Novotel Surabaya Hotel

As well as having our good friends Yasmin and Farook staying from Hong Kong, we also had 2 amazing surprises on our 40th (!)<br>After tennis and a swim, I was just emerging from the shower, when I heard David answering the door .... I just threw on a pareo thinking it was the house boys coming in to clean, and scurried past the hallway into the lounge, glancing at the front door ...

... 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 can't believe that I am coming home this weekend. I can't tell you how much I am looking forward to seeing everyone. Its hard to feel like its the holidays without the cold weather, Christmas music and being surrounded by the people that I love. I can't wait to see you all. I feel so lucky and thankful to be hear. My life the last 5 months has been a whirlwind of adventures and challenges. I can't wait to see what the ...

... more contemporary feeling to it than Semarang. The broad streets here also flood with amazing ease in one afternoon rain shower but otherwise they are dryer, cleaner and wider than elsewhere, lined with more modern buildings and an array of monuments to commemorate its status as "city of heroes" in Indonesia's modern history.. <br><br>The main square has an impressive white government building with a unique mix of Bauhaus architecture and classic style and ...

More random thoughts - David spent yesterday in the thick of Surabaya squalor photographing the shanty town life beside the filthy river...while I had a girlie day with 2 colleagues shopping for fabric for ball gowns, trousers, blouses etc. and being measured by tailors etc. as well as lunch at the Sheraton followed by dinner at the Raffles of ...

Well, we made it - completed our 1st week of teaching.......and it was wonderful - so rewarding teaching keen, enthusiastic, bright kids, with help from our "girls" who are so efficient and keen to help and let us get on with teaching while they download and make worksheets and fill in planning spreadsheets etc. as well as deal with personal matters like taking us to the DVD rental place and arranging drivers etc. The ...

... 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 ...

Room for rent For rent 5 big rooms all accomodated with: - AC - luxury furniture with springbed - bathrom and toilet inside - hot and cold water. Location new house in a exclusive area: - CP Semolowaru Regency with 24 on 7 security - nearby universities like ITS, Unair, Sticom, Ubaya, Unitomo and Untag - shopping area Galaxy Mall. - hospital Dr Soetomo, Asrama Haji Sby, Rs Putri, Rs International ext. Price ...

... in ritual. Every day, we would see people (usually women) putting out offerings. A common offering was a leaf holding a rice-based treat, a flower and some burning incense. These would be put at shrines or even just on the sidewalks. There are temples all over the place, and every home has at least one shrine/temple in it. It was not strange to see processions of one sort or another going down the street, with all the people dressed in their temple clothes.

... from us until now. One other note about Surabaya, the streets resembled a real life version of Frogger. Crossing the street involved recognizing a small crack and making your way one car at a time, slowly and not so surely, across the road surrounded by roaring mopeds, motorbikes, and mini-vans. The first few times we would just find some poor old man and follow him across, using him as a buffer, if you will. You do what you've gotta do, all ...