tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32677255713665111942024-03-12T16:53:52.181-07:00Welsh Davids Travel BlogDavid Watkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06655026110661110262noreply@blogger.comBlogger143125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3267725571366511194.post-69235115637806460892013-02-08T12:40:00.001-08:002013-08-21T04:30:23.501-07:0029 January 2013 - In the UK, Home.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: large;">I caught the Air India flight at 9am in the morning from Singapore for Delhi then changed
planes for the flight to London. In Delhi I was a bit surprised to be offered a
wheelchair to go to the transfer lounge then on the flight to London to be
treated as 'old' being covered by the flight attendant with two blankets as she
said that I was cold. Being 'old' with my sight failing (cue the violins) I sometimes have trouble making out the signs for the
toilets, the normal silhouettes for ladies and gentlemen, but there could be no mistake
in Delhi Airport with the large pictures at each toilet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">That was the end of a 10 month trip, 28 weeks with Madventure/UKTOOZ and the remainder wandering round by myself and sometimes visiting friends in Australia. I have been asked if I have favourite place and the answer is No! There have been places I have enjoyed visiting such as Turkey for it's ruins and Istanbul (no ruins there) in particular; Iran, especially Esfahan, and the people of Iran who were very friendly; Pakistan for the wildness of the country and the friendliness of the people; India, Nepal and Thailand I have always enjoyed even when the hotel guests in Varanasi asked if the camp site on the hotel lawn was for refugees while it was some of the group camping there; Laos and Cambodia seemed to be slow, gentle places but Cambodia had the</span><span style="font-size: large;"> unforgettable Killing Fields and jails</span><span style="font-size: large;"> ; Vietnam full of contrasts with the American dollar as currency and with the Vietcong tunnels and the Vietnam War still being celebrated there;</span><span style="font-size: large;"> Singapore was not as I remembered it and I preferred it as it was years ago; Indonesia was fantastic with so much of a variety of temples, countryside and the amazing Komodo dragons; and Australia was expensive. I did side trips to Burma (it may still be called that though it has been renamed Myanmar) and Papua New Guinea. Burma and its temples were mind blowing, Papua New Guinea had changed considerably since we lived there as a family. I enjoyed going back and seeing the changes but I was very lucky in that I was looked after by the local people I had worked with before, which made travelling round much easier.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">There was no preferred place out of all that I had visited. Different places had different attractions but there was one I would never want to visit again, which is Dharamsala in India. I know India was hot, smelly and full of people but that is what I expect in India. However, Dharamsala was so dirty that it was beyond the pale and that is where the Dalai Lama lives. Another question was if I felt threatened at any time. This was a difficult question to answer as although I considered Pakistan to be a dangerous country and with the police escort saying that it was too dangerous for us to be there I did not actually feel threatened, strange though it may seem. The local people in Quetta were quick to tell the group of Taliban we saw to go away as they wanted nothing to do with them and that was reassuring in itself. While out in the countryside we were an obvious target in a big orange truck. That was disconcerting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Would I do another trip like this. At the moment I do not know. Maybe you can ask Mary!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">During my stay in Singapore I stayed with Jane, Darren and Bronwyn who are now
living there. During the week days I went wandering round Singapore especially
going to the parts that I remembered from the 60’s when I used sail into the
port here. I can honestly say that nothing is the same as it was then, every
thing was different especially with the new buildings to be seen. Not much of
the city was recognisable, the street names being most of what I recognised.
When the family was not working we went to The Night Safari at the Zoo, Sunday
brunches at hotels, Chinatown and the Chinatown Heritage Museum, a ‘Duck’ ride
round Marina Bay, to the top of the Marina Bay Sky Park, the Art and Science
Museum which had separate displays of the Fujian's and the Art of the Brick
(this was the lego brick and not the house brick as I expected), Sentosa Resort
and Spa and many hawker centres to eat various meals.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The ArtScience Museum and The Art of the Brick Exhibition photographs below. All made out of lego bricks, except me!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">On 29 January 2013 I left Singapore to return to the UK.</span></div>
David Watkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06655026110661110262noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3267725571366511194.post-6835194971462624422013-01-19T02:34:00.003-08:002013-08-21T04:25:51.053-07:0013 to 16 January - Jogjakarta (Indonesia)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: large;">I went to the Prambanan Temple site again, not to see the main site but to have another look at the Sewu Temple which is mainly a large collection of ruins, piled up stones and which I found to be more interesting than the rebuilt main site. Oddly enough I spoke to Korean/American and Indonesian women who preferred this site to the main one as well. Again I was the only person on the site as it seems that most people do not want to walk the 2 kilometres there or even get off a little road train that continually drives around the site. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The temple was probably built in 8th century and was possibly the centre of religious activities of Buddhist people. Sewu Temple, (the second biggest Buddhist temple after Borobudur, and Prambanan temple), which is a Hindu temple, indicated that Hindu and Buddhist communities had lived together without ant problems. The name “Sewu” (from the Javanese word, meaning thousand) indicates that there are many shrines included in the Sewu Temple compound, although their number does not reach a thousand. Sewu Temple has 249 shrines consisting of 1 main central temple, 8 flanking or intermediate shrines, and 240 ancillary shrines in a symmetrical arrangement. Sewu Temple has four gates and each of them is guarded by a couple of Dwarapala statues facing each other. From the outer court into the inner court, there are also four gates, each guarded by a couple of Dwarapala statues similar to those at the outer gates. Each of the Dwarapala statues is made of a single block of stone, placed on a square base 1.2 metres high with one leg on its knee, the other one bended, and one hand holding a club. The statue stands 2.3 metres high and is fantastic to see. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; text-align: left;"> A pair of Dwarapala Statues at one of the gates</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Me as the tourist wearing a covering which had to be worn out of respect to the meaning of the temple</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The rebuilding of Sewu Temple</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Having been told that there was another temple near-by (3 kilometres away) I went and visited the Plaosan Temple, again more of a collection of ruins and stones but still fascinating. The complex is divided into two groups, namely the North Plaosan Temple and the South Plaosan Temple. Both of the temples have square terrace that is encircled by wall, a pillbox for meditation at the west part and dome on other side. Because of that similarity, the appearance of both temples are the same when they are seen from distant so that Plaosan temple is also called the twin temples.The entire complex has 116 ancillary domes and 50 ancillary temples. Ancillary domes can be seen on each side of the main temple, as can smaller ancillary temples.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The palace of Jogyakarta is known as the Kreton or Sultan's Palace and which I visited on another day. It is a complex that reflects the Javanese culture and architecture. It was designed and built in stages and completed in 1790.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This complex of pavilions was constructed entirely on ancient beliefs and each feature of the complex, from the courtyards to the trees, has a special symbolic meaning related to sophisticated Javanese world view. </span><span style="font-size: large;">The Keraton was built facing directly north towards Mount Merapi. Malioboro Road (the main shopping street in Jogyakarta) was originally used as the ceremonial route, not unlike London’s Pall Mall, and forms a straight line drawn from the Sultan’s palace to the Merapi volcano. The palace was designed to be more than just a royal residence but as a focal point of the Sultan’s entire kingdom. Today, the Kraton (Palace) is a piece of living history and tradition. It continues to be used, both as a home of the Sultan as well as for other important ceremonial and cultural functions of the Yogya court. The present Sultan Hamengku Buwono X of Jogyakarta</span><span style="font-size: large;"> retains the title of Sultan although Yogya (the local name for Jogyakarta</span><span style="font-size: large;"> has become one of the provinces of the Republic of Indonesia. The Sultan of Yogya,is also the governor of the province, and is still considered the cultural head of this region, and is greatly loved by the people. There are actually two parts in the palace that can be visited, the first being the terrace area then, if the staff remember to tell anyone how to get to it, the palace area behind with an entrance a few hundred metres further along the road.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Audience Hall</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Inside the Audience Hall</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ceiling of the Audience Hall</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The entrance to the rear palace</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Inside the palace</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Inside the palace</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In the back streets is the Taman Sari Water Castle, an old photograph of which is shown below. It looks very much the same now except that the area round the castle has been built on. This is the site of a former royal garden of the Sultanate of Yogyakarta being </span><span style="font-size: large;">built in the mid-18th century. Only the central bathing complex has been preserved, while the other areas have been largely built over. The complex consists of about 59 buildings including a mosque, meditation chambers, swimming pools, and a series of 18 water gardens and pavilions surrounded by artificial lakes. The complex was used between 1765–1812.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">A row of small Tajug buildings that functioned as air vents for the underground tunnel. The area, once an artificial lake, is now filled with settlements.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Water Castle was a bathing complex for the royal family and consists of three pools decorated with mushroom-shaped springs and large flower pots. There are two buildings in the bathing complex. The northernmost building was used as the resting place and changing room for the daughters and concubines of the sultan. On the south side of this building is a pool known as <i>Umbul Muncar</i> which is divided into two by a central pathway. The next building on the south is a building with a tower in its centre. The right wing of the building was used as the sultan's changing room, the east wing was used as his resting place. The central tower was used by the sultan to observe his daughters and concubines bathing in the pool. On the south of this building is the third pool that was used only by the sultan and his concubines. During its era, only females and the sultan were allowed to enter this bathing complex.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large; text-align: center;">Photographs of the underground mosque near the castle</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 15.828125px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The elevated platform where the four staircases meet</span></span><span style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 15.828125px;"><br /><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Entrance to the pools</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The double bathing pool</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">What the sultan was able to see at the double bathing pool</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The single bathing pool</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The single bathing pool</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Street Scenes</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">A Marshall Portable Steam Boiler on a plinth near the railway station</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Rickshaw driver</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Nothing to do with Indonesian culture, just a sculpture erected by the Jogyakarta Arts Society</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Malioboro Road at night (the shopping area)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">On 16 January I left Jogyakarta and flew to Singapore to stay with Jane, Darren and Bronwyn.</span><br />
