Plaza Hotel Surabaya

... where were assembled about a dozen staff from the apartments!.........cleaners, receptionists, security staff, engineering + the manager and deputy etc. bearing gifts and flowers and armed with cameras.....see the result herewith!<br>Then after a lovely lunch and a fabulous spa visit, we got ready to go out for the evening, but didn't get very far.....on emerging from ...

... t wanted a newspaper one would be dropped in your lap or if, as people tried to do, lean forward a paper would be wedged somewhere on you. As Surabaya is a large city and even the local buses were normal coach size so there was enough time between handing the papers out and starting to collect them again for people to ...

February 21-22, 2009: Road from Bali to Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia My bus to Yogyakarta left Ubung terminal on Bali on Feb 21 and we drove for several hours to get to the ferry terminal for the crossing over to Surabaya on Java. The northern part of the island is incredibly lush and beautiful as I saw rice fields that were reminiscent of the beauty of Lombok ...

... tres eleve puisque la montagne est a 1700m d'altitude (donc drap presque sortie de la laveuse) et reveil de la marmaille a 6.00 du matin. Les murs etaient en bamboo et on pouvait voir la lumiere a travers. Nous avons pu enfin vider la valise d'hivers parce-qu'il fesait froid le soir. Nous avons rencontre un Malais vraiment charmant. Nous avons passe 3-4 jours a voyager avec lui. Il a ete utile aussi, parce-qu'il parlait le bahasa indonesien. Nous avons marcher plusieurs km ...

... the hype, Only check it out if you are passing through Java on the way to Bali or from Bali back to Jakarta. I guess it is also great because it is so accessible. It was less than an hour walk from our hotel to the top of the volcano, it doesn't involve a 2 or 3 day hike like most of Indonesia's other volcanoes. Driving in Java is hard to describe, but for the first time in my life I was actually scared to be on ...

... a peaceful moment but the overlapping sound of the crowd's conversation stole it from me. I waited patiently for that amazing light 5 minutes before. But as it turns out, I was on the wrong side to view the crater and it was too late for me to switch location since there were many people blocking the view. I gritted my teeth and waited until the crowd disperse. Fortunately, I was lucky enough to take a photo of the crater when the light was still decent ...

... to have a nice place to sleep. We got to eat these delicious donuts, and stay in air conditioned housing, so it was great. Gunturs home was in this gated community, and these houses were just like some of the la jolla mansions. Of course the scenery was not as well-kept as that of la jolla, but it was surprising to find these large homes. The next morning, we were then off to take a plane to Lombok, an island famous for world class scuba diving, the best in Indonesia.

... namun kota ini mempunyai pesona tersendiri yaitu kota yang modern namun tidak meninggalkan ciri-ciri kedaerahannya seperti logat bahasanya yang bener2 "arek2 suroboyoan". Di sini juga ada kebun binatang yang koleksinya pernah terlengkap seAsia Tenggara. Da juga museum Kapal Selam yaitu kapal selam KRI Pasopati 410, salah satu armada Angkatan Laut Republik Indonesia buatan Uni Soviet tahun 1952. Kapal selam ini pernah dilibatkan dalam ...