After the usual affair of breakfast and internet over at the Turret Cafe, where they’ve always just sold out of watermelon and honey, Vicki and I had to prepare for our adventurous six day jungle expedition, which we’d be leaving for the following morning. Read the rest of this entry »
Posts Tagged Bukittinggi
Gunung Merapi, I Do.
Mar 24
My original journal entry for today was Lazy Day III. See I don’t blog about every days happenings because somedays I simply do nothing; well, maybe spend a few hours on the net trying to upload photos, but nothing worth writing about. Today was to be one of those days, I’d just come back from Padang, my skin didn’t fancy another hit from the suns rays so I quickly popped to the supermarket and stocked up on food to see me through to the following day. Read the rest of this entry »
Wedding and Waterfalls
Mar 17
I Started the day with a wonderful western breakfast of jam on toast, or as the locals interpreted it to be, two pieces of white bread with jam in, lightly fried on either side. It’s not actually that bad, I mean I wouldn’t recommend you all go out and make it, but maybe when your kitchen is lacking in options and you have bread, jam and a bit of oil or butter, then maybe, go for it. Read the rest of this entry »
Bukittingi
Mar 5
Here I arrive in the town of Bukittiniggi, West Sumatra, Indonesia. Finally south of the equator after so many years of trying, but only just south mind. My expectations of the equator were foolishly one of arid heat and dusty desert plains, that was never going to be true here in Sumatra though Read the rest of this entry »