Up and out early 07.00 start so no time for breakfast. I have the same driver as yesterday (Dadi - I think his name is but not sure as he mummbled it). I hHave been warned the trip out could take upto 2.5- 3 hours but my luck must have been in as we arrived at 8.40 and only to find that the park did not open until 9am. If I left half hour later we would have hit the peak traffic and could have taken 3 hours. Just before the park I bought some carrots from one of ...

After a week my first day off so I have organised a driver for the day and head out to a amusement park called Dunia Fantasi or Dufan to the locals. I headed out at 10am missing the morning traffic and also allowing me to have a big breaky. The car trip out took just over one hour. This park is like Universal studios with heaps of rides. As it was in Rhamadan the park was very quiet and I was able to walk straight on to all but two rides, Ice Age a indoor ride h...

Up early for a quick breakfast and 8am transfer to the airport. After arriving at the hotel we said goodbye to our driver and guide I must admit it was a really good trip. Tony and I both flew to Kuala Lumpur where I got a connecting flight back to Jakarta to start my Work Exchange, Tony was headed to for an extra week of visiting monkey etc in Sabah before heading home in just over a week. The flight to KL was uneventful and after a short goodbye at KL airport T...

Well a long day today so up late and had a relaxing breakfast before starting to work out our packing and doing a load of washing. We then heading out to find a coffee shop that sells Luwak Coffee or Civet Kopi (The civet eats the coffee berries for the beans' fleshy pulp, then in the digestive tract, fermentation occurs. The civet's proteolytic enzymes seep into the beans, making shorter peptides and more free amino acids. Passing through a civet's intestines t...

After breakfast we headed by taxi to the old port district and visited the Maritime Museum, old wharf area before heading to Fatahiah Square and visiting Curency Museum, a small art gallery and lunch at Cafe Batavia. From here we went via a market area but it was not overly exciting so only had a quick look before returning to the hotel at around 4pm. We had the same driver the whole day (9am - 4pm) and had him wait whilst we did our exploring (3.5 hours at Fatah...