382 - said goodbye to family after breakfast, edwin took me to airport, plane to singapore, spent 6 hours in the terminal, wasted singapore money, but got tea on the plane, plane to indonesia, confusion about plane ticket back but terminal agents reluctantly let me on plane, when got to immigration there were absolutely no problems, guy even suggested food to try, hotel, atm for money, cup of noodles at the circle k

383 - searched for new hotel, sandals and converter, moved hotels, walked to beach, satay, walked around town, nothing much to do, waves bad and surf lessons were expensive, came back, read book, hung out on wall with guys, stayed there whole night, then got tired/bored and slept

384 - got on minivan to Ubud, met HK couple, looked for hotel, Dewi Antara, rented car, elephant caves, holy bathing temple, stuck bird in the water, big stone people were moving around temple, volcano viewpoint for a short while, rice fields, went back, walked around looking for dinner, read book

385 - goodbye to HK couple, laundry with French girls, Monkey forest, walked around with the girls, agreed to meet for dinner, read my book until meeting, went for dinner and then drinking with more french people, came back

386 - walked around outer Ubud, stone carving village after wood carving, watched carving, nice walk and helped push some guys car out of being stuck, came back and finished VURT, in evening had dinner at wifi place but learned they had no wifi, as coming back saw wedding celebration, woman traditional dancing with various guys

387 - guy took me to Bemo station, Bemo to Batabulan, Bemo to Ubung, Bemo to Medewi, found cheap hotel, very lucky check in, relaxed, lunch (bad tofu and whatever), found 250k surf lessons ($26), watched the waves, read I and Thou, updated journal

388 - went out to surf, swallowed a lot of sea water, rode some waves, hit my groin with the surf board, killed my stomach, was exhausted, broke a fin off the board, searched a long time for the fin, ended up paying, read my book and relaxed, had dinner and chat with two guys

389 - left in the morning, bus to port, ferry, taxi to bus station, paid guy 102k but he didn't give me my 60k change back, told me i would get it in surabaya, bus took me to Bondo, talked with the police there, got the next bus to surabaya, shuffled to night bus, got some fried chicken before we left the station to jogjakarta

390 - night bus got to Yogyakarta at 4 am, internet cafe for map, walked 4 km into the city, found a losmen, ansa hotel, lots of graffiti around the city, tourist information office got me a good map, went to the sultan's palace, then to the batik art center, then to the bird market, got a cheap shake along the way, saw all sorts of weird animals for sale as pets (monkey, bat, owl, porcupine, flying squirrel, etc), then the water temple, went to the shadow puppet show in the evening

391 - went on tour of borobodur, it was rebuilt and not so interesting, then went to a small temple, saw a buddha in a laying down position but it was covered with a sheet as if it were sleeping (not typical), then to Prambanan, some other temples around, made friends with Lim, after the tour went out to the fort with Lim, got some good satay food, walked around, went for beers, rained very heavily and flooded streets, hung out in Lim's hotel drinking

392 - bus to bus station, no one would give me a cheap correct price, finally after a long fight i got an express bus for 80k, food, became friendly with the ticket people, got on the bus, and it was a long ride.

393 - in the morning arrived at bogor, went to KFC for some coffee and to try to use the wifi (no luck), ran into a prostitute who grabbed my arm and i had to pry myself away from her, walked around Bogor, saw tons of deer around a huge fenced area (presidential palace I think), went to the tourist information office and waited until they opened to get a map, got a pretty crappy one, walked around until I found Firman Pension which was the guesthouse I was searching for anyway, Soil Museum, Botanical gardens, Zoology museum (whale skeleton), gardens, no huge flowers, orchids, cocoa trees and others, made friends with the guards, back, noodles, read/relaxed, rain, went out for dinner, screaming woman at guesthouse, bought killer bunny t-shirt

394 - Took 2k ekonomy train to Jakarta, walked to hotel area and checked out about 8 different hotels, had to search around to do laundry for a fair price, short visit to internet cafe, gado gado lunch, relaxed, met Ivan as he came to borrow an ipod charger, hung out, went for pizza hut with his agents (he is a model), came back and hung out more

395 - relaxed in the morning, went to see Centurian with Ivan, had lunch, rained, came back, chilled at the hostel with Liam and ___, met Pamela, talked a lot with her, meanwhile down the street people were playing drums non-stop to mark the end of Ramadan, briefly met Ross and Lindsay

