Shangri-La Hotel - Jakarta

KLUNGKUNG PROJECT

Bali,
the most famous Island in the world for tourist quality (1 st prize in
2006), lose apportunity to increase the tourist flow for totally
absence of some fundamental structures. Actually, the stay in Bali is
only quite, definition to say that a typical tourist day is inside of
hotel, not on the beach, but in the pool, (it is very hard swimming on
the ...

... in the general direction, took one wrong turn but eventually found the kampong where Pak Dase has his workshop. It is a maze of walking streets, a boy on a bike knew what we were looking for and led us to the place. Inside we found a small wayang golek workshop and Mr Dase welcomed us in. He and his nephew carve traditional puppets out of a very light but beautiful timber. The nicest ones were kept natural, just polished and are dressed in old batik. Many you see in the ...

We arrived in Jakarta just short of midnight (after turning our clocks back an hour) and had no trouble with Indonesian immigration at all. We got through security and had our bags about an hour later. We were hoping that something would be open for food, but the only people left there were taxi drivers. One guy we spoke to knew of the hotel name that we mentioned and asked for 200,000 Rp for the lift there. We knew this was outrageous, since it was only a few ...

Panas... dan semakin panas. Ketika menuju ke pelataran parkir ke arah mobil penjemput setelah keluar dari bandara Cengkareng. Kota ini tak ada yang berubah, malah tambah panas rasanya kota Jakarta. Tapi baru kali ini, aku begitu bahagia berada di kota ini, kota yang tak pernah kulihat lagi selama 3 tahun lamanya. Dan sampailah aku kembali di negeri tercinta. Mulai mengukir jejakku satu persatu... dalam sejarah hidupku.

... are crazy!! They have seemingly no fear and will overtake, undertake and even kerb hop on to the footpath. Mamat tells me that the motorbikes are always involved crashes, and after seeing the way the ride I'm not surprised. So far I've been going out for lunch each day with some of the locals, and until yesterday we had just been going to a food court across the road. I've been trying hard to eat Indonesian food as much as possible and each day I have been taking a step up in ...

... we ons voor een wandeltocht hebben ingeschreven. Als we eenmaal de verkeersader van Jakarta bereiken, een 12-baans weg met daaraan gelegen alle zakelijke hoofdkantoren van het land, kunnen we een beetje doorlopen. Bij de finish is een hardloopfeest natuurlijk niet compleet zonder een goodie bag. We mogen dan meegedaan hebben aan de race tegen kanker, voor alle deelnemers is er niettemin naast een appel en een flesje water ook een lekker zakje chips in het tasje gestopt.

... I was tired and ready to go home. We landed in LA and i spent about 2hrs trying to get through customers. I waited and waited and waited for my bag to come out....nothing . Apparently it stayed behind in Hong Kong. They said it would be shipped to SD the next day. I was lucky enough to had put my car keys in my backpack. I then drove 2 half hrs home. It felt great to be home!@!! I planned on ...

... may be stopped by a local boy who'll climb a tree to offer you a fresh coconut. Skillful artists sell their masterpieces to the casual buyer or to the serious collector and handmade treasures of masks and statues can be bought in the many family run shops. Or you can find a real bargain at the colourful market in the centre of town, selling sarongs and t-shirts to crafts and paintings. It is famous for its traditional dance performed each night in one of many ornate ...

... update: the room we stayed in last night had a nearly shared bathroom with the neighbours (the wall didn't go all the way to the roof and was VERY thin) and I spent my time between 6:45am and 8:05pm listening to what could very well be a record for the removal of bodily fluids and gases. By my count, 7 urinations, 11 hearty throat-spits (commonly called "hocking one up"), 6 impressive *****, 2 rather weak efforts, only 3 "finger-snorts" (he must have ...