I'm like the shiny new toy everybody wants to play with! I'm sorry to say, however nice the people might be here, some of them want to use me for money, and some of them want to be seen with me only for status:( On tues I made a trip to lake Maninjau with Paulina and her friend. It was a very complicated trip and in a way very disappointing (I'll tell you the details personally:P), but when we finally made it to the lake... it was just so damn beautiful! A ...

Happy happy joy joy in Bukittinggi! So everything's good after last night. Finally when I didn't find any accommodation I got help from a very nice policeman, who offered me dinner and drove me to a hotel. It was way over my budjet but at this point it was ok:) Then today I took a minibus to a small mountain town called Bukittinggi. I really like it here, very beautiful, very welcoming! I met my couch host, Paulina, who is super nice:D She studies English a...

"From Jakarta to Padang? 24 hours by bus, 2 hours by plane or 5 minutes by Superman" With help I got a very good deal to go to Padang by Lion Air (about 30e). Had to wait a looong time at the airport though. But it's all part of it, the long hours in the bus, long hours at the airport, etc. The sucky thing is that the domestic flights terminal didn't have an internet connection, so when I finally arrived in Padang I've no idea where I'm staying. I...

Oh well, oh well Such a great couple of days! Thursday night I met up with my guide for the green canyon, Deni. He ended up showing me around already and we cooked dinner afterwards, also got quite tipsy on some local rice liqueur, kilin. And he tried to teach me to do magic tricks, what a waste of time:P Then thursday morning we headed to the green canyon. First we went through the village (there are about 5000 people living here) and I saw how they make b...

It's been a long ride, but I made it out of the cities! I did a stupid thing. I wanted to go to by the sea in Pandangaran, but first check out a city called Bandung. Then I decided I don't have time for Bandung but I already had the ticket so I made quite a tour.. that took 16 hours. I left Yogya last night by minibus. It was 2 hours late.. typical:D But it was ok since I got to spend my spare time playing with a kitten that lives in the girls dorm. I sudde...