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.<\/p>\n
I’ve been lucky in Indonesia considering the weather. It is the dry season right now so the humidity isn’t too bad and as long as I’m not in direct sunlight all day long it is fairly comfortable.<\/p>\n
I bought some Pepsi Blue from the supermarket. I read this was only sold in the US from 2002-2004, but Indonesia is one of the only countries where it is sold now. I never tried it before, but I can’t really taste much of a difference other than the blue color.<\/p>\n
Today I visited the Sonobudoyo Museum, which was average. And then I visited the Kraton, the sultan palace in the center of the city. The palace was embarrassingly rundown and there was nothing special there. I don’t think they’ve made anything in this country that has matched what was built 1000 years ago so far. So that’s why I’m going to try to see more of the old things tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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 … <\/p>\n