Sheraton Surabaya Hotel And Towers

As well as having our good friends Yasmin and Farook staying from Hong Kong, we also had 2 amazing surprises on our 40th (!)<br>After tennis and a swim, I was just emerging from the shower, when I heard David answering the door .... I just threw on a pareo thinking it was the house boys coming in to clean, and scurried past the hallway into the lounge, glancing at the front door ...

Surabaya presented Indonesia as its most modern, even more so that Jakarta. I was planning to spend a day or so there but I don't know if I was just feeling city wary but I did not bond with the place. Maybe I was not staying in the right part I don't know but it didn't seem like there was much to do so see so in the end I ...

... their colourful souks and numerous perfume shops, where the scents are still hand mixed to fit their veiled customers, are quite alive and kickin' and have a genuine middle eastern touch.<br><br>In the outskirts of town impressive modern mosques and busy shopping malls in XXL sprout wildly between empty office buildings and other unclaimed territory. At weekends the mosques remain mostly empty but the malls are filed to the hilt with teenagers who flock in to ...

Let's hope it is 3rd time lucky - the other 2 sites have failed miserably......by now most of you will have received our 1st impressions email or facebook posting ........well.......it is all still wonderful (including the kids and the teaching) and we are constantly having to pinch ourselves to believe we are here and being paid for it! We finish our 1st working week tomorrow .....and it is payday! I am going to try to download some photos........if it works stand by to be inundated!

... put on new clothes. I wanted the smell to still linger. I lay down on my bed to rest. I closed my eyes and tears started to roll down my cheek, the sulfur made my eyes watery and a part of me cried for their struggle. I admire these workers for their perseverance. They've taught me hope and human triumph. Then I fell asleep. I am leaving tomorrow morning to Bali. I might be there for a week or even longer. I will rent a motorbike and tour the whole island. P.s. I finally ...

This day we went all around Surabaya visiting family. We went from house to house visiting, it was very tiring. We got to see my uncle's new house, custom built. We visited my grandpa's new church as well as the houses where my parents grew up. I ...

... we'll be staying in. We made a grocery stop to stock up on snacks and fruit for tomorrow's (allegedly) nine-hour bus ride to Tana Toraja. I don't expect you to know where that is but I can tell you that it involves a lot of pointy roofs crazy funerals and pampered water buffalo. More info next time around. Dean You may have noticed that Dean seems to be doing all of the updates. He claims that he hates to write and this is the only way for him ...