SE Asia: Seventh trip
Sunday, 5 November 2000Skedsmokorset, Norway
My 7th trip to SE Asia was the longest one so far: I arrived in Singapore on 16 June 1999 on Kuwait Airlines via Kuwait, and left Singapore on 2 November 2000 on Pakistan Airlines, bound for Oslo, via Karachi and Islamabad (I stayed one night in Karachi, sponsed by the airline).
During my seventh SE Asian trip, I had four visits from Norway: My two parents, “CME”, and “Superman”.
Below is a list of places visited during this trip as far as I can remember (well, the list of countries is at least accurate).
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Indonesia
Batam, Bintan, Pekanbaru, Sibolga, Nias, Medan, Danau Toba, Bukittinggi, Danau Maninjau, Padang, Jambi, Jakarta, Bogor, Bandung, Cirebon, Semarang, Yogyakarta, Solo, Surabaya, Bromo, Malang, Lawang, Madura (Sumenep), Bali (Kuta and Ubud), Lombok (Mataram and Senggigi), Pontianak, Makassar, Palu, Gorontalo, Manado, Bunaken.
Wedding ceremony. Sibolga, Sumatra.
Poor road conditions. Nias island, Sumatra.
Jakarta, seen from top of Monas.
Bird eating bird at bird market in Yogyakarta.
Hotel Niagara (built around 1900), where I stayed one night. Lawang, East Java.
Less fortunate passenger. Gorontalo, Sulawesi.
We went with the cargo ship “KM Daya Sakti” from Bitung (near Manado) to General Santos, Philippines.
Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur, Tioman, Kuching (in Sarawak).
Rafflesia. Observed in forest near Kuching, Sarawak.
Myanmar
Yangon, Nyaungshwe (Inle Lake), Taunggyi (day trip only), Kalaw, Mandalay, Bagan, Ngapali Beach. I was in Myanmar from 15 November to 13 December 1999.
Inle Lake.
Class room at school, Kalaw.
Young monks playing game at Mingun Paya, near Mandalay.
Ngapali Beach.
Making sugar cane drink, Yangon.
Public slogans, Yangon.
Pakistan
Karachi. Only one day in this country, from 3 to 4 November 2000. Sorry, no pictures were taken here.
Philippines
General Santos, Davao, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu City, Bacolod, Boracay, Manila, Angeles.
WWII Dodge WC62, observed in Cagayan de Oro.
Boarding passenger ship, Caticlan. Destination: Manila.
Singapore
New Year’s Eve 1999 was spent at Orchard Road, Singapore. The streets were extremely crowded at midnight, and filled with huge amounts of trash! Probably once in a lifetime when nobody cared about this in the otherwise super clean city.
My parents at Regalis Court Hotel.
My parents drinking beer at Raffles Hotel.
Thailand
Bangkok, Pattaya. Sorry, no pictures were taken here.