I’m planning a trip to Maluku (Moluccas) next month, and will probably follow the route shown below, starting from Balikpapan. All distances will be covered by plane, except between Ambon and Banda, where I will go by passenger ship.
We went to Jakarta last Thursday 23 April. Caecil flew Garuda, while I flew the cheaper Mandala (Rp 425k). The plane arrived at the brand new Terminal 3, which had opened just a few days before. I stayed in the usual places. On Friday I went to fix my laptop, which had some dead pixels […]
I’m just about to board a Lion Air flight from Jakarta back to Balikpapan.
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 […]
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 […]