2008 Archive

Passport problem

Wednesday, 16 April 2008
Jakarta, Indonesia

I am now sitting in Soekarno-Hatta airport in Jakarta waiting for a flight to Manila. The flight was supposed to depart at 00:50, but is delayed until 03:50. Earlier this evening I flew from Balikpapan to Jakarta. Time is killed by playing internet poker. I had a really bad experience in the passport control. I […]

Jungle trip

Sunday, 30 March 2008
Balikpapan, Indonesia

Today me and a bunch of other people went to the nearby jungle outside Balikpapan, a place called Bangkerai. Pictures: At first the road was OK. But after a while the road got smaller. This is the final stretch of the road. As can be seen, the road conditions were not the best. The car […]

Easter in Jakarta

Thursday, 27 March 2008
Balikpapan, Indonesia

I was in Jakarta again from 18-27 March, staying first in Cibubur, then from 23 March in a side street of Jl Jaksa (the usual place: Asri homestay). “Standing since 1968”. One of my favourite restaurants in Jakarta. My birthday was on 21 March.

Pizza Hut

Sunday, 16 March 2008
Balikpapan, Indonesia

This poor fellow, observed on the kitchen floor, did not make it: Later in the evening, we went to Pizza Hut. This is Astrid and Caecil: This is Made: And this is my choice of pizza:

Cambodia

Saturday, 15 March 2008
Balikpapan, Indonesia

In Jakarta I stayed one night in the usual place in Jl Jaksa (Asri Homestay), and one night in Cibubur. On Sunday morning, 24 February, I flew from Jakarta to Phnom Penh via Kuala Lumpur on two AirAsia flights. “Superman” flew in from Bangkok around the same time, but I arrived first and waited an […]