Weta International Hotel Surabaya

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 ...

... this approach intensified. On long distance routes hawkers can only board the bus at the main stops and cannot ride so whilst sitting waiting for the bus to leave there was constant stream going down the aisles handing things out getting off at the back of the bus and then joining the queue at the front to board and ...

... clear harbor waters diving for coins thrown from people off the boat. These kids, who couldn't have been much older than 12, were also lighting up packs of Indonesian smokes (cloves) as the ferry left. How sad. The timing of the ferry was absolutely perfect, as the sun set over Bali during the middle of the ferry crossing. With the brilliant orange and pink ...

... petite marche de 3 km nous separe du mont. C'est un volcan endormie mais qui relache constamment de la fumee (comme moi). Donc, prenons notre courage, nous descendons dans le fond. C'est comme un desert avec du sable fin et noir (qui nous rentre dans le nez, dans les souliers, etc, du au vent). Encore une grimpette de 300 marche pour se rendre en peripherie du mont. Impressionnant, etonnant, et etouffant puisqu'il pu (Rejean a dit "je souffre du soufre hihi"). Ca prend toute ...

... take in the sights of Siem Reap with Angkor Wat and eat at the red piano. This restaurant was featured in Tomb Raider. I hear that they have a drink called the Angelina Jolie. It should be a good trip. It looks like I will be traveling solo, which is fine. Mom and dad, I will text you the whole time! Here is more information on Angkor Wat: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angkor_Wat Happy Weekend!

... was almost more shocked by the conditions than the suffering. Hygeine was very questionable, structural deficiencies were visible and I doubt it has been re-painted since it was opened. There is, of course, no air conditioning and the ceiling fans are pretty useless. There are insufficient nursing staff, so at least one parent has to be with the child 24 hrs a day, so they sleep on the floor beside or beneath their ...

... a game of leap from to death on one lane roads. Each bus and truck is weaving around each other in traffic fighting each other and oncoming traffic as well like a swarm of insects dancing among each other amongst a dizzying array of bright blinding lights, fumes and volcanic smoke. The best thing to do is put your head down and hope your driver has yours and his best interests at heart. Indonesians seem to not ...

... the guide with their horses and they were competing to get fares. The price for the ride is 75,000 rupiah or about $7.50. I knew that they were will be many people at the top and realized that I had to comeback later in the afternoon for the sunset to avoid the crowd. Thus, I concentrated to taking photos of the horses as they gallop wildly across the dry terrain and their guides. Later, I made arrangement to have someone drop me off and pick me up in the ...

... zensuriert)*** Chauffeur gerade Lust verspuert, sein Monstrum umzukehren, dann ist halt ein Sturz schwer zu vermeiden. Dennoch nur wenig passiert. In Surabaya wird nun das weitere Vorgehen in die Wege geleitet (siehe folgenden Eintrag). XXXXX Now it's time to make clear everything! As I can't travel further on with my 21-day-visa I decide to the transport from Surabaya to Darwin ...

We planned to travel around the city as none of us had ever been here. So here we are, riding the becak, from one chemist to another trying to find the bug-who-twisted-her-knee a cure or temporary relief...... Got to find something to eat. And the ferry trip to Madura (we were told it's only half an hour) before dark. There's where we would spend the night. Got the address but never been there ever, havent met the person in years, and they definitely didnt know we were coming......