Sahid Raya Yogyakarta

... been left with was bad. Kate had a pretty poor attempt at lasagne, I forget what I had, but I remember Kate&#8217;s as we had to sneak most of it out to the bin in a bunch of napkins because we didn&#8217;t want to offend the people at the restaurant as they were so nice. I sat in silence most of the dinner, thinking about what might crawl over my face in the night if I tried to sleep on that bed. Kate however, had already decided&#8230; We were moving, and that we did. <br><br>I ...

... overtook on blind corners, and he went belting over the top of rocky terrain like it wasn't even there. We were getting shaken all over the place in the back, but it was pretty funny. Far away in the dark and in the distance we could see the road we had already taken, and it was nothing but headlights. Absolutely loads of them. We weren't exactly here at the best time, given that Ramadan had just finished and loads of people pile up the mountain as a jolly little post ...

... without shirts on (again, in Vietnam, this is frowned upon greatly) and they congregated in huge numbers at a bar the next night where Hanan and I were attempting to enjoy a somewhat quiet night. They looked like a bunch of high school kids on a field trip that ran away from their chaperones. In general, though, other travelers have been a pleasure to talk to and get to know, even if you&#8217;ve already seen them before. And after we got to Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia, the ...

... look in a batik<br>art shop, we have nothing positive to report!<br><br>From<br>Yogya we booked the next part of the trip heading further east to<br>Mount Bromo. We'd been looking forward to Java after Sumatra because<br>we thought it was going to be all train travel but lo and behold, we<br>were back on a 10 hour minibus (that eventually took 13 hours)<br>because it was the cheapest and (get this) fastest way to get there. <br><br>

Rich: Hello!<br><br>Day One:<br><br>We finally arrived in Yogya' at around 6.30am, after leaving Probolinggo at 8pm. It was a long journey, and a horrible one for me; I felt sick, and very ill throughout the entire journey. Thankfully I managed to sleep for most of it. On arrival, and as a result of us all looking very tired and confused, a man looking for commission offered us to take us to accommodation. We followed him, and he surprisingly led us to a nice home-stay ...

... currently pouring into this place to repair it, but it's going to take years. A tour with the campest little guide in the world (not Bellongg) shows us round and we spend the whole day there taking in the serenity of it all. As we looked at the holy bull inside a temple, our guide suggests we climb it for a picture. Not the best idea we suggest back. A very peaceful place all in all. We did have a side stop in the morning to Kota Gede where the ...

... It has recently been redone due to subsidence and cost millions of dollars as well as repairs from bombings. It is an awesome sight with great surrounding gardens and scenery. We, especially Amelia, tried to be as artisticly minded with our picture taking. I like a dumbass deleted mine after I thought I burned them onto a disc but luckily Meals got the better shots. Our time here was lovely but a bit rushed by our driver who ...

... The kids kept screwing up, running to the wrong place, flipping longer than they should have and being jittery little kids that wouldn't stay in one place. It was absolutely adorable and the entire crowd was laughing gleefully at the children's folly. My second day in Yogyakarta, I rented a motorbike, and set out 20km east from town to the Prambanan temple complex. Set on some beautiful green plains, Prambanan ...

... an sich eh** enttäuschend. Bin dann wied** raus und wollte in den and**en Trackt (das ist natürlich extra und kostet dann auch nochmal - den **sten Teil kann man sich echt schenken!). Da musste ich dann 13.000 zahlen, konnte mir ab** die Tanzp**formance ansehen und die war echt gut - bissl mehr Action als in Ubud! Und ratet wen ich getroffen habe? Einen von den Social Work**s von Yakkum. Er lächelt mich an, gibt mir die Hand und ich steh da und meine nur total v**dutzt ...

... T-shirt shops than we could possibly count. I also purchased a cell phone for use by us in Indo and Kara in Thailand - pretty slick - cell phones are waaay cooler and easier to use in Asia! Bandung is one crazy city... crossing the street is a death wish - with NO traffic lights, it is truly a game of frogger as you weave inbetween vehicles, motorbikes, and bicycles. Complete chaos at its finest - something I hadn't tasted since India. Trev became the master ...