Soechi Intl Medan

... dari pelabuhan Ketapang<br>menuju Malang memakan waktu sekitar 4 &#8211; 5 jam.<br><br>Mengunjungi kota Malang, adalah pengalaman pertamaku. Juga pertama<br>kalinya aku menginjakkan kaki di Jawa Timur. Kira-kira sekitar pukul 6<br>pagi waktu setempat aku sampai di Jl. Aries Munandar. Isdah,<br>langsung menemuiku di jalan itu yang kebetulan berdekatan dengan lokasi<br>rumahnya. Aku langsung menuju rumahnya, dan ...

... I want to live to make my parents proud. I don&#8217;t want to die out here.&#8221; He had heard the news reports of refugees from Sri Lanka and Myanmar, masses of people stuffed into boats that capsized before they could reach Sumatra's shores. He had heard of rogue waves that could rise up and toss boats as if they were mere toys, not full of human lives, spilling them into the sea. &#8220;If it is your will, Allah,&#8221; he ...

... it or not) and ordered him to take us to the Angel hostel hoping that it would be our angel sent from above in what seems to be a world away from anything either of us have seen before!! First thing we notice are motor bikes and lots of them, then we notice motor bikes with sides cars each with up to FOUR people in, then we see kids standing in amongst the traffic with remote control aeroplanes knock on the windows of cars, buses, taxi...hoping for some money. When the boy ...

... was really quite pleasant and passed without incident. <br><br>Bukit Lawang is a small village on the edge of the Gunung Leuser National Park. It is home to approximately 7000 orangutans, as well as many other animals. Neither of us felt particularly ready for another jungle experience as Dean has only just started to feel normal again after our trek in Borneo. Since the incident with the tick, he had been feeling lethargic, nauseous and has suffered ...

... our Indonesian section of the journey and I&#8217;m afraid to say it was our most unsuccessful of the trip so far. Indonesia is an amazing place (and Paul&#8217;s favourite country) &#8211; it has stunning scenery, the friendliest people and incredible food. Unfortunately it&#8217;s enormous and we bit off more than we could chew &#8211; we wanted to spend 6 weeks here but our visa only left us with 30 days and we tried to squeeze too ...

... the other market sellers napping beneath their umbrellas, or smoking idly and swatting at hungry flies looking for a free meal. He tossed his hair. "I want more than this. And, God willing, maybe I can get it." The boy's eyes searched the jamu lady's eyes. "C'mon, mother," he said. "Everybody knows your jamu is special. Could you mix a little something up to help me find fame and fortune? Maybe be a rock star? Please?" It was true, the boy was always singing at the top of his lungs ...

... blogs of other people who have done this trek and their stories and photos are amazing! Orang-utans will come right up to you, in the wild. So neat! :o)<br><br>Okay, other than that - this city sucks. The food here sucks. We have to come back here once more because there's no direct bus from Bukit Lawang to Lake Toba, our next destination. That also sucks. But.... in two days it's monkey time!<br><br>-M

The Sumatran Straights between Medan and Penang.<br>28-02-2009<br><br>Zoom in...<br><br>All day by stupid local transport, a rusty old bus that could normally hold 20 passengers but somehow seems to contain at least double that number - lets not forget my fellow travellers` life stock, rowdy roosters in big ratan baskets eyeing me curiously from their baboo wooden prison, frequent stops in small settlements where local females would quickly hop on hoping to sell some ...

... floor kicking his tiny and spiny legs into the air weakly, an obvious victim of my nighttime angst and panic, my anger subsided and tipping him over with a match stick and seeing his brownish body disappaer down the toilet hole, his beady insectile eyes looking back at me for a fraction of a second before jumping down ito total darkness, into the Realm Of The Cockroach Nation, I wondered if there is any Karma to be gained by saving the life of a cockroach.

... silla ainakaan kyljelleen niiden kanssa ei voi kaantya... Aamupalan jalkeen kavelimme n. 100 metrin paassa olevalle "Kolam renang umum":lle eli yleiselle uima-altaalle. Ko. paikka on alunperin hollantilaisten siirtomaaisantien rakentama. Silloin 1900-luvun alkupuolella paikka lienee ollut moderni ja hieno uintikeskus 50 m altaineen, mutta viimeisen sadan vuoden aikana paikka ei ilmeisestikaan ole ollut suurempien remonttien kohteena. Paatimme ...