Surabaya Hotels - Reviews and Rates

The holidays in Surabaya were a whirlwind celebration. The school held a Christmas potluck dinner on Saturday. I went to the holiday concert on Monday. We had secret Santa exchanges all week. There was caroling before school on Thursday and Friday. Christmas Party: The school parties are a nice way to get to talk to teachers that I never see. Th...

After all the build up with buying ball gowns (and shoes and accessories of course) going for beauty treatments etc. (as one does, dahling) I thought it might be a bit of a let down - but No ...we had a super time. Lovely meal (and excellent service as usual),fantastic decor - very Christmassy in a tasteful ballroom way, lively music, good compa...

On Friday, the expatriate women's association of Surabaya held their annual christmas ball at the Sheraton. I had planned to go to this event since I first knew about it. Firstly, who can say no to a ball. I didn't worry about the dress or anything because its southeast asia and who really cares what I wear. Thankfully, one of the fellow science...

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 fini...

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 can't believe it. It is so different than how me and my friends grew up. I believe in the Canadian d...

I spoke with a couple people on the airplane, while heading to Indo. The first spoke english fairly well. the second, did not speak at all. I didn't speak indonesian. So i attempted to write different phrases in indonesian to this person, and then see if i could translate it on the fly. it was very challenging. Even the airplane food was now ind...

Go to the Summary Page ___________________________ The night train. I had bought comfort in a first class train, in order to have a good night's rest... I ended up sleeping only a couple of hours, even though it was great to have a large seat to sleep in (fairly uncommon for the past few months). Air con and TV, a meal served for feast break. Th...