Today I’m taking a break from the long trips and sticking to inside the city. I’ve got into the habit of putting in earplugs at 4:20AM, the time of the first Muslim call to prayer being blasted over loudspeakers all over the city. I’ve been lucky in Indonesia considering the weather. It is the dry …
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Day 334 – Borobudur, Indonesia
I bought a train ticket to my next destination today. That was a different experience. They require you to fill out a form that has no English on it. I was able to figure out most of it from some examples. And then you had to “take a number” and wait. There was no sign …
Day 333 – Prambanan, Indonesia
Today I took a trip outside of the city to the Prambanan temples, which are over 1000 year old huge stone structures. It was easy to get there since that new bus system went directly there. I bought myself a hat so I could walk through the midday sun with more ease. I noticed there …
Day 332 – Yogyakarta, Indonesia
At 6AM I had a 10 minute ride from my room to the airport in Bali. I was impressed by Mandala Airlines, they were speedy and efficient for my flight to the city of Yogyakarta in Central Java. The plane flew past some volcanoes, including the one year the city called Mount Merapi. When I …
Day 329-331 – Bali, Indonesia
The transportation system in Bali is pretty confusing. These Bemo minibuses often do not have any signs showing their destinations. For other forms of transportation, every few steps you take down the street men say “transport, transport” and they are basically motorcycle drivers. I stayed away from them, but it sure was annoying just to …
Day 328 – Bali, Indonesia
My room is just down the street from the Bali Bomb memorial. I can actually see it from my room, the place where 202 people died in a terrorist bombing six years ago. They have a list of names and I noticed it was mostly Australians who died (88 I think) and there were a …
Day 327 – Kuta Beach, Indonesia
The room last night was pretty bad. Only $4, but it smelled horrible and there were no covers on the pillows. Also no flush toilet, and after asking them to turn the water on, I got to use a bucket to take a bath. I went out and found a better room for $3. On …
Day 326 – Mt. Bromo to Bali, Indonesia
I stayed two nights here, so I’d have another chance to see the volcano. I woke up at 4:30AM today and walked straight to the Mt. Bromo volcano. My room is up on the upper edge of an ancient caldera. So I walked on a road down to the bottom of the caldera first. This …
Day 325 – Mt. Bromo, Indonesia
I woke at 4:00 in the morning and started walking to a mountain nearby that has a good view of the area. There was no moon and I had no flashlight. I knew I had to follow a road, so I did so slowly, watching every step since I couldn’t see much of anything. I …
Day 324 – Surabaya to Mt. Bromo, Indonesia
There was a small Mosque across the street. I heard something coming from the speakers there and my watch said 4:18AM. There were no blankets on the beds and the room had mosquitos. I noticed Indonesian homes (or at least this one) are mostly open to the air with no screens. Only the bedrooms have …
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