Selabintana Resort Hotel Sukabumi

I think the photos say it all about this place... It's an amazing spot - laid back, nice people, ocean breezes, good surf break, rice paddies... such a nice respite from the city.

Quite happy I made it here after a 4.5 hour bus journey, which was slow, hot and tested my bladder to the extreme! In all my excitement to make it to the bus,...

Today Sarah, Faye and me went with David to another school, where he works. The school was slightly larger and more modern then the school we had visited yesterday. We entered the hall where we were to give an introduction to ourselves and what we thought about Indonesia and Ramadan. As we entered the hall we all got a big cheer from over 100 In...

In the morning I anticipated having someone to pick me up from Yudis to go to the school. However I waited and no one turned up. When Yudi arrived back at the house he appologised as there had been a mix-up. He took me into the countryside of Cianjur where he showed me the ricefields and a secluded house in the countryside, made of bamboo and na...

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Debur ombak pecah di karang. Aroma laut. Hamparan langit luas yang tak tentu biru, tak tentu kelabu. Ramahnya awan. Tatapan angkuh karang & bebatuan. Sendiri. Gelitik air dan pasir di jemari kaki. Kenyamanan. Jauh dari hiruk-pikuk duniawi.

Aku pergi meninggalkan “kotak”. Keluar dan menghadapi...

So I left Jakarta the day I wrote my last e-mail, and took a train to Bogor, which was a short but airconditioned and spacious ride. I found a really sweet guesthouse right on the river with a beautiful little courtyard and plants everywhere, and a pet rabbit (all white and loved being rubbed) who was free to run around who belonged to one of th...

Happy Easter!!! (Happy Belated Easter actually- it's taken me awhile to get this entry up...) Turns our the Easter bunny is pretty good at stalking travellers, because i was well and truly visited on Easter Sunday (coutesy of the lovely Anna -AYAD extraordinaire from Jakarta) and had an easter egg hunt to boot! (see photos) Anna, Carlena and Ann...

Yeah, so Bandung was exactly how we feared it would be: A DUMP!! There wasn't much to do in town, it was Eastern too. It was really dirty and occasionally you'd see a almost dead person sleeping on a pile of rubbish, on the sidewalk. Well, we spent our first day in an internet cafe and hanging around a shopping mall. Luckily Arcades are pretty p...

Depok - Bogor Bogor - Cibadak Cibadak - Pasir Datar Pasir Datar - Pasir Pangrango Pasir Pangrango - Puncak Pangrango Puncak Pangrango - Cisarua Cisarua - Bogor Bogor - Depok Pelantikan BPAB GMC (G'94) Kelompok gw ada 6 caang (jalur Pasir Datar) nyampe di Alun2 Mandalawangi setelah jalan selama 2 hari. Camp pertama di Pasir Datar, Camp 2 di suatu...

I bought ten bags of cassava chips for Rp 5000. How am I going to carry them? They are locally made, like everything I've eaten here, and they are delicious. * * * Another exhausting day. I went to a remote village to find a contact I had been given. It took two bus-rides and an exhilarating ride on the back of a motorcycle up and down scenic hi...

There are no cheap flights back to Medan. I've booked a flight from Jakarta to Singapore on Pakistan Airlines - S$100. Unfortunately it's only Thursdays and Saturdays and the Thursday flight was full. It's cutting it very fine to come back on the Saturday night - at about midnight. Kit arrives next morning, so it's hardly worth leaving the airpo...