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David Watkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06655026110661110262noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3267725571366511194.post-56635639643932952952013-01-16T20:14:00.001-08:002013-08-20T04:53:54.858-07:009 to 12 January - to Bawen and Ambarawa (Indonesia)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: large;">I found the following on the internet and it is thought provoking as to how it actually happens and the effect on any tourists. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Nyepi Religious Day & Cultural Event </b><br />Please be informed that Bali island celebrates Nyepi (Silent) Day each year on below dates. The Nyepi (Silent) Day is a day of absolute silence throughout the island. No outdoor activities are allowed including check in and check out from hotels.March 12, 2013 | March 31, 2014 | March 21, 2015 | March 9, 2016 | March 28, 2017. For more information about events in Bali, visit <a href="http://blog.baliwww.com/">http://blog.baliwww.com</a> and <a href="http://baliwww.com/event/">http://baliwww.com/event/</a></span> <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I spent one night in Bali then caught a bus to Bawen as I wanted to visit the railway Museum in nearby Ambarawa with the overnight bus taking 21 hours for the trip. The first bus left Bali at midday and arrived at Bawen at 09.00 hours. There was a stop at 22.30 hours for a dinner of fried chicken, rice, vegetable soup and watermelon, all included in the fare. Apart from dropping people off at various places during the night there was no further stop until we reached the destination. Thee was a toilet on the coach (no comment) and the seats were like airline seats but I did end up with a sore back and neck. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I happened to sit next to an Indonesian lady on the bus. She spoke very good English having worked as a nanny for a Brazilian family in Bali and then going to Winchester (UK) with them for a year. She had also been a nanny in Singapore, Switzerland, and Uganda and now free-lanced for families on holiday in Bali, days or weeks at a time as required. She said that it was cheaper to employ her than to use the hotel baby-sitting service. As to how she finds the work, well, she advertises on the internet and on Facebook. I asked her to explain the ‘quiet day’ and this is what she said having been in Bali for one herself. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">On the day in question the Indonesians have to stay home, no cooking is allowed nor light in the homes. It is supposed to be a day of prayer and fasting but she was not clear if that was from sunrise to sunset or for the 24 hours. In the villages the children are taken to one house where they are entertained all day. No loud noises are allowed anywhere. The Bali airport is closed for the day and all tourists must stay in the hotels, they are not allowed on the beaches, they cannot make any noise but they are able to eat. All bars and clubs are closed for the day. The religious police patrol the streets, towns and villages to make sure that everyone is doing what they should. The lady said that a lot of tourists go to Bali at this time just to observe what happens on the ‘quiet day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ambarawa was a military city during the time of the Dutch Colonial Government. King Willem 1 ordered the construction of a new railway station to enable the government to transport its troops to Semerang with part of the line requiring construction of the short (7 km) rack section, the only such example in Java. On May 21, 1873 the Ambarawa railway station was built and called Willem I Station. The Station was originally a trans-shipment point between the 4ft 8<sup>1</sup>⁄<sub>2</sub> in (1,435 mm) gauge branch from Kedungjati to the northeast and the 3ft 6in (1,067 mm) gauge line onward towards Yogyakarta. It is still possible to see that the two sides of the station were built to accommodate different size trains.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The railway museum has a number of steam locomotives which remain from the closing of the 3ft 6in (1,067 mm) railway line.The museum has 21 steam locomotives of which four locomotives are operational. There are also old telephones, morse telegraph equipment, old bells and signals equipment, and some antique furniture. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN AROUND THE MUSEUM </span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-zxVoqYOULqU/UPYaytIOjMI/AAAAAAAANCA/VzVGURZ_D4o/s1600-h/Indonesia%25252C%252520Ambarawa%252520Railway%252520Museum%25252C%252520Workshop%25252C%25252011%252520January%2525202013%252520%2525281%252529%25255B3%25255D.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Indonesia, Ambarawa Railway Museum, Workshop, 11 January 2013 (1)" border="0" height="302" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-UvZtuvFiCL8/UPYa1L3lN2I/AAAAAAAANCI/YJf1oPo0syo/Indonesia%25252C%252520Ambarawa%252520Railway%252520Museum%25252C%252520Workshop%25252C%25252011%252520January%2525202013%252520%2525281%252529_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Indonesia, Ambarawa Railway Museum, Workshop, 11 January 2013 (1)" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-BIlVHrQJkTs/UPYa7bY7NJI/AAAAAAAANCQ/_ZpFA71Bk5E/s1600-h/Indonesia%25252C%252520Ambarawa%252520Railway%252520Museum%25252C%252520Manual%252520Crane%25252C%252520Haarl%25252C%252520N-725%25252C%2525201906%25252C%2525206000%252520kg%252520at%2525204%252520metres%25252C%25252011%252520January%2525202011%252520%2525281%252529%25255B3%25255D.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Indonesia, Ambarawa Railway Museum, Manual Crane, Haarl, N-725, 1906, 6000 kg at 4 metres, 11 January 2011 (1)" border="0" height="302" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-CZYlaCPYp7E/UPYa9GuUo0I/AAAAAAAANCY/5nFsAJc9BIk/Indonesia%25252C%252520Ambarawa%252520Railway%252520Museum%25252C%252520Manual%252520Crane%25252C%252520Haarl%25252C%252520N-725%25252C%2525201906%25252C%2525206000%252520kg%252520at%2525204%252520metres%25252C%25252011%252520January%2525202011%252520%2525281%252529_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Indonesia, Ambarawa Railway Museum, Manual Crane, Haarl, N-725, 1906, 6000 kg at 4 metres, 11 January 2011 (1)" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Workshop manual crane</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-msHiwTsCzvY/UPYbDq9Td3I/AAAAAAAANCg/n5JQCJI8vjM/s1600-h/Indonesia%25252C%252520Ambarawa%252520Railway%252520Museum%25252C%252520Loco%25252C%252520Haarl%252520Germany%25252C%252520N-B2503%25252C%25252011%252520January%2525202011%252520%2525281%252529%25255B3%25255D.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Indonesia, Ambarawa Railway Museum, Loco, Haarl Germany, N-B2503, 11 January 2011 (1)" border="0" height="186" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-MPMjmFz3_h8/UPYbGTDpsPI/AAAAAAAANCo/CUAbME-Iw7c/Indonesia%25252C%252520Ambarawa%252520Railway%252520Museum%25252C%252520Loco%25252C%252520Haarl%252520Germany%25252C%252520N-B2503%25252C%25252011%252520January%2525202011%252520%2525281%252529_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Indonesia, Ambarawa Railway Museum, Loco, Haarl Germany, N-B2503, 11 January 2011 (1)" width="246" /></a></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-cr_GQFJdmQI/UPYbMJKYq1I/AAAAAAAANCw/n8kb-Zcv4ZE/s1600-h/Indonesia%25252C%252520Ambarawa%252520Railway%252520Museum%25252C%252520Loco%25252C%252520Guards%252520Van%25252C%25252011%252520January%2525202011%252520%2525281%252529%25255B3%25255D.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Indonesia, Ambarawa Railway Museum, Loco, Guards Van, 11 January 2011 (1)" border="0" height="186" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Mk2xIABcbKo/UPYbN-TPNmI/AAAAAAAANC4/XVzU4LU8is4/Indonesia%25252C%252520Ambarawa%252520Railway%252520Museum%25252C%252520Loco%25252C%252520Guards%252520Van%25252C%25252011%252520January%2525202011%252520%2525281%252529_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Indonesia, Ambarawa Railway Museum, Loco, Guards Van, 11 January 2011 (1)" width="246" /></a></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-GdPJAmIiEiQ/UPYbTUuWAfI/AAAAAAAANDA/R9XwQcsXrfU/s1600-h/Indonesia%25252C%252520Ambarawa%252520Railway%252520Museum%25252C%252520Loco%25252C%252520Haarl%252520Germany%25252C%252520N-B2502%25252C%25252011%252520January%2525202011%252520%2525281%252529%25255B3%25255D.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Indonesia, Ambarawa Railway Museum, Loco, Haarl Germany, N-B2502, 11 January 2011 (1)" border="0" height="302" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-AQpoBy2U1sg/UPYbVc2-oxI/AAAAAAAANDI/sofEFpvJRSI/Indonesia%25252C%252520Ambarawa%252520Railway%252520Museum%25252C%252520Loco%25252C%252520Haarl%252520Germany%25252C%252520N-B2502%25252C%25252011%252520January%2525202011%252520%2525281%252529_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Indonesia, Ambarawa Railway Museum, Loco, Haarl Germany, N-B2502, 11 January 2011 (1)" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-NB3uU4gRD30/UPYbbEWqncI/AAAAAAAANDQ/2Yjov3zdzMg/s1600-h/Indonesia%25252C%252520Ambarawa%252520Railway%252520Museum%25252C%252520Workshop%25252C%25252011%252520January%2525202013%252520%2525283%252529%25255B3%25255D.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Indonesia, Ambarawa Railway Museum, Workshop, 11 January 2013 (3)" border="0" height="302" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-jztlW8yXrH4/UPYbc5ytoSI/AAAAAAAANDY/sKte7HuBXnQ/Indonesia%25252C%252520Ambarawa%252520Railway%252520Museum%25252C%252520Workshop%25252C%25252011%252520January%2525202013%252520%2525283%252529_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Indonesia, Ambarawa Railway Museum, Workshop, 11 January 2013 (3)" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Workshops</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-gFrX8SGjSOc/UPYblA_O-6I/AAAAAAAANDg/DCRJPlxMMAc/s1600-h/Indonesia%25252C%252520Ambarawa%252520Railway%252520Museum%25252C%252520Turntable%25252C%25252011%252520January%2525202011%252520%2525281a%252529%25255B3%25255D.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Indonesia, Ambarawa Railway Museum, Turntable, 11 January 2011 (1a)" border="0" height="302" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-3bdu1tung-0/UPYbm0GV0mI/AAAAAAAANDo/D4MC7as1L8U/Indonesia%25252C%252520Ambarawa%252520Railway%252520Museum%25252C%252520Turntable%25252C%25252011%252520January%2525202011%252520%2525281a%252529_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Indonesia, Ambarawa Railway Museum, Turntable, 11 January 2011 (1a)" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Turntable</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-uxsglKiy_VM/UPYbuT8SG-I/AAAAAAAANDw/U9u1WBf99zY/s1600-h/Indonesia%25252C%252520Ambarawa%252520Railway%252520Museum%25252C%252520Carriages%25252C%25252011%252520January%2525202011%252520%2525281%252529%25255B3%25255D.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Indonesia, Ambarawa Railway Museum, Carriages, 11 January 2011 (1)" border="0" height="302" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-OdnXnPd0eIk/UPYbv2Sr7MI/AAAAAAAAND4/b5H9c4ZDAIY/Indonesia%25252C%252520Ambarawa%252520Railway%252520Museum%25252C%252520Carriages%25252C%25252011%252520January%2525202011%252520%2525281%252529_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Indonesia, Ambarawa Railway Museum, Carriages, 11 January 2011 (1)" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Carriage</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-jTM8QQplJdY/UPYb4Ti-sRI/AAAAAAAANEA/zFdEZ_Ua6bw/s1600-h/Indonesia%25252C%252520Ambarawa%252520Railway%252520Museum%25252C%252520Loco%25252C%25252011%252520January%2525202013%252520%2525281%252529%25255B3%25255D.