Trying to leave the train station lots of tuk tuk drivers were being pushy and following me on the street so I went into a nearby hospital to get directions.Once they pointed me the right way I crossed over the train track bridge and turned left to head to the town centre. Trying to walk to the hotel an easy landmark to guide me was the Masjid Reya.Walking thru the city at night not only did I see roaches scurrying on the sidewalk but also a rat. I went to a conv...

so last day in jakaratamy hotel is like my condoi'm on the 10th floor so i just opened all the curtains for a city viewat night they were still doing fireworks all across town for eidnext morning tried to goto kota which is the old dutch port areathe street i am on is like university ave with 4 lanes of traffic eachway and a canal running down the middleeach side of the canal is a dedicated buslane which is like thier subway systemthe are bus stations at differen...

am tiredjust got here after 7 hour train ride from yogyakartalots of rice fields, volcanoes, villages, and mosquestrain ride was $20 in eksektif class which is first classticket included lunch and they have flat screen tv at front with entertainmentsaw an indonesian movie with subtitles about a girl who ran away fromher family in jakarta and went to jogjakarta and was hiding with a sex workerbut when she got found out the landlady threw them both on the streetso ...

so today i turn 35 and in in a luxury resort with dirt cheap prices in townstill in yogyakarta indonesiathere is a convenience store across the roadcoke .65 cents, water .20, ice cream .17 cents, chips .30 centsroom service is the same price as the food courtthey even had tradional javanese musicians playing during breakfastso this morning i got one of those bicycle richsaw guys to drive me aroundi picked a fit healthy looking guy not the frail old onesfirst he w...