Since my flight to Colombo departs at such a difficult hour (07:05), I decided to simply spend the last night at the airport. There are several advantages to this, for example: No need to worry about waking up on time (sometimes I don’t hear my cell phone alarm clock). Save one night’s accommodation costs. Save […]
When I arrived in Singapore on Monday, I checked into Cozy Corner Guest House, at the tune of SGD 14 nightly in a dorm with AC. Fair enough. I stayed here two years ago too. I noticed the same woman in the reception as before. And since it is the year of the tiger, I […]
Welcome to the hard house world of the new Indonesia! In this regard, Tiesto (the Dutch DJ) made a significant contribution last Saturday night, when he performed at Carnaval Beach, Ancol Bay City Jakarta. We had tickets for this outdoor happening, and despite rain and muddy conditions, we stayed until 04:00. We arrived late though, […]
Tiesto is performing at Carnaval Beach on Saturday, and I (together with Caecil and Sanjay) decided to not miss this event, and got hold of tickets yesterday. Price: Rp 250k each. This is the schedule on Saturday: 20.00 – 21.00 : ORIGINAL NARO 21.00 – 22.00 : MILINKA RADISIC 22.00 – 23.30 : ROMY 1945MF […]
Below is a GPS track log of the taxi ride from Kalimarau Airport to Tanjung Batu last month, and the speedboat trip from Tanjung Batu to Pulau Derawan, including waypoints. The position at Pulau Derawan is the location of the guesthouse where I stayed at. I have marked Pulau Kakaban and Pulau Sangalaki as well, […]