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Indonesia, Ambarawa Railway Museum, Loco, 11 January 2013 (1)" border="0" height="302" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-a0bFWao9oy0/UPYb6UeWN_I/AAAAAAAANEI/Hh79eMJpo7Y/Indonesia%25252C%252520Ambarawa%252520Railway%252520Museum%25252C%252520Loco%25252C%25252011%252520January%2525202013%252520%2525281%252529_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Indonesia, Ambarawa Railway Museum, Loco, 11 January 2013 (1)" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ZlFbN1LBzjc/UPYcChtytUI/AAAAAAAANEQ/e6NJV7sa-O0/s1600-h/Indonesia%25252C%252520Ambarawa%252520Railway%252520Museum%25252C%252520Loco%25252C%252520C1801%25252C%252520N259%25252C%2525201908%25252C%25252011%252520January%2525202013%252520%2525281%252529%25255B3%25255D.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Indonesia, Ambarawa Railway Museum, Loco, C1801, N259, 1908, 11 January 2013 (1)" border="0" height="302" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-xPoub0vr07k/UPYcETkugsI/AAAAAAAANEY/fsp154Eyxa4/Indonesia%25252C%252520Ambarawa%252520Railway%252520Museum%25252C%252520Loco%25252C%252520C1801%25252C%252520N259%25252C%2525201908%25252C%25252011%252520January%2525202013%252520%2525281%252529_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Indonesia, Ambarawa Railway Museum, Loco, C1801, N259, 1908, 11 January 2013 (1)" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-kAemUS7I-Og/UPYcKihKSnI/AAAAAAAANEg/0CkWNmb_8GU/s1600-h/Indonesia%25252C%252520Ambarawa%252520Railway%252520Museum%25252C%252520Loco%25252C%252520C5028%25252C%2525201928%25252C%25252011%252520January%2525202013%252520%2525281%252529%25255B3%25255D.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Indonesia, Ambarawa Railway Museum, Loco, C5028, 1928, 11 January 2013 (1)" border="0" height="302" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ph9BksVryF8/UPYcMWmb2CI/AAAAAAAANEo/suVefpxFKFI/Indonesia%25252C%252520Ambarawa%252520Railway%252520Museum%25252C%252520Loco%25252C%252520C5028%25252C%2525201928%25252C%25252011%252520January%2525202013%252520%2525281%252529_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Indonesia, Ambarawa Railway Museum, Loco, C5028, 1928, 11 January 2013 (1)" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-FbRf-Z6YUY8/UPYcTXIjN0I/AAAAAAAANEw/YQdWIIRxgmw/s1600-h/Indonesia%25252C%252520Ambarawa%252520Railway%252520Museum%25252C%252520Loco%25252C%252520Kayu%252520Germany%25252C%252520B2014%25252C%2525201905%25252C%25252011%252520January%2525202013%252520%2525281%252529%25255B3%25255D.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Indonesia, Ambarawa Railway Museum, Loco, Kayu Germany, B2014, 1905, 11 January 2013 (1)" border="0" height="302" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-CkHJZ3m68Qw/UPYcWVB1uMI/AAAAAAAANE4/nU_ys4tQoIQ/Indonesia%25252C%252520Ambarawa%252520Railway%252520Museum%25252C%252520Loco%25252C%252520Kayu%252520Germany%25252C%252520B2014%25252C%2525201905%25252C%25252011%252520January%2525202013%252520%2525281%252529_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Indonesia, Ambarawa Railway Museum, Loco, Kayu Germany, B2014, 1905, 11 January 2013 (1)" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">There was a large horizontal steam boiler inside this locomotive</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-gv-jJu60qMI/UPYcoQKIYhI/AAAAAAAANFQ/MDsC-7i5XHw/s1600-h/Indonesia%25252C%252520Ambarawa%252520Railway%252520Museum%25252C%252520Loco%25252C%252520Krupp%252520Germany%25252C%25252011%252520January%2525202013%252520%2525282%252529%25255B3%25255D.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Indonesia, Ambarawa Railway Museum, Loco, Krupp Germany, 11 January 2013 (2)" border="0" height="301" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-q4udE5U8usM/UPYcqQzK_II/AAAAAAAANFY/htsmccipRfk/Indonesia%25252C%252520Ambarawa%252520Railway%252520Museum%25252C%252520Loco%25252C%252520Krupp%252520Germany%25252C%25252011%252520January%2525202013%252520%2525282%252529_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Indonesia, Ambarawa Railway Museum, Loco, Krupp Germany, 11 January 2013 (2)" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Some of the steam locomotives are the 2 B25 0-4-2T B2502/3 which is from the original fleet of 5 supplied to the line about 100 years ago. The B2502 and B2503 were built by Esslingen in Germany in 1902 and 1906. These are the original locomotives built for the rack line. One locomotive, B2501, is preserved in the War memorial Park; the E1060 which was originally delivered to West Sumatra in the 1960s for working the coal railway was the last steam commercial locomotive in the world to be built (1966) outside India and China; and a conventional locomotive 2-6-0T C1218 which was restored to working order in 2006.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Up the road from the Railway Museum was the War Museum for which there was no information available. I did however take some photographs of the items in the War Museum, shown below.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Locomotive N/1902</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Mustang" src="http://www.internationalsteam.co.uk/ambarawa/pics/military05.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">P45 Mustang</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I asked in different places where the post office was so that I could post some cards and in the end someone took me to the building only to find it was closed for lunch. Making it clear that I would go back later was not acceptable as the man then banged on the glass door until those inside came and opened the door and sorted out stamps and posted the cards for me. Being a foreigner in some countries and in some places that do not see many foreigners actually walking the streets has its advantages.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The following day I went by bus to Jogyakarta a journey of only two hours this time. When I arrived at Jogyakarta the man sitting next to me asked where I was going and took me to the street showing me how to use the local transport called Trans Jogja (known as Trans locally). This bus service costs IDR3000 (20p) per trip no-matter where or for how long. The bus stops in the street are raised off the ground, covered, and the money is taken at the bus stop itself. The bus pulls up, the doors are manually opened at the stop, manually opened on the bus and someone always checked that I was getting on the right bus. This was all the transport I used for my stay in Jogyakarta.</span><br />
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David Watkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06655026110661110262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3267725571366511194.post-5226285754960749072013-01-14T04:28:00.001-08:002013-08-20T04:44:22.981-07:006 to 9 January – The Komodo Dragons, Rinca and Komodo Islands (Indonesia)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;">Masks seen in the departure area of Bali Airport Domestic Terminal</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The flight from Bali to Labuan Bajo took one and a half hours, Labuan Bajo being the airport for the island of Flores which is one of the starting points for the islands where the dragons are to be seen. Apart from the flight I had made no arrangements for a tour expecting that people would be at the airport waiting for passengers to get off the plane and ready to sell a tour. Anyway, I agreed to pay for a taxi to a hotel I had seen on the internet then the taxi driver wanted to talk about a tour and I eventually agreed on a two day trip on a boat to Rinca and Komodo Islands, sleeping either on the boat or ashore on an island for one night. The hotel, the Puncak Waringin, is on a hill above Labuan Bajo, overlooks the bay and a short walk from the town down a slippery muddy track. Prayers are broadcast from the local mosques five times a day and it is a while since I last heard them. Not many of the local women and girls cover their heads and nothing seems to stop while prayers are being said so the Muslim population here must be very relaxed about their religion</span>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The port and town of Labuan Bajo</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The following morning I was picked up and taken to the boat which was to take me to Rinca and Komodo Islands. Water was being loaded onto the boat, river water for washing from containers on a truck as there is no town water supply, with bottled water being for drinking. The crew was a driver and deckhand, the driver being the cook and the deckhand seasick most of the time. I was to sleep in the bunk with blanket and pillow supplied. We left Labuan Bajo at 0815 hours with the journey to Rinca Island taking three hours.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The boat I was on</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tourist island cruising boat</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">At the Rinca Island wharf I had to wait for a guide to take me to the park office as visitors were not allowed to walk about by themselves. Paying £3.25 each for the entrance fee, camera and a ranger guide then £1.25 for tax I was ready to be off to see the dragons. The fee allowed entrance to both islands and lasted for three days with the tickets being put in an envelope, much to my surprise. I was instructed not to go within 5 metres of a dragon and the ranger carried a forked stick which he could use if a dragon came too close. A number of dragons were seen near the cook house! I chose to do the 5 kilometre walk and was lucky enough to see a few dragons out in the jungle. There were also wild horses, water buffalo, pigs, chickens and monkeys to be seen. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Rinca Island dragons are supposed to be slightly smaller than those of Komodo Island and not so many as on Komodo Island, less than 2000 compared to more than 2000.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The dragon kills and eats small prey straight away but the bigger animals are bitten, the saliva being infectious which causes the animal to die in a week or so. During this time the dragon follows the dying animal until it is too weak to resist being killed. As the animal is dying the infected blood gives out a smell that the dragon follows, the dragons sense of smell being in its forked tongue with it being able to smell over a long distance, about five kilometres.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The boat left Rinca Island at 1400 hours when a huge lunch was served of sweet and sour whole fish, rice, noodles with vegetables, vegetable soup and pawpaw, far too much for me. After three and a half hours we anchored off Komodo Island until the following morning. There was nothing to do on the boat except read and eat with another large meal produced in the evening. The boat driver spoke a little English, the deckhand none so there was not much in the way of conversation at any time. During the night it was very stormy with heavy rain and big wind causing the boat to be thrown about quite a lot. Breakfast at 0600 hours was a toasted sandwich of egg, tomato, onion and cheese, all done in an electric sandwich maker after the egg had been fried first.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">On Komodo Island I had to pay for the ranger to take me round, the other tickets from Rinca Island being usable here. It rained most of the time I went round but here the dragons were larger and really something to be seen in a walk taking one and a half hours. The dragon is a member of the monitor lizard family, it is the largest living species of lizard, growing to a maximum length of 3 metres (10 ft) and weighing up to around 70 kilograms (150 lb). Seeing the dragons was one of the highlights of this trip and I am glad that I took the time to go and see them in the wild. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I think that this is a scary photograph, out of focus making it more so, as I was moving back quite quickly to get out of his way.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This dragon was in the tourist restaurant-waiting for breakfast!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I noticed that there was a large jetty being extended at Komodo Island and when I asked what it was for I was told that the cruise ships tied up there, some with 2000 passengers. I definitely would not like to be on the island with that many people around! The journey back to Labuan Bajo took five and a half hours in a very rough sea with lunch being served at the end of the trip as it was too rough to cook on the way and anyhow, the deck boy was seasick. At least the rain held off until I had climbed the hill back to the hotel though it has more or less rained ever since. Tour boats have not been leaving the harbour for the past two days as it is too rough for the tourists to be taken out, not that there are many about as far as I could see, </span><span style="font-size: large;">and the ferries have stopped as well</span><span style="font-size: large;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">After returning to Labuan Bajo I stayed one night in the hotel and then flew back to Bali.</span></div>
David Watkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06655026110661110262noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3267725571366511194.post-37987424439194599622013-01-13T06:31:00.000-08:002013-08-20T04:32:34.976-07:001 to 6 January 2013 – Bali (Indonesia)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: large;">Cheating is the occupation of the majority of money changers in Bali. The official exchange rate for the US$1 is IDR9700 (Indonesian rupees). There are official money changers on the street such as Western Union and others who have a proper office and who have an exchange rate of IDR9600. Then there are the other ‘official’ money changers who have signs indicating that they will give IDR10,400. They normally have a tatty counter or booth in the back of a small shop or down an alley. These other ‘official’ money changers are the ones to keep away from as their sole intention is to cheat anyone who changes a reasonable amount of money with them. The first trick is for them to say they only have IDR20,000 notes and this is when it is time to run away as quickly as possible as it will be the first indication that they will cheat on the exchange. Anyone offering over the bank rate will not say that there will be commission to be paid, varying from 8-15%, until the the rate drops below that of the proper official money changer. The others offering a very good rate will actually put the correct amount of money out on the counter to start then continually pick it up pretending to count it while the slight of hand makes some of it disappear. The best way I found to prove if they were honest was to pick up IDR1,000,000 put it in my pocket and hand over $100 then start counting out another IDR1,000,00. The money changer will ask for his money back as he knows that he as been found out. Never hand over any money before getting the right amount in the hand. I had the tricks tried on me continually one day and was fed up with it in the end. I waited whilst one money changer finished praying then tried to cheat me so I told him that I did not think that any god he was praying to expected him to finish his prayers and then cheat the tourist, that he should be ashamed. I doubt that it did any good, but he <b>was</b> speechless!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I landed in Bali at 21.00 hours on 31 December with the flight staff announcing that it was midnight in Sydney, the place of departure, and wishing everyone a Happy New Year. It would have been easier and quicker to walk into the town than take a taxi as the police had most of the roads closed to traffic with people being everywhere. I did eventually get to my hotel then went for a walk into the centre of Kuta to where the memorial to those killed in a bomb attack ten years ago may be seen. Most of the people on the streets were Indonesian and though it was noisy and fireworks were going off there was no countdown to midnight like in other countries, it was rather dismal really.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The New Year on the street</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'm not sure what this was meant to be</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">New Years Day morning saw a crowded local beach, crowded mainly by Indonesians and all seemingly enjoying themselves. This was the last bit of sun to be seen for two days as from then it rained almost continually, the rainy season coming in with a vengeance and somewhat late.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Kuta Beach New Years Day</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">For various reasons, one being the price of the room, I stayed in two hotels in five days as the room rates were dropping dramatically with the Australians and Indonesians going home after their Christmas holidays. The rooms were about £10 per night, one hotel included breakfast for that price.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The entrance to my room</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">My room</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The room next door</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It is said that most homes have a temple attached to them but although I could see a lot of temples in the town I do not think that the saying is correct unless the size of the ‘temple’ varies from a small shrine to a proper temple. I do like the temple carvings and the weird faces of the Hindi gods.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-H1-vuIpMgbs/UPK8YPxnZJI/AAAAAAAAM4w/5rAS3zKAPIs/s1600-h/Indonesia-Bali-Kuta-Temple-Carving-J%25255B3%25255D.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Indonesia, Bali, Kuta Temple Carving, January 2013 (1)" border="0" height="246" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-HGVhv24OHWE/UPK8aM2jFdI/AAAAAAAAM44/aJoF49_YBC0/Indonesia-Bali-Kuta-Temple-Carving-J.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Indonesia, Bali, Kuta Temple Carving, January 2013 (1)" width="186" /></a></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-sfkQ69avt3c/UPK8eQ6-1OI/AAAAAAAAM5A/jORm9T_Xm5s/s1600-h/Indonesia-Bali-Kuta-Temple-Carving-J%25255B5%25255D.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Indonesia, Bali, Kuta Temple Carving, January 2013 (2)" border="0" height="400" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Pn7Ihv49g1U/UPK8iLHIWPI/AAAAAAAAM5I/zfle-g129fE/Indonesia-Bali-Kuta-Temple-Carving-J%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Indonesia, Bali, Kuta Temple Carving, January 2013 (2)" width="302" /></a></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-yZ0-CcWNAus/UPK8mnwX-JI/AAAAAAAAM5Q/TQmml7DQs4k/s1600-h/Indonesia%25252C%252520Bali%25252C%252520Kuta%252520Temple%25252C%252520January%2525202013%252520%2525283a%252529%25255B3%25255D.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Indonesia, Bali, Kuta Temple, January 2013 (3a)" border="0" height="400" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-4zIXY65B3n8/UPK8oavb2VI/AAAAAAAAM5Y/IKNt-3V1zdQ/Indonesia%25252C%252520Bali%25252C%252520Kuta%252520Temple%25252C%252520January%2525202013%252520%2525283a%252529_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Indonesia, Bali, Kuta Temple, January 2013 (3a)" width="302" /></a></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am old enough and ugly enough to have known better than to ask someone here in Bali how long it would take to walk from the hotel to the airport. I was told 20 minutes with the map showing a straight road and a right turn at a T-junction. 90 minutes later I arrived at the airport to book a flight to the islands to see the Komodo dragons. I then walked back to the hotel and lost my way so four hours later...........! (I was later asked why I did not take a taxi. My reply was that there was no fun in that!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The following were seen whilst walking round the back streets of Bali.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Roman Catholic Church</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Outside the old railway station, now a cafe.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-BF5XG4aTcSc/UPK9IW-kadI/AAAAAAAAM6g/pZbZNgusmss/s1600-h/Indonesia-Bali-Shop-sign-January-201%25255B2%25255D.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Indonesia, Bali, Shop sign, January 2013 (1)" border="0" height="186" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-hHTIqbE07CY/UPK9KCX8MvI/AAAAAAAAM6o/meg3UFL_zLE/Indonesia-Bali-Shop-sign-January-201.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Indonesia, Bali, Shop sign, January 2013 (1)" width="246" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's what it says</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">From Bali I flew to Labuan Bajo, the airport for Flores, where I intended to find a small boat the would take me out to Rinca and Komodo Islands so that I could see the Komodo Dragons.</span></div>
David Watkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06655026110661110262noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3267725571366511194.post-70000617601065899072013-01-01T20:43:00.000-08:002013-08-20T04:19:15.949-07:0019 November to 31 December 2012 - Sydney and Brisbane (Australia)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">During my stay in Australia I visited friends in and around Sydney and Brisbane and enjoyed my stay with them.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Sydney Opera House</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjedVmkeVRjgUiYR9YA_sbynqhhOrMsY5Fb6Nz0HUxe8WvCqIhMdg3-THD1EooMbqUoOG8mDFCgBWujfd2eqfQslZSHhYoe1PzcxnncCEw5vV7CZdHOjZodVqtXebAPvgKmXpDHpZA4k6yV/s1600/Australia,+Sydney,+Darling+Harbour,+December+2012+(3).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjedVmkeVRjgUiYR9YA_sbynqhhOrMsY5Fb6Nz0HUxe8WvCqIhMdg3-THD1EooMbqUoOG8mDFCgBWujfd2eqfQslZSHhYoe1PzcxnncCEw5vV7CZdHOjZodVqtXebAPvgKmXpDHpZA4k6yV/s400/Australia,+Sydney,+Darling+Harbour,+December+2012+(3).JPG" width="400" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Darling Harbour, Sydney.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Cockatoo Island, Sydney.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Manly Beach, Sydney.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large; text-align: center;">On 31st December I left Brisbane for Bali.</span><br /> </div>
David Watkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06655026110661110262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3267725571366511194.post-2954151627156275122012-12-24T03:59:00.001-08:002013-08-20T04:16:09.609-07:0017 November – Cairns and the Barrier Reef (Australia)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: large;">As I have already been asked, No, I did not use my own camera for the fish photographs but hired an underwater camera for the day. A day on the reef off Cairns snorkelling in a group while others were scuba diving. Once the boat had left the wharf we were all asked if anyone did not swim, and surprise, two people who were snorkelling could not swim and some had not used a snorkel before. They had to wear a floatation vest. I thought that the sea was quite calm but others did not like the movement of the boat too much. Lunch was provided but that was not up to much but water was free all day and most people drunk a fair drop of water what with the heat and the salt water that was swallowed. Whenever someone went into the water their name was marked off a sheet and when returning they had to sign the sheet as well to indicate that they had actually returned to the boat. At least one raft was in the water at all times when people were swimming or scuba driving. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Leaving Cairns</span></td></tr>
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David Watkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06655026110661110262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3267725571366511194.post-37891243218667600292012-12-24T03:52:00.000-08:002013-08-20T04:14:26.542-07:0015 to 19 November – Cairns (Australia)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">I did not know anything about an eclipse before leaving Moresby but was told of one on the flight to Cairns only to be too late arriving in Cairns to view the eclipse in one of the places people had gone specially for the view.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It seems that watchers one kilometre apart either saw a good eclipse or the view was obstructed by cloud so for some the trip to Cairns was wasted to some extent. According to the local people 10,000 others had come to Cairns for the eclipse and most stayed for a week or more to enjoy North Queensland. I had arranged accommodation in ‘Jacks,’ a hostel in the centre of Cairns where the four bunk room was full the whole time I was there. As part of the cost an evening meal was thrown in from the pub next door but this was not a pub meal but a cheap pasta or rice specially cooked for the backpackers staying in the hostel. It was a not so subtle way of having the backpackers stay around to buy drink during the evening.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cairns was very clean and more than obvious after the filth of PNG. Even with the influx of tourists there was plenty of space though some tours were fully booked until after the weekend. I did manage to visit Kuranda up on the Atherton Tablelands where there was a koala zoo of sorts, Birdworld and a butterfly garden. There were two noticeable changes from when I had gone there more than twenty years ago. One was that there was a choice of getting to and from Kuranda either by bus, train or cable car, with the cable car being fairly new. This was 7.5 kilometres long, starting from the plain and going up over the mountains with stopping places along the way so that people may walk through the rain forest and see different birds and animals that live there. The second difference was the number of stalls and shops selling trendy and ethnic things, a much more formal structure than in the past. I did visit the koala park and the butterfly gardens then returned to Cairns on the train</span>.<br />
