Lor Inn Solo

... take photos I approached her with a few questions which she answered and then asked me a few - where are you from!!, where are you going!!! are you travelling alone!!! I told her that I was trying to find a group to organize a trip to Mount Bromo. She told me that they were going there this afternoon and she wished she could offer me a ride but she had been hired by the couple (on honeymoon!!) then she was off and I continued looking ...

... to take a taxi and try and find something more reasonable!!! However, all the hotels were fully booked and especially does that have the best value for dollar like Ibis hotel at 330,000 per night. I ended up at Sahid Kusuma Hotel Solo paying 450,000 which is way overpriced for the room and not comparable to what you get at Best Western, Novotel . . . Also, I was first quoted 650,000 for the room. I must say anybody looking to ...

... delicacy, but the restaurant was closed. We went back the next morning, and he was still happy for him and his friend to take us on motorbikes. We started off by going to a few small places that made tofu. It was very interesting, slightly unhygienic, but gave me an appetite for tofu! In the afternoon, we went to two Hindu temples, and the restaurant owner gave us a very detailed explanation of their history.

Taking a day trip to see to Yogyakarta to do some sightseeing with Gray LineTours. The main reason was to see Borobudur Temple. But there are some other palaces and temples on the tour as well. I will create a separate travel blog for the vacation day to see it in better detail.

... and timeless vibe to the place. The kraton was smaller than in Yogya but had a more interesting museum attached. Indonesia is a place that certainly loves its music I ...

... my life on display and allowing others to enjoy my humiliation... So.......glad you could join me.....you've missed a lot of the fun....Ginormous spiderzillas, rampant cases of the trots, and, a tropical favorite, flying cockroaches with poor eyesight and radar. I mean, I'm a big woman in any country, you'd think they'd be able to see me and avoid flying into my chest. I can only thank God that ...

... do not look good....and I don't want to hang around and witness that action... I believe that I've just hit my boundary of tolerance. So we head on over to a more docile scene...it's tofu and fried vegetables for dinner...plus a tiny and well spiced, crunchy eel to liven it all up. Enough fine dining for one night....where's that Kentucky Fried? because chopping snake heads off is one thing...but chickens? I eat them... so I guess I must be ok with that....

... but Bromo and the plain below is revealed and makes a spectacular image. After half an hour or so taking pictures and wandering round the limb, I head down to get out of the fumes. The sunshine is cutting through into the plain and gives a beautiful light as I wander back up to Cemoro Lawang. I explore the village for a bit, heading back down towards the hotel before checking in and getting to bed. In the morning, I catch the early local bus back to Probolinggo, stopping ...

... I must say. The next day we bowed to the inevitable and got our culture fix. First a visit to the Palace of the Second Royal house of Solo. (The First Royal house has its home in a Kraton, in a similar style to the Kraton in Jogjakarta and naturally we have strict rules about limiting the number of Kratons we see). The palace was not visually that impressive but the tour was fairly interesting and our personal guide informative and ...

... yg uda terjadwal ada di Solo = ) ada taman hiburan rakyat sampai kebun binatang.. hmm...selama aku beranjak dr solo, lum ada tempat lain yg se-asri solo! yup dari solo aku mulai petualanganku ke tempat lain, agar aku isa lebih tau aneka ragam pelajaran dari kampus kehidupan di bumi ini..tapi bagaimanapun Solo memang timbulkan semangat tersendiri bagiku..