2009 Archive

Jakarta to Balikpapan

Saturday, 28 March 2009
Jakarta, Indonesia

I’m just about to board a Lion Air flight from Jakarta back to Balikpapan.

My old passport is finally retired

Sunday, 22 March 2009
Jakarta, Indonesia

My old passport from 2006 is finally retired. Although I already have a new passport, I had to show my old passport with the entry stamp from November 2008 when I just now walked through Immigration. And again, they didn’t notice the forged visa stickers covering the pages with the ripped-out visa stickers. Now I […]

Waiting for flight to Bangkok

Sunday, 22 March 2009
Jakarta, Indonesia

I arrived at CGK one hour ago on an AirAsia flight, and I still have to sit around here for another 4 hours while waiting for another AirAsia flight to Bangkok. I found a cafe at the airport to sit down and have a coffee while surfing on internet with my laptop. A Bintang wouldn’t […]

Visa run to Bangkok

Friday, 20 March 2009
Balikpapan, Indonesia

I’m flying to Bangkok on Sunday, where I will stay in the Sukhumvit area. I will meet Uno on Monday, after he arrives from Thimpu, Bhutan, and after I have applied for a social visa at the Indonesian embassy. On Thursday 26 March I will be moving my ass down to Jakarta again. Don’t have […]

Planning trip to Europe

Friday, 13 March 2009
Balikpapan, Indonesia

I am planning a vacation to Europe in August together with 3 girls (Caecil, Astrid and Saras), and yesterday we booked and paid for plane tickets from Jakarta to Paris, return trip. Outbound 12 August, and inbound 29 August. Airline: Luftwaffe (or was it Lufthansa?). We paid USD 935 each by using credit card on […]