After about a week or so in Manila, Rune flew with Cebu Pacific Air to Jakarta, Indonesia, last weekend (Friday evening, 7 September), where he stayed in a small homestay in an area called jalan Jaksa in central Jakarta. It costs Rp 60,000 per night, or about 6 US Dollars. “Soft Laundry”, which is also […]
My second work related trip outside Europe. I combined the trip with a vacation in Indonesia afterwards. I had an open-jaw ticket with Lufthansa (outbound to Manila, inbound from Jakarta). Philippines, 28 – 31 October We stayed at Shangri-La Makati, Metro Manila. Factory visit in Laguna, south of Manila. Taiwan, 31 October – 4 November […]
On my thirteenth trip to SE Asia, I had a return ticket with British Airways from Oslo to Singapore. That city was just a transit point though, and I used Batam as my stepping stone to Indonesia and Jakarta. More economical than a ticket Oslo – Jakarta. Trip duration: 2 to 21 April 2006. Places […]
I and Caecil flew on Cathay Pacific to Jakarta, with a stopover in Hong Kong, where we stayed in the apartment of a colleague of mine. I had a return ticket, while Caecil had a one-way ticket. Trip duration Hong Kong: 4 to 7 September 2005. Trip duration Indonesia: 7 to 25 September 2005. We […]
2004 was an extraordinary year, considering that I didn’t spend any days outside Europe at all… wow! This has not happened since pre-1995. So on 8 January 2005 I and Caecil flew on Gulf Air to Jakarta via Abu Dhabi, and returned to Oslo on 4 February 2005. We spent the whole trip in Indonesia. […]