nothing but rough parts of town in Surabaya (2.4 million people) with one exception, that great western haven of comfort and capitalism........the mall! Yep, I'm ashamed to say that we killed several hours wandering the mall amidst other capitalist pig (so to speak). Cell phones, McD's, KFC, DQ, escalators ...