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David Watkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06655026110661110262noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3267725571366511194.post-19430999511765419292012-12-08T12:52:00.003-08:002013-08-20T04:04:49.387-07:0010 to 14 November - Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;">I did walk around Gordons and Boroko, areas where we used to go as a family and where i was told that expatriates did not go any more except by driving, and had no problem at all. I saw few expatriates driving and none walking so the information was correct. The main difference from past years was that the place was filthy with buai having been spat all over the place and rubbish left everywhere especially around the shopping areas. As in other parts of the country it looked as if no effort had been made to clean up for along time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;">The highlight of the visit to Port Moresby was seeing the Orchid Show at the Parliament Building. I have never seen so many orchids in one place and they were really beautiful. The photographs I have put on the blog are only a few of those that were on display.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The wall of a housing compound with razor wire and electric fence. What a way to live!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Japanese barge in a tunnel along the coast. The Japanese would unload the ship's cargo into the barges then pull them into man-made caves to unload while protected from the Australian and American planes.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Japanese ca</span><span style="font-size: large;">ves used as a hospital</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A similar plaque was seen on the Australian side of the cemetery. Some similar plaques also indicated if the soldier was a Hindu with again, no name. All other plaques were marked with the name of the soldier and his regiment.</span></div>
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David Watkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06655026110661110262noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3267725571366511194.post-66270829165150670922012-12-05T03:52:00.002-08:002013-08-20T03:36:35.726-07:006 to 10 November - Rabaul Town (Papua New Guinea)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is a photograph of Rabaul after the earthquake in 1997. The grey parts to the top left are areas covered in volcanic ash with the 'aeroplane' shape being where the old airstrip used to be. The house that we used to live in is under the area covered by the ash. The volcano to the top of the photograph is still very active and is the one I climbed to the top. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Simpson Harbour from the Observatory</span> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The volcanoes from Kokopo</span><span style="color: #666666; font-size: large; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"> </span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Rabaul group of volcanoes is one of the most active volcanoes in Papua New Guinea and is very dangerous. It is located on the north-eastern end of New Britain Island and is the eastern most volcano in the Bismark arc. The caldera has an elliptical form being 14 km by 9 km in size and is surrounded by a steep volcanic ridges several hundred metres high. </span><span style="color: #666666; font-size: large; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Inside the Tavurvur Volcano</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Inside the Tavurvur Volcano</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">From the top of the volcano towards Rabaul</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">From the top of the volcano showing the old airstrip</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hot springs at the sea edge</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Inside Rabaul Cathedral where fresh flowers are put on the alter still even though the cathedral is no longer used</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The first Morobe Show was in 1959 and it has continued yearly ever since. The Show portrays the agriculture, animals and cultural life of the people in the district where there are over one hundred languages spoken by the local people. The dress worn by the locals is traditional, scary at times, but very colourful.</span><br />
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David Watkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06655026110661110262noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3267725571366511194.post-67356447641885202022012-12-04T21:21:00.000-08:002013-08-19T09:41:19.024-07:0031 October to 5 November - Madang Islands (Papua New Guinea)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">One afternoon I noticed a boat ferrying people out to the islands so I just asked where it went, how long it took and how much the ferry cost. I had a ride on the one that took one hour to reach an island but not on the one which took eight hours to get to a further island. Once I reached the island I asked permission to walk round and was told that it would be aright. I was given water to drink while walking and was </span><span style="font-size: large;">accompanied</span><span style="font-size: large;"> by adults and children for most of the walk. They helped by keeping the local dogs away from me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I spent most of 1980 in Madang while installing two diesel generating sets in the power station. When I saw them on this visit both were out of commission and looked as if they will never be operational again. Madang itself is a filthy place and looked as if the town area had not been cleaned in a long time. The roads in the centre of the town were no longer sealed and the shopping areas could have done with a coat of paint. A very depressing place, except once out of the centre of the town the scenery was as good as it always was with lush grass, huge trees and a beautiful coastline.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Madang hospital where daughter Sally and friend Su</span><span style="font-size: large;">zi</span><span style="font-size: large;"> were born</span></td></tr>
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David Watkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06655026110661110262noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3267725571366511194.post-73356244060112691322012-12-04T16:38:00.002-08:002013-08-19T09:32:54.889-07:0026 to 30 November - Goroka and the Highlands Highway (Papua New Guinea)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: large;">I went up to Goroka by PMV (a public motor vehicle), a bus really. These are not always in a good condition and are often driven dangerously. Going to and from Goroka the drivers were quite good especially stopping when I wanted to take photographs. I was driven to Madang in a PNG Power (Elcom) vehicle which made things much easier. From dirt roads as we knew them the roads have since been sealed but still have lots of potholes or parts washed away, a hazard in the country as a whole. On the Highland Highways section between Yonki and Goroka the local village youths would pretend to be filling in the potholes and demand a 'toll' of K5 (about $2.50) for doing so. As many had bush knives and looked threatening it was prudent to pay the toll. I did complain at the fourth 'toll' telling them that I had already paid their friends in previous villages so they dropped the price to K2 ($1.25) and when I went to pay with a K5 note that I had ready he realised that I had conned him. He laughed at what I had done and took the K5 then gave me change. The 'toll' is normally collected on a Friday or Saturday morning so it seems and no vehicle is immune. After collecting perhaps $500 the youths then go and buy beer for the weekend binge It seems that the police are unable to stop the extortion for as soon as they chase one group away another starts somewhere else or the original group will return once the police have gone away. As there are hundreds of kilometres of road it is difficult to police this practice.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Because of the sealing of the highway people have moved into the area next to the road and built houses and gardens where once was only grass and bush. Most of the roadside between Kainantu and Goroka has been built on since I left Yonki.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Goroka Market and potatoes</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Goroka Market</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Goroka Market with mainly tomatoes</span></td></tr>
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David Watkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06655026110661110262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3267725571366511194.post-12984728866558066272012-12-02T15:22:00.001-08:002013-08-19T09:29:31.147-07:0025 to 31 October - Yonki, Yonki Dam and the Ramu Power Station (Papua New Guinea)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: large;">During the years 1974 to 1990 Mary and I lived in Papua New Guinea and this part of my travel was to visit places where we had lived. One place was Yonki in the Eastern Highlands where, when we arrived in the country, a new hydro-electric power station was being built and it was here we spent the first six years. <span style="font-size: large;">(I</span>n 1977 our daughter, <span style="font-size: large;">Jane, was taken to Yonki when ten days old having been born in Auckland and in 1980 our second daughter, Sally, was born in Madang).</span> The dam was built after after we left the country and to see the dams was one reason why I wanted to visit the country again. The living area is called the Yonki Township through which flows the Ramu River. The power station is the Ramu Power Station and all being in the Ramu Valley.</span><br />
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David Watkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06655026110661110262noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3267725571366511194.post-66464784768767969252012-11-21T15:30:00.003-08:002013-08-19T09:27:51.646-07:0022 November - In Australia <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: large;">I did decide that this blog would end in Sydney as it was meant only to cover the trip from London to Sydney. I have been told by various people that they want it to continue as I am still travelling. At this point I have no fixed idea as to when I will return to the UK. Since leaving the others in Sydney I have been up to Papua New Guinea for three weeks and have now returned to Australia to see various friends in this country. This will take as long as it takes and then I intend to return to Bali and make a trip to see the Komodo Dragons in Java before going back to Singapore to visit my family there. I will continue the blog as soon as I am able as I do not have my laptop with me and rely on the use of friends computers or internet cafes.</span></div>
David Watkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06655026110661110262noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3267725571366511194.post-88907629616285304892012-11-21T15:20:00.000-08:002013-08-19T09:26:38.339-07:0022 October - MADVENTURE/UKTOOZ Comment Form<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: large;">To those reading this blog I should explain that the comment form below was sent to everyone on the trip while we were in India. This was because there had been so many complaints as to what was going on during their trip that one member requested the form early as it would normally have been sent while we were resting in Nepal. Since the completion of the trip there has been no contact by Madventure with anyone on the trip as far as I am aware, it's as if we no longer exist. They took our money and that was all they were interested in, is what I think. The completed form, which has been sent to Madventure, is shown below.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">(I have looked at the Madventure site for the official trip blog which stops in Singapore on 6 October. No mention has been made of the journey from Singapore across to Indonesia and Bali or indeed the ride from Darwin to Sydney. Up to Singapore the blog indicated everything to have been perfect and one could have not expected anything less as it was written by our illustrious leader's 'item'. They did travel as far as Bali then left everyone else while we continued to Sydney. Again I think that failure of the blog to indicate the true conditions of the trip and not complete the trip is an implied comment as to the poor quality trip as a whole. Indicating on the official blog that everyone should "Follow us on the biggest road trip ever" was a big mistake made right at the start).</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>What were your first impressions of the truck, the equipment and the set up?</b> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Having had no other experience of a trip of this sort I had nothing to compare them with. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Now I am concerned that with the overhang on the rear of the truck that it is fit for purpose in that when driven fast and hitting a bump the driver has a job maintaining control of the truck. As I sat mostly at the rear I have felt that there has been occasions when the truck has nearly turned over due to the highly exaggerated movement of the truck. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">No thought has been given to the sleeping arrangement when people have to sleep on the truck such as supplying boards to fit across seats so that people can stretch out. Also, there has been no thought given to ventilation when sleeping on the truck in very hot countries. I have slept on there once, never again! As I assume that the truck has been in use for a number years without comment from others then you will probably disregard such a comment as this.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The seats are not very comfortable. The only saving grace with regards to them is the fact that the truck was only half full so we had two seats each. If the truck had been full it would have been most uncomfortable. Some of the seat back hydraulic devices were not working when we left London. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">If by layout you mean the lockers etc. then I have no real comment. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The tables were heavy and awkward and with all girl cook groups very difficult for them to handle. Can they not be smaller? I also do not understand the fascination for putting them away after every use, especially overnight in a bush camp (and perhaps at other times). Why can they not be chained to the truck in those circumstances as anyone trying to move them would be heard. This applies to the BBQ/fire grill as well. Who in their right mind would want them anyway? </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">How did you find the day to day itinerary on the trip (time spent in each place)?</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Obviously this depends on personal choice. Generally, if it takes only one day to see the sights why do we stay there for two days? Is it necessary to spend so much time in Bangkok, Thailand? Dharmasala was a waste of time especially taking into account the seven hours from the highway and back to the highway, and more time would have been useful in Delhi and Istanbul. </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Is there anything you would like to see removed from the itinerary?</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Definitely Pakistan. I consider that the transit across that country was not necessary and certainly dangerous and a foolhardy enterprise. The fact that we signed a piece of paper accepting the risk and even had Pakistan visas was remiss on your part as you in now way explained the possible consequences of such a venture. With what has happened in the weeks after we left the country, the bombs in Quetta and Lahore, I consider that we were very lucky to get through Pakistan without incident. When I was asked by the police escorts why were we travelling in such dangerous parts of the country I had no real answer especially as they seemed to be concerned for us. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">With the uncertainty of being able to visit Tibet I think this should be removed as well. People go on this trip to visit this particular country and I think it gives false hopes to them. You indicating if or but does not excuse the fact that the chance of getting into Tibet is reducing all the time and is probably nil for the foreseeable future. </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Is there anything you would like to see added to the itinerary?</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">After you receive the replies from this questionnaire, and consider the replies from previous ones, then only you can answer that question. </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Was the food you bought and cooked on the trip satisfactory overall (IE. Did you have sufficient portions and healthy options where ever possible)?</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">No. I, and other person on the trip did not buy any food as our leader decided what we were to eat and kept all the money to herself. We had very little choice in the matter. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">There has been an excess of pasta and a preponderance of vegetarian food. Breakfast was toast and jam, often no butter/marge and the watery milk was tasteless. People try it now and then and being so bad excessive food is thrown away. The cheapest of everything was bought with the result that taste goes out the door. Spices, chillies and curries are not always the answer to cover the blandness of the food. The size of portions varied a could be expected but the consideration as to whether the food was healthy probably was never taken into account. Thee only criteria appeared to be the cheapest cost.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">If food like we were given was supplied to inmates in the UK prisons I believe this would probably have caused them to riot within a week!</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">We know that nothing ever goes to exact plan on these kind of expeditions but do you feel your tour is well organised overall?</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">On paper and when sitting in the UK all looks fine. With so much depending on the leader I think this trip has failed to show any organisation at all. Blaming all the faults on it being a budget trip, as you have so often pointed out when receiving complaints, is an excuse and I think that you should be be condemned for a remark such as that.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">What is your overall opinion of your Expedition Leaders capabilities (organisational skills, ability to cope under stress etc)?</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">There was no sign of anything you wanted an opinion of in my opinion. Useless, incapable, are not strong enough words to describe her conduct during the trip.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Not long after leaving London she told us that she was not a guide and would not supply any information about where we would be stopping. She would be in the cab with Adam and our domain was to be the seating area of the truck. When the truck stopped we were not to get out until she said we could, safety reasons being sited and accepted, but once out of the truck we would be on our own. (This was something I never expected to hear from a leader of a group such as this). She has been very good at this as we have stopped in places and not even known what part of town we have been in. She has made no effort to point out where the nearest internet, bank, shop, supermarket or sites have been but has cleared off from us as quickly as she could. When one of the passengers became her 'item' things became markedly worse.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Possibly the best example of this was the last stop before Pakistan. Keeping in mind the danger associated with the area she said that we would park at the last police post or by the side of the road near there. The police would not allow this so, at 8pm or about, we went into Mirjaveh driving round looking for somewhere to park. Most places refused entry except for what was called the ‘Police Hotel’. Prior to arriving here Polly told the girls that they would have to sleep on the truck, it being a stinking hot night as well, as last year the girls had camped there and someone had tried to get into their tents. If they wanted to go to the toilet they had to go in pairs or wake one of the men to go with them. This really gave them confidence! She went into the hotel coming back out to say that there were two air conditioned (?) rooms available and she and her item were taking one, telling everyone that they could do what they wanted, then vanished, not to be seen until the morning and leaving everyone else to get on with things. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Why did she not get the other room for the girls? Everyone was angry that all she could think about was herself and her item. We did learn that there may have been other rooms available but everyone was dispirited at the time and just couldn't be bothered. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In Dogubeyazit she went into the office and then announced that there were four rooms available, she was having one and the rest of us could do as we pleased. As the campsite was half a tip and the communal toilets were foul there was unhappiness around. I did get a room and offered others the use of the toilet in the room. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I did not understand her working relationship with Adam (the driver). I believe that there was none</span>.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As a general rule, and there has been a few exceptions, when we turned up at a town or city where no arrangements had been for accommodation, Polly would run into some hostel to find out if they have room. She had not even phoned before arriving to check out if accommodation was available. The cry that she will not know anything until we arrived was rubbish, she has a phone and access to the internet. With regards to accommodation, whether it be camping, hostel or hotel, it is my considered opinion that she looked for the cheapest and would squash as many into a room as she could get away with. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">She could not have been stressed as she hid away from everything. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">If Polly was there to keep YOUR clients happy so that they do another trip or recommend YOUR company to others then in my opinion she has failed miserably. </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Do you have confidence in your Expedition Leaders ability to run the trip, solve any problems that arise and her professionalism?</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What professionalism? In my opinion she had none. After Istanbul all she was interested in was sleeping with her 'item'.</span><br />
