From bangkok to Chiangmai

I have huge back pack on my back(80ltr), one in front of my chest (30ltr)and we still had to drag other bag (50 ltr) to the MRT station, and then sub way. Have to walk on sky walk before reach the subway.Nightmare !Its the other price to pay when you're a shopohoilic. I got tshirt for my family, sisters, evern small tedy bear for my niece.We check out at 10.30 from Central Shukumvit 25. We had

crazy chiangmai.....

Bangkok-Chiangmai 31 Agustus 2007 Kita berangkat ke Chiangmai naik kereta setelah survey dan beli tiket satu hari sebelumnya di stasiun Hua Lampong (cuma ada 1 stasiun kereta, kita kemaren naik BTS dan lanjut naik MRT tapi dari stasiun .... ke stasiun Hua Lampong lumayan jauh so selamat berjuang kalo punya bawaan kayak kami kemaren). Kita memilih kereta 2nd class sleeper rapid train (491 baht)

bangkok oh bangkok

Phuket-Bangkok 27 Agustus 2007 Check out hostel jam 12 siang so kita harus ngungsi lagi menuju kota lain...BANGKOK.... Kita rencananya ke Surat Tani dulu naik bis dan lanjut naik kereta mpe Bangkok tapi gw bilang ma fico, kalo gitu kita bakalan capek banget harus angkut segala bawaan yang tiba2 jadi bertambah dengan hebatnya karena bawaan orok wanita yang hobi belanja so gw memutuskan dan dikit

Last day fun in Bangkok (full of bling2)

Istana Raja (King Palace)Megaaaahhh nyaaa !Om yang jaga tempat kediaman keluarga raja...Emaasss ???Yesterday is very exhausted day.But as always we did it with fun !We went thru the same activity like the other day, went to the Chao Phraya River using MRT and sky train from Shukumvit.We already know where we should stop at, at 8th pier and then walk outside the pier to the street. And the grand

Bangkok and tour to the wat wat (???)

We just got back from "wat tour".. we did it our self. From were we stay (Shukumvit soi 25 "Shukumvit Centre" is the hostel name) we took MRT from Asok to Siam and then change into Silom line at Siam to Saphan Taksin and then go down to lower level to the pier (Central pier/Sathorn Taksin).We choose the express boat (13 baht/trip) cause its have flat fare, the other one ferry price is 100 baht

Bangkok City of Pretty boy

The bus fare from Phuket to Bangkok is 626 baht, and its 15 hours journey. Two time stop and each stop is about 15-20 minutes. The stopping place is clean, its where we eat.We finally arrive to Bangkok, City of angels. Its really similiar to Jakarta i think.We arrive at 4. 30 am. The lights still on. An there's already so many people on street. Just the same like jakarta.Maria already ask the bus

phuket.. buh bye !

Last day in phuket, we only have couple hours to stay here.We decide to go to Wat Chalong, the biggest temple here in Phuket. We see the tample on the way to Kata/Karon Beach, its beautiful !After went to Wat Chalong we must rush back to catch our bus to Bangkok..We back to our hostel at 11 am. We must repack our things.At night actually we've been talking again about the way we go to Bangkok.

fotooooooooo di phuket!!!!!!!!!

kenangan indah di Phuket!!!!!!!!

Krabi-Phuket 24 Agustus 2007Hari pertama kita ikut tour 4 pulau, lalu besoknya keliling kota dan lusanya ke pulau Phi2 dan langsung menuju Phuket naik bis minta dianterin ma jemputan tour ke terminal bis sekitar jam 4 sore. Ada kejadian lucu buat dikenang sodara2 ”backpack nya Ms. Fico, talinya sobek....huaaahhh karena kebanyakan bawaan kale J”. Naik bis kita hanya bayar 115 baht sedang kalo