396 - Went out exploring with Ross & Lindsay, National Monument, bus to Kota, walked around area briefly, hungry so went back to hotel, lunch, relaxed, met up again for dinner, played cards in room, Ivan was next door and heard us through the wall, we all hung out

397 - breakfast with everyone, goodbyes, went into Jakarta, walked through Kota area
to harbor area, lots of old ships and great photos, thought "the worst world for
life is the best for photographers", dirty scum everywhere, really depressing,
walked around poor area, floating rats, terrible smell, walked down main street,
porn sold on side, burnt rat, visited mall, took the bus back, rained, dinner with
Pamela and friend, trouble finding ferry information

398 - up, no Pamela to say goodbye, really fast crazy moto to bus, bus to bus
station, bus to ferry, ferry to Sumatra to another bus, woman on bus said to get off
to get bus to Padang, expensive express bus, waited instead of paying, met nice
mechanics working for mercedez benz (bus supplier), slept in their tent, frogs and
bugs everywhere in tent

399 - guys flagging down busses for me, no room, finally took express bus at very
discounted rate, spent entire day on bus, nothing much happened, difficult to sleep

400 - arrived in Padang early, guy on bus pointed direction towards city, walked
forever to find a cheap hotel, put stuff down, food, shower, little rest, walked
around city, South African guy with no money sleeping on streets, down to beach, not
much of a beach, saw books drying in a courtyard, walked more, supermarket, got a
bit lost trying to find hotel, checked other hotels for their prices, retraced steps
to get back, mie bakso really delicious restaurant

401 - checked out and started walking to ?, asked police for where the bus station
was, ojek moto to bus, waited 6 hours at station for the bus to Toba, read, finally
on the bus, Sumatra windy roads, narrow, bus went through jungle, sorta nice

402 - no sleep on bus, stuffed nose, met a (the first) guy who did not know what
Judaism was, arrived in Parapat, expensive hotels, finally found a cheap one, walked
around, coffee with some people who called me over, got to know people, Bill and
Double, then internet cafe with new friends there, Rajes and company, fixed their
printer, hung out during the blackout

403 - Lots of yellow neon snot out of nose, huge mosquito, had breakfast, went to
Rajes', fixed computer, Rajes took me on motorcycle to the ferry to Tuk Tuk (city)
on Samosir island, Bagus Bay guesthouse, walked around, met Ellie and Norma, drank
with them, continued walk around Tuk Tuk, met Roy who was getting married, arranged
my birthday party with E+N, walked back, had curry and watched forrest gump

September 18 - 404 - dropped off laundry, picked up motorcycle, met Alex, tour of
Samosir, stone chairs, hot springs, lunch mie, looked in the Tomok market for coffee
but none, back, met with Alex and Mike for dinner, rained, returned moto, watched
football and drank

405 - Birthday! collected breakfast and laundry, while having breakfast i chatted
with some students, answered some difficult questions, took the ferry to Parapat,
walked forever, finally found Rajes, fixed his printer again, took the ferry back,
wrote down a few of my favorites from different catagories, went to Ellies, had
lunch, found Alex, shaved my head, went to dinner, amazing huge fish, local palm
tree wine, great cake, and great redang curry, Mike sang a bit, Ellie and Norma and
Husband sang all night, beautiful voices, got many gifts, CD, shawl, thanked them
endlessly then called it a night, went to watch some football and eat some pizza
before the end of the evening.

406 - waited with Alex for ferry, public bus to Medan, 3 people each sat next to me
during ride squishing me/sleeping on me, fat guy second, fat lady third, Medan very
polluted like Jakarta, hotel, food, internet, no ferry, sleep

407 - woke up, bought flight ticket, spent time on internet, updated things, sent 1
year email (way too late), goodbye lunch with Alex, failed walk to post office
(closed), updated journal, updated photos, lots of time online

408 - walk to airport, checked in bag, waiting, toblerone, fisherman friends,
postcards to use the last of my money, plane, made tin foil animals, prayer cards in
seat pockets, Georgetown/Penang, very different than Medan, found hotel, met John
Shelton, walked around to find tourist office, closed, heritage museum, food with
John