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<b style="font-size: x-large;">What is your overall opinion of your Expedition Driver’s capabilities (driving ability and safety)?</b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have chosen not to answer this question as there were two sides to Adam which were completely opposite.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Do you have confidence in your drivers ability to control a situation relating to his role, his ability to perform under stress and professionalism etc?</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The driver was stressed because of the friction between him and Polly, the excessive driving hours which would have been completely illegal in Europe and the poor care taken of him for sleeping. If there was anyone who should have been looked after with a decent room to sleep in it should have been him as we trusted our lives to him everyday that he drove the truck. I think that you really are not interested in looking after your staff.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I will never recommend this trip with Madventure to anyone and will never recommend to anyone that they travel with Madventure for any trip at all.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">And finally if you would like to add any comments about any aspect of the trip, office admin, pre departure information, the vehicle, your crew etc. please do so as we value your opinion. </span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I think that you were guilty by omission before the start of the trip in that you failed to clarify the dangers of driving across Pakistan and the high percentage chance of not being able to get into Tibet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Polly represented Madventure and failed in what I think the majority of your clients expected of her. It is up to you to decide what is to to be done now. I would hope that no-one else will ever be treated as I was, but personally, I do not expect anything to change. You rarely answered complaints in a professional manner preferring to comment that all complaints and problems were due to the trip being a 'budget trip' and that we could expect nothing better.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Twenty-four people were expected to finally arrive in Sydney but only fourteen arrived. That says much in itself.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Why did I not leave? I paid good money for this trip and do not want to hand what is left to you or Polly. I believe that once you had the money you were no longer interested in me (or others on the trip). I believe that your one goal was to spend as little as possible so as to maximize your profits at the expense and comfort of your clients.</span><b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I actually do not consider that the trip was value for money</span>.</span></b><br />
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David Watkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06655026110661110262noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3267725571366511194.post-25406067715186902222012-10-23T03:45:00.001-07:002013-08-19T09:24:49.189-07:0020 October - Sydney (Australia)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: large;">Of the original 23 people who expected to arrive in Sydney on 20 October only 14 stepped off the bus near the Sydney Opera House. A damming indictment of MADVENTURE I would say.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">When we arrived at the Opera House Stephanie's parents were there waiting for her then after having photographs taken we said our goodbyes to each other. Some left to go to hostels for a few days while waiting for their flights back to the UK: some to continue their journey in Australia or New Zealand; and others to wait to be picked up by friends as we had arrived a little earlier than expected </span><span style="font-size: large;">having travelled 6138 kilometres from Darwin to Sydney. It was surprising that after 28 weeks we arrived in Sydney on the day and more-or-less the time we had een told before leaving the UK.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was picked up by friends and have been spending few days with them ready to continue my travels to Papua New Guinea before returning to Australia for about a month or so. After that I will go back to Bali and try and visit one of the islands with komodo dragons before returning to Singapore to see my family living there. What will happen afterwards I have no idea as I have made no arrangements to return to the UK as yet. This blog is now ended as the Madventure trip which started in London on 6 April travelling for 28 weeks to Sydney has been completed. I will however add another post to the blog which will be a copy of the comments form that I will send to Madventure when it will be completed. This will take a little while as I will not be taking this laptop to PNG but leaving it in Sydney until I return. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have enjoyed the trip and learnt quite a lot from it despite the disgusting accommodation that has been provided for us; the sex life of our illustrious leader and her item; despite the attitude of the company called MADVENTURE; and the what I consider the poor value for the money I paid to MADVENTURE. I would never recommend MADVENTURE to anyone and I would never travel with them again.</span><br />
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David Watkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06655026110661110262noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3267725571366511194.post-42419148670810946712012-10-23T00:13:00.000-07:002013-08-19T07:16:26.004-07:0013 to 20 October - Uluru (Ayres Rock) to Lake Lyell and Katoomba (Australia)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: large;">Since leaving Darwin we had travelled 3000 kilometres to Uluru. After seeing the sunrise over Ayres Rock, walking round the rock, going to look at the Olgas, another series of rocks which I did not walk around as it was too hot, we went back to Ayres Rock to see the sunset. The posh tourist groups had people there setting out tables and fine linen so that they could have champagne to drink as the sun went down. I did manage to persuade a young lady to give me a glass of champagne much to the envy of the others on the trip. Age does have it’s privileges! I did think that the sunset was much better than the sunrise.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">After watching the sunset we went back to the camp at Curtain Springs. The following morning, the 14 October, and after being woken up at sunrise by the galas birds, it was off to Marla via the Stuart Highway and the Kulgera Pub. For days now we had travelled through the red country where all the earth was red. Trees were growing everywhere but in some places were more scrub than anything. Whole areas were of hummock grasses of the trioden and plectranchne type, very nasty grasses which had thorns and spikes which were able to get through the tent, which I think were the cause of the holes in my inflatable mattress (which has now been given away). The aborigines are able to get a resin from some of the scrub which they use to fix the points onto arrows and spears. The trees were mainly desert oak, ironwood, corkwood, white wood, acacia and malga scrub.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Leaving camp at a later time this morning, the 15 October, at 0800 hours, we headed for Co<a href="file://coober/">ober</a> Pedy where we arrived at 1130 hours. The Tourist Information Office there had free internet access on their desk tops but only for 30 minutes. 80% of the people here live underground and the main source of income is opals with there being mines everywhere.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">A derelict underground hotel</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The underground Catholic church</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The underground Revivalist church</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The underground Revivalist church cellars</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-zThOlQO8new/UIXqOo4fNeI/AAAAAAAAL3E/XpXHTFwnbXk/s1600-h/Australia-Coober-Pedy-Underground-Re%25255B4%25255D.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Australia, Coober Pedy, Underground Revivalist Church, 15 October 2012 (2)" border="0" height="302" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-jezM4ds55IE/UIXqQeXM9_I/AAAAAAAAL3M/cDeElOnnTcc/Australia-Coober-Pedy-Underground-Re%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Australia, Coober Pedy, Underground Revivalist Church, 15 October 2012 (2)" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The underground Revivalist church</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A visit to the Old Town Mine and Museum was most interesting. This was an old mine that was changed into a museum and underground house and in the process of digging out connecting passages in an old mine further opals were found. Bizarre in the least!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Scenes from the museum</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Showing a leather bucket</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The first woman to live in the opal fields</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-FTWNeOQQnM4/UIXqj2GOmLI/AAAAAAAAL4U/Q7Lm2ZGi8pM/s1600-h/Australia-Coober-Pedy-Old-Timers-Min%25255B20%25255D.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Australia, Coober Pedy, Old Timers Mine, 15 October 2012 (16)" border="0" height="302" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-4MoLj-LFF6s/UIXqleb2IdI/AAAAAAAAL4c/p1GIw9t7df0/Australia-Coober-Pedy-Old-Timers-Min%25255B39%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Australia, Coober Pedy, Old Timers Mine, 15 October 2012 (16)" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The first woman</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Cuddling the bottle</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-zcPRJ95kOqs/UIXquTYnihI/AAAAAAAAL40/xRNoBOPw9PI/s1600-h/Australia-Coober-Pedy-Old-Timers-Min%25255B15%25255D.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Australia, Coober Pedy, Old Timers Mine, 15 October 2012 (17)" border="0" height="186" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-HUEb5D1pOCg/UIXqvxCLDOI/AAAAAAAAL48/OoIw02GA91k/Australia-Coober-Pedy-Old-Timers-Min%25255B41%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Australia, Coober Pedy, Old Timers Mine, 15 October 2012 (17)" width="246" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Kitchen</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The main bedroom</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Toilet</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">A child's bedroom</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The first post master in the post office</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Real or not?</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Libby feeding rocks into the suction machine</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After wandering round Coober Pedy for a number of hours we went off road to find somewhere to put up the tent only to end up being stuck in the dirt then having to unload the trailer and unhitch it from the bus and then push both onto firm ground before we could camp. We had been stuck before in Turkey but this was the first time we actually had to push vehicles to get them out of a hole.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It was dirty red dust</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-za_2V3UV-MI/UIXrg5eF12I/AAAAAAAAL7Y/ST8IL-Jw6l0/s1600-h/Australia-Coober-Pedy-Stuck-in--the-%25255B7%25255D.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Australia, Coober Pedy, Stuck in the dust, 15 October 2012 (1)" border="0" height="302" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-g_PghjoZVxU/UIXriRysRII/AAAAAAAAL7g/Ffd9SmV0goU/Australia-Coober-Pedy-Stuck-in--the-%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Australia, Coober Pedy, Stuck in the dust, 15 October 2012 (1)" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Z7cFiQ5ryLw/UIXrl51rTOI/AAAAAAAAL7o/T7L2ZsTdd_o/s1600-h/Australia-Coober-Pedy-Stuck-in--the-%25255B11%25255D.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Australia, Coober Pedy, Stuck in the dust, 15 October 2012 (5)" border="0" height="302" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-PKGtpZER-pY/UIXrnZqg3cI/AAAAAAAAL7w/EpsWVdbqAKs/Australia-Coober-Pedy-Stuck-in--the-%25255B13%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Australia, Coober Pedy, Stuck in the dust, 15 October 2012 (5)" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The bus ran away and the trailer had to be pushed to it.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-6GG6fQh6KTw/UIXrqIBvwDI/AAAAAAAAL74/dw4Bnd8aihs/s1600-h/Australia-Coober-Pedy-Stuck-in--the-%25255B8%25255D.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Australia, Coober Pedy, Stuck in the dust, 15 October 2012 (6)" border="0" height="302" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-uGryWH3hGjE/UIXrrEdNUtI/AAAAAAAAL78/oZ9Km-FL5Ow/Australia-Coober-Pedy-Stuck-in--the-%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Australia, Coober Pedy, Stuck in the dust, 15 October 2012 (6)" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Libby pretending to be a pack horse</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Prickly grass was everywhere and that together with the red earth did not make a clean and comfortable camp.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-NQjCqA9MyhI/UIXrxQB39QI/AAAAAAAAL8Y/6zwG6Mb8Tc0/s1600-h/Australia-Coober-Pedy-Bush-camp-at-s.