Posts about Indonesia

ATM card stopped working

Thursday, 10 March 2011
Mercury, Yogya

CME’s ATM card stopped working today. So I guess he is dependent on my goodwill in order to survive the rest of the trip. We tried in several different ATM machines, but it is most of the time impossible to insert the card into the slot. The slot mechanism refuses to open. And when it […]

Walls in Yogya

Thursday, 10 March 2011
Mercury, Yogya

Yesterday, 9 March: After finally managing to leave the guest house around noon, and then coming back again for an emergency toilet visit (CME), and after having “breakfast” at 15:00 at a nearby restaurant (pizza), we took two becak to the post office and roamed around in that area, including Malioboro street. Back again to […]

Train to Yogya, PH and Indomie

Thursday, 10 March 2011
Mercury, Yogya

CME and I took the 08:45 Taksaka train to Yogyakarta on Tuesday (8 March). There were 220V sockets for each seat in the train. Nice. Ticket = Rp 220,000. On arrival in Yogya, we went to eat at Pizza Hut (PH) before checking in at Mercury Guest House in the Prawirotaman area. Room = Rp […]

Not much

Thursday, 10 March 2011
Mercury, Yogya

Not much happened on Monday, 7 March. Just staying in the apartment, a trip to the mall across the street, and a trip to the swimming pool.

A lake and a mall

Monday, 7 March 2011
Epicentrum Walk, Jakarta

A short walk down to the nearest lake, a quick trip to the nearest mall, and then a long trip to another mall which lasted for hours. And finally we returned to the Taman Rasuna apartment in the evening. That was yesterday. Jakarta I. Lake in Cibubur. Jakarta II. “Grand Indonesia”.