Views From a Window

Published in GCN, April 11, 1981. At 82 Vidal is still alive and kicking, despite recent knee replacement surgery, and despite my occasional disagreements with him I still admire him. He's one of the writers from whom I've learned the most, and he still makes me realize how little I've accomplished.Views from a Window: conversations with Gore Vidaledited by Robert J. Stanton and Gore VidalLyle

Views From a Window

Published in GCN, April 11, 1981. At 82 Vidal is still alive and kicking, despite recent knee replacement surgery, and despite my occasional disagreements with him I still admire him. He's one of the writers from whom I've learned the most, and he still makes me realize how little I've accomplished.Views from a Window: conversations with Gore Vidaledited by Robert J. Stanton and Gore VidalLyle

pasar malam phuket....

dasar mang bawaan orok tempat baru ya....bukan nyasar se tapi dipeta kita liat ada night bazaar ternyata kita da jalan setengah jam itu klab malam...tidakkkkkk!!!!!!balik arah mo ke phuket shopping center da jalan jauh trus pake nanya ma bapak2 lokal yang ga ngerti english cuma ngerti kita cari jalan waktu nunjukin peta ternyata gak buka karena sabtu-minggu ada pasar malam...tidakkkkkkkkk!!!!!ada

Special Phuket

Last night we just can't do anything else than get shower and just had some sleep, wake up at 7 am, still we can't stay at bed more than that (working habits).We were starve to death that we went downstairs nexdoor to beloved 7 eleven and grab some juice and bread for breakfast.Its very couzy at Phuket Backpacker hostel. We eat our breakfast infront of computer, browsing, since its free charge
jalan2 di phuket town, small city so u can walk around depan Baan Iyara, Krabi me-fico and my Phuket Night Angel :). Thank you! cerita selanjutnya ntar aja ya........

Phi2 tour & Morning Phuket ! (Day 1 Phuket)

Woah... last night was incredible journey. From Krabi to Phuket by bus. It took us 2 hours ride from Krabi to Phuket and the bus ticket only 115 baht.Our other option is by shuttle bus but the price is twice more expensive 350 baht. We choose public transport.. its a journey full of adventure.. so.. adventure here we go ! going with economic class bus !We finished our Phi2 tour at 3.30 pm (

foto.....

dibelakang itu temple di krabi, keren juga di foto dari jauhhabis snorkeling, capek banget so waktunya foto2.gw lupa nama pulau ini :)my first snorkeling.it was great....you should try it!!!!!!!

Amazing phi2 and journey to phuket !!

Pagi yang cerah.. kami berangkat ke Phi2 island dengan tur yang sama Barracuda tour (andalan !!!) hehehe..Cuaca panas banget, di pagi hari matahari dengan jor2an menyinari pagi yang indah di krabi.Kami udah packing sejak semalam. Sebelum packing kita jalan2 dengan motor matic yang kita sewa di Baan Iyara (mahal bo ternyata! 300baht, seharusnya 100-120 udah dapat 24 jam/1harian). Kita rada bingung

foto2 lagi!!!!!!!!!

4 ISLANDS TOUR...tgl 23 augcuma 600baht bisa kemana2, asik banget dan telah menghitamkan kulitku dengan sukses.SELAMAT!!! PHI PHI ISLAND TOUR...tgl 25 augperjalanan di mulai di maya beach, pantai yang rameeeeee banget.baru kali ini gw ke pantai kayak ke pasar aja.lo bisa liat orang dari banyak negara tapi semua pada cuek karena pada ga mo rugi kali ya, disini bisa berenang dan snorkeling.. tebing

Day 2: Krabi town is small

We woke up not in rush today.We were planning to do our own city tour around Krabi. Yesterday is hell of fun day, and we need to do something that wont made us exhausted or get water splashes for today.We need to get rest for tomorrow because tomorrow is a big day.We will go to Phiphi Island, i've been waiting this for so long. I want to do more snorkeling for sure if i went there. It said as the

