As you probably know from reading Denise’s account, she broke her collarbone during an otherwise fantastic beach vacation in Batu Karas. She also received two incredibly painful massages on the broken bone - not a hairline fracture either, a proper break - before we knew what the problem was. She is an extremely […]
Entries from March 2008
Trouble comes in threes
March 30th, 2008 · 4 Comments
Tags: Bandung
Heaven for a Pirate
March 16th, 2008 · 4 Comments
There’s a big market in downtown Bandung near the town square, and part of that market is dedicated to pirated DVDs and music. It was closed recently due to a police crackdown, but the appropriate bribes have been paid, and it has been allowed to reopen. I went there today, and purchased the following:
The Simpsons […]
Tags: Bandung
Jungle-trekking in Borneo (Kalimantan)
March 2nd, 2008 · 6 Comments
A couple of weeks ago we began our adventure in Kalimantan (the Indonesian part of Borneo) by flying into Banjarmasin, the largest city. We discovered to our dismay that there were NO flights at all to Pangkalan Bun, the starting point for the jungle river journey that we were planning. The only other […]
Tags: Elsewhere in Asia