Tiara Medan
Jl. Cut Mutia, PO. BOX 1327 Medan, Sumatra, 20152, Indonesia
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Midnight in Medan
... I think we must be missing something, but we felt very silly nevertheless!
On returning to the guesthouse we arranged our onward journey to Bukit Luwang for the following day to do some jungle trekking and hopefully see the Orangutans. Hopefully this was to be a more successful experience than our 24 hours in Medan. We must say, however, the whole debaucle was quite funny and we'll certainly never forget it!
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The corrupt immigration officer
... pressure to produce it immediately and I find it and I go back into the immigration area trying to find the immigration officer and he seems slightly happier, maybe thinking that I'd somehow come to my senses within less than 5 minutes of leaving him and that I'd somehow decided to pay him. Once sat down, I shoved the departure card in his face the conversation goes like this:
me-'this is the departure card right' smiling happily
him-'yes, so you found ...
Bezoek aan vissersdorp bij Blawan
... overdreven) enthousiast en wil een foto met de receptionisten voor de kerstboom en maak complimenten; ze zijn uitgelaten als ik de foto neem en bellen me later op mijn kamer; ze willen met hun mobiele toestellen ook foto's voor de kerstboom waar ik bij sta.
's Avonds gaan Edy en ik weer naar het eerste straatrestaurant; na het eten willen ze dat ik de volgende dag weer kom, maar dan zit ik in Kuala Lumpur. Edy belooft dat hij morgenochtend om 6 uur bij het hotel zal zijn.
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Sweet's Heart
... is that you are doing?"
The young man paused, looked up, and replied "Throwing starfish into the ocean."
Rough few days
... that store. “I think Miss Joanne and Mr Roger are very rich” he tells me shyly. It was that moment that I really realised how incredibly lucky we are in the West. Of course I've though it before, but I've never really felt it like that. We complain about our debts and our bills and our mortgage and that we can't afford the latest technology, or that we can't afford to go out for dinner. We complain ...