Day 1, Krabi Thailand & Four Islands Tour

Today when we were woke up, we feel extremely excited. We get up little bit early, eating noodles as breakfast and vitamin C as we will get lots of fun in the sun.The Baan Iyara hostel is really comfy, and not so much noisy so we could sleep very well. Its very clean and neat too (most important thing !). I'm just thinking where in Indonesia you could have a room with air conditioner, hot shower,

foto2........

pengalaman pantai dan keliling pulau gw ceritain kronologis berikutnya...tungguin ya.... baan iyara hostel sekitar jam 7 malam. Dijemput naik BMW bo'...just what a night de waktu itu...oia, kita dapet kamar private buat berdua...yippiii ada internet gratis di terminal, tapi ya itu tulalit so ga berguna juga :( berangkat ke krabi, thailand naik tiger airways, tgl 21 aug sekitar jam 5 sore,harus

thailand...here we're go........

Singapore-Krabi 21 Agustus 2007Sekitar jam 1 siang balik ke hostel karena penerbangan jam 18.00 tapi harus tiba 2 jam sebelumnya so ngambil barang dulu dan balik arah lagi menuju stasiun, seharian itu pokoke capek banget da, keringatan bisa seember kayaknya mana bawaan berat banget. Kita menuju Changi airport pake MRT dan naik bis menuju Budget Terminal (ikutin aja arah dari bandara changi, mudah

Start:Jambi-Batam-Singapore day 1

Lets the journey began…. This noon my mom and my younger sister drive us to Sultan Taha Airport. Our flight is at 3.10 pm with Mandala Airlines. I already book this flight month before. I did that because its pretty close with the end of school holidays. I’m just afraid that we’re not being able to get one if we just “go-show” to the airport. My mom is still sick I could see that on her face, but

From Singapore to Krabi

Our flight is at afternoon. So we went out at 8.30 from Betel Box on a mission to find a digital camera for ms. Maria.But first we went to Bugis square and took some of pictures. We eat our lunch at Bugis Mc D. I even meet Nana, my cousin from Malaysia, its a huge supraise that she and her family went to Singapore the same day with me. They went to Singapore just for shopping.Shortly we arrive at

Singapore indah!!!!!!!!!

Singapore 20 Agustus 2007Tiba di HarbourFront jam 19.20 (berarti jam 20.20 waktu Singapore), melewati imigrasi, gw ketemu ma ibu2 yang cerewet, waktu ditanya gw nginap dimana, gw bingung karena gw ga tau alamatnya cuma ingat nama hostelnya doank, mungkin karena banyak yang ngantri so dia ga bawel lagi…uhhggg… Langsung menuju MRT (kereta bawah tanah) mo ke Betel Box Hostel (www.betelbox.com) di

Bye2 indonesia!!!!!!!!!!!

Aktifitas perjalanan jambi-Batam-Singapore-Thailand-Singapore-Batam-jambi dimulai dengan persiapan segala sesuatunya dari 7 bulan sebelum keberangkatan (segitunya…he2…). Soalnya kita booking lagi promosi budget flight pake Tiger Airways (Jetstar Airways juga murah kok). Jambi-Batam 20 Agustus 2007 Tanggal 20 Agustus kita berangkat naik Mandala Airlines (rada mahal dan perubahan harganya ga

Fiskal ohh Fiskal

Banyak banget yang nanyain soal fiskal, memang agak membingungkan dan agak gak adil banget sebab gak tiap daerah gratis lewat Batam ke singapore.Data di bawah ini aku ambil dari milis indobackpacker. Mungkin bisa bantu teman2 semua yang pengen keluar negri tapi bingung soal fiskal.Oh ya besarnya fiskal itu beda2. Kalo di Jakarta kena Rp 1 juta. Tapi kalo lewat batam kenanya Rp 500,000,- Mungkin

Harumph!

On second thought, I figured this diatribe should be posted separately from the book review.My blog entry "Gay Christians Say the Darnedest Things" was linked by slacktivist in July, which led to a brief and interesting exchange of comments there. Some commenters complained that I don't enable comments here, a matter which I've mentioned but not really explained before. Reading the slacktivist

Harumph!

