Savoy Homann Bandung

... I tell her that the hotel has definitely reserved the seat for me and in fact the company had called the hotel back for a change of schedule. So they tell me there is a bus leaving at 5 pm and I tell them that is too late and ask them to phone the hotel to come and pick me up. Anyway there is a 15 -20 minute back and forth and all of a suddent the driver is showing up to pick me up within minutes!!! By 1:40 I am on the bus that has 1 ...

... don't need the tourist office to do that, I can just get a taxi myself!!! Being that the mosque is just beside I decide to visit it. It is quite impressive in size and has some nice stain glass. Quite interesting to see the life and day to day activity going on just under the arches of the mosque.

I dropped in at My Moritz Hotel to check out what tours they are ...

... and started hunting for a decent hotel. Being that today is Friday, many hotels are booked or they are asking a week-end price which is at least 100,000 higher than during the week. After searching for a couple of hours, I finally get a room at Vue Palace Hotel for 455,000 incld. breakfast and it is the only hotel with wifi in the room. The room ...

Today I was a bit bored and waiting for Yudi to get back to give me a lift to the bus stop to get to Bandung. When Yudi arrived I did go to Bandung, which took a couple of hours. From here I had to wait to get the night train to Yogyakarta. The overnight train was a nightmare I barely got any sleep as I was sitting next to somebody so I couldn't stretch out my legs out and sellers got on the train every hour, shouting out to try and sell food, which really ****** me off. Eventually ...

... 08.30 am

11. Borobudur – Prambanan – Kota Gede (8 Hours)
Leave: 07.30 am

12. Borobudur – Prambanan – Kaliurang (9 Hours)
Leave: 07.30 am

13. Sukuh Temple, Solo and Silver Industry (10 Hours)
Leave: 07.00 am. Everyday except Friday

14. The Best Ramayana Ballet Performance In “Open Theatre” Prambanan Temple
In door:
November up to April every Tuesday and Thursday
Open Air: May up to ...

... turned out to be some colossal tourist trap a small theme park, and I decided to visit on one of the busiest of the year. So I walked round briefly and decided not to swim, One thing I did do there was the dirt car racing which was muddy but great fun. Tomorrow I head to the south coast where the Lonely Planet promises beaches with no people, we will see.

... a half an hour ride, we found ourselves right at the peak of the domant volcano. The foul smell of a smoky sulfur welcomed us. However, the amazing sight of the crater allowed us to bear the smell. we all looked at the misty volcano with awe! What a wonder of nature. Though we wanted to have a feel of the crater's bottom , the steep edge descending to it was quite perilous , thus impossible to make it way down.

... a couple days. Keep in mind this is pretty much an omelet that has been sitting out. Back in the U.S. I would never eat a day old omelet that had been left out. But when in Rome... The food here is great. It really has been some of the best food I have eaten in my life. Everything is delicious...and spicy. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner, all of them are served with sambal (any variety of spicy mixtures. Think salsa, hotsauce, etc...). Very delicious stuff. That's all for now...