On second thought, I figured this diatribe should be posted separately from the book review.My blog entry "Gay Christians Say the Darnedest Things" was linked by slacktivist in July, which led to a brief and interesting exchange of comments there. Some commenters complained that I don't enable comments here, a matter which I've mentioned but not really explained before. Reading the slacktivist

Fiddling While Faggots Burn

Published in GCN in April 1981. Soon after I wrote this I began serious research on Christianity -- the history of the New Testament, the origins of the Jesus cult, and particularly Christian teachings on homosexuality -- in preparation for a projected book, Like Father, Like Son: An Attack on Christianity. I never quite finished it, but I did more reviews on religion-related books for GCN and

Fiddling While Faggots Burn

Published in GCN in April 1981. Soon after I wrote this I began serious research on Christianity -- the history of the New Testament, the origins of the Jesus cult, and particularly Christian teachings on homosexuality -- in preparation for a projected book, Like Father, Like Son: An Attack on Christianity. I never quite finished it, but I did more reviews on religion-related books for GCN and

Now, More Than Ever

Now that the Democrats have shown conclusively that it is useless to vote them into office, there remains the question of 2008. I've encountered a surprising number of liberal Dems who apparently believe that Bush will be running again. "I want to see him defeated in 2008," they tell me grimly. So much for "reality-based"! (These are the same sort of people who believe that the US didn't

Now, More Than Ever

Now that the Democrats have shown conclusively that it is useless to vote them into office, there remains the question of 2008. I've encountered a surprising number of liberal Dems who apparently believe that Bush will be running again. "I want to see him defeated in 2008," they tell me grimly. So much for "reality-based"! (These are the same sort of people who believe that the US didn't

A Dark and Stormy Night

This review was published in GCN on April 14, 1981. The answer to my offhand question in the body of the review is that "Vincent Virga" is not a pseudonym. Virga is a successful book designer and picture editor, and he went on to write two more novels: A Comfortable Corner (1986), about a contemporary gay male couple troubled by one partner's alcoholism, and Vadriel Vail (2001), another

A Dark and Stormy Night

This review was published in GCN on April 14, 1981. The answer to my offhand question in the body of the review is that "Vincent Virga" is not a pseudonym. Virga is a successful book designer and picture editor, and he went on to write two more novels: A Comfortable Corner (1986), about a contemporary gay male couple troubled by one partner's alcoholism, and Vadriel Vail (2001), another

lama...

lama banget nunggu tgl 19, waktunya gw cuti dan melakukan perjalanan tgl 20...hmmm...my first backpack experience..wish me luck.da gak sabar banget pengen melepaskan lelah selama shutdown plant dan reset pikiran gw yang uda dikacaukan ma Zidar :(.tunggu cerita gw ya....SEMANGAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What Is "Community"?

I just got out of an interesting gay chat room discussion, which is something of an event in itself. The availability of cheap Internet access that doesn’t tie up your phone line makes it possible for many gay men to log in to a chat site, then leave the program running in the background while they work on other things, hoping that Ryan Philippe or Hugh Jackman will send them a private message.

What Is "Community"?

I just got out of an interesting gay chat room discussion, which is something of an event in itself. The availability of cheap Internet access that doesn’t tie up your phone line makes it possible for many gay men to log in to a chat site, then leave the program running in the background while they work on other things, hoping that Ryan Philippe or Hugh Jackman will send them a private message.

Betelbox Hostel Singapore

I book Betelbox Hostel today via mail.My last trip to Singapore so impressive, i like to stay in that hostel. The front desk is very helpful and friendly. They also had an amazing cat, i love that huge cat !!! Smart cat, his name is lucky.I stay for several days, five days if i am not mistaken. I never been to Singapore, and i don't know anyone there. I thought i would be lonely and it wont be