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Australia, Coober Pedy, Bush camp at sunrise, 16 October 2012 (1`) (5)" border="0" height="302" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-kx3OBLPSnss/UIXrypBfDwI/AAAAAAAAL8g/Foc595XEPMY/Australia-Coober-Pedy-Bush-camp-at-s%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Australia, Coober Pedy, Bush camp at sunrise, 16 October 2012 (1`) (5)" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ready to leave in the morning</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">On 16 October it was up at 0530 hours to prepare breakfast, hot water for tea and coffee being the most important item, set out muesli, weetabix of the Australian variety, jams and peanut butter with bread, the staple breakfast since leaving Darwin. The evening meal was much better than the slops fed to us by our illustrious leader on the trip to Bali. With her not being there we had a chance to eat a reasonable meal. The intention today was to get to Port Augusta, a distance of 557 kilometres. On the way we stopped off at Glendambo Roadhouse, Lake Hart (an inland salt water lake) and Spuds Roadhouse at Pimba, finally setting up camp at Orroroo.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ym8RCh9PdzU/UIXr1EdeJmI/AAAAAAAAL8o/o05_1M36bDA/s1600-h/Australia-Lake-Hart-16--October-2012%25255B1%25255D.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Australia, Lake Hart, 16 October 2012 (1)" border="0" height="302" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-jDQ32cNcdVQ/UIXr21SBhgI/AAAAAAAAL8w/Ij24GYSVqXQ/Australia-Lake-Hart-16--October-2012%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Australia, Lake Hart, 16 October 2012 (1)" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Lake Hart</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ymGdQwTBOJk/UIXr6qu_s0I/AAAAAAAAL84/cG1IN0fTOM0/s1600-h/Australia%25252C%252520Lake%252520Hart%25252C%25252016%252520%252520October%2525202012%252520%2525282%252529%25255B3%25255D.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Australia, Lake Hart, 16 October 2012 (2)" border="0" height="302" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-hjRqLDtG-NY/UIXr8bHrvBI/AAAAAAAAL9A/J6QMrCSsl2A/Australia%25252C%252520Lake%252520Hart%25252C%25252016%252520%252520October%2525202012%252520%2525282%252529_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Australia, Lake Hart, 16 October 2012 (2)" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Lake Hart</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We stopped not far far from the camp to look at a 500 plus year old gum tree (cannot find the photograph I took of the tree) the following morning then stopped at Broken Hill to do some more shopping. All shopping was only for food though some were buying duvets or blankets to keep warm as the night temperatures were dropping. During the day we crossed from Northern Australia into New South Wales and the clocks went forward by 30 minutes. Travelling along the Barrier Highway we then camped at Wilcannia for the night.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">On 18 October, with everyone getting a bit high as we all realised that the trip was nearly over and not believing that it could be so, there was singing and music on the bus with everyone being somewhat happy. We flew through Nygan, Dubbo and Melbourne before camping at Ponto Falls near Melbourne. As it was Derrick’s birthday today he had bought two cakes to be shared around t the evening meal, a gesture enjoyed by everyone.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-iqAxA1KssCE/UIXsAv0wLhI/AAAAAAAAL9I/TxAWe9sZ5sE/s1600-h/Australia%25252C%252520Last%252520Bush%252520Camp%252520at%252520Ponto%252520Falls%25252C%25252019%252520%252520October%2525202012%252520%2525282%252529%25255B3%25255D.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Australia, Last Bush Camp at Ponto Falls, 19 October 2012 (2)" border="0" height="302" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-zWYNxLe6Lek/UIXsCAyt99I/AAAAAAAAL9Q/M-ol5Rpumdw/Australia%25252C%252520Last%252520Bush%252520Camp%252520at%252520Ponto%252520Falls%25252C%25252019%252520%252520October%2525202012%252520%2525282%252529_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Australia, Last Bush Camp at Ponto Falls, 19 October 2012 (2)" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ponto Falls Camp</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">On 19 October the countryside definitely changed with more grass, cows, sheep and farms to be seen. We stopped near Orange to visit a winery for a wine tasting but I did not like the wine so bought none. From there we did a lap of the Bathurst Motor Racing Course, doing a skidding start from the No.1 spot, not the normal vehicle there as I’m sure that a bus and trailer driving round the course would have looked quite odd to the people working around the track.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">On the No.1 grid position ready to start</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We were now getting very close to Sydney so we stopped early in the afternoon at Lake Lyall so that people could sort out their bags for the following days arrival in Sydney and clean out the bus and trailer. We had been told that the internet, laundry facilities and showers were available at the camp site but the internet and laundry facilities were a figment of the imagination and the showers cost 20 cents for one minute, a real rip off as some of the time was used to warm up the water and then it shut down before anyone could get showered properly. Why they were using gas heaters for hot water I do not know when there is so much sun available for solar heating. That could be a general comment for the whole trip from Darwin to Sydney as few solar panels were seen anywhere. There were more to be seen in the UK as far as I am concerned!</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-FCnUVZiYzyk/UIXsLoCUSII/AAAAAAAAL9o/H10df3viXQc/s1600-h/Australia%25252C%252520Last%252520Camp%252520at%252520Lake%252520Lyall%252520Lithgow%252520%25252C%25252020%252520%252520October%2525202012%252520%2525284%252529%25255B3%25255D.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Australia, Last Camp at Lake Lyall Lithgow , 20 October 2012 (4)" border="0" height="302" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-GKtMDCPcOyU/UIXsNLqjHJI/AAAAAAAAL9w/MVkfevjDTp8/Australia%25252C%252520Last%252520Camp%252520at%252520Lake%252520Lyall%252520Lithgow%252520%25252C%25252020%252520%252520October%2525202012%252520%2525284%252529_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Australia, Last Camp at Lake Lyall Lithgow , 20 October 2012 (4)" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Our last camp at lake Lyall</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">On the morning of 20 October we were only 150 kilometres from Sydney and with all the bags packed, everything as clean as it could be considering the red dust we had been travelling in since Darwin, we had plenty of time to get to Sydney for 1400 hours when various members of the group were to be met by family and friends. So it was a short stop at Echo Point, Katoomba, for a walk round the mountains and for coffee and shopping for others. At 1030 hours we left Katoomba for the final part of the trip to Sydney.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Views from Echo Point</span></td></tr>
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David Watkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06655026110661110262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3267725571366511194.post-12043440984032029702012-10-22T04:55:00.001-07:002013-08-19T07:09:44.982-07:005 to 13 October – Darwin to Uluru/Ayers Rock (Australia)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: large;">Fuel costs : Petrol $1.577 (£1.00 per litre) Diesel $1.719 (£1.15 per litre) at an exchange rate of £1 = A$1.55. The fuel costs vary depending on the the remoteness of the country as A$1.87 for petrol and A$1.96 was seen in Renner Springs, North Australia, then A$1.54 and A$1.52 for petrol and diesel respectively was seen near Sydney.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Darwin was basically a stop for shopping, unwinding and realising that I had seen the last of our illustrious leader and her item. What a weight off my mind that was! It felt that the dark clouds of ignorance and uselessness had gone for ever with those two never to be seen again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was picked up at the airport by Adam, the driver and his friend, Helen, even though I had sent an email to him saying that I did not expect to be picked up at 2230 hours being the only one on the flight and our illustrious leader telling me that under no circumstances would I be picked up. From the airport I went to the Value Inn, dropped my bags and decided to have a walk round Darwin even though it was midnight. At that time on a Friday night Darwin was hopping so I sat in a pub watching people going past and drinking red wine. A lady (with her partner I later found out) on another table kept on looking at me and smiling but I did not recognise her. Later another man joined them so partner and he were talking and ignoring the lady. After a while she walked over to me, introduced herself and sat down. She was a stranger! We talked for a while until the partner came over and bought me a drink, cider this time. After a while he started to argue with her asking why she was sitting with me when they had come to the pub together. A domestic argument continued but I did not get the black eye I expected, excused myself and went to the hotel and bed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The night before we were due to leave Darwin I went out to the camp site to stay and to check that I could put up my new tent as the other tent had been sent back to the UK from Nepal to reduce weight and because it was thought that the Australian authorities would not allow a used tent into Australia.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Darwin camp site</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Typical scenery from Darwin to Ayers Rock</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">A typical view of the road, long straights, seemingly flat but with flood level indicators showing a depth of water up to 1.4 metres</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">What I call a typical scene with the wind pump</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">On 8 October we left Darwin for the last part off the trip to Sydney. There was to be a lot of sitting in the bus for this part of the journey as Madventure, because of their incompetence and uncaring attitude, had not told us early enough of when to </span><span style="font-size: large;">book the flight from Bali to Darwin so that people could not arrive at Darwin on the expected date making us two days late leaving Darwin and still expected to arrive in Sydney on the original date. They are unbelievable and really need to understand that people expect to receive what they have paid for not being fobbed of with excuses, especially when it is the fault of Madventure themselves.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Leaving Darwin on the Arnhem Highway we headed for Kakadu National Park on a 20 seat bus with the twelve of us on board of the twenty four that left London six months before. Although it was very hot, over 34C, we kept the windows open and enjoyed the fresh hot air. Before camping that night (8 October) we stopped at the Ubirr Art Site to see aboriginal cave paintings, which were quire remarkable for paintings that were 2000 years old.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">A fish</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Man and crocodile</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">A bird</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The cave painting area</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">A view from the top of the hill</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">A view from the top of the hill</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The camp site notice</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">A termite hill</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-OzDV8mNk060/UIUlmtMTFJI/AAAAAAAALmw/LyrtlxHt0Fo/s1600-h/Australia-Darwin-to-Katherine-7-Octo%25255B3%25255D.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Australia, Darwin to Katherine, 7 October 2012 (2)" border="0" height="302" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-4pZ4o81WR2w/UIUloT56NbI/AAAAAAAALm4/flZ8ZrcK-q4/Australia-Darwin-to-Katherine-7-Octo.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Australia, Darwin to Katherine, 7 October 2012 (2)" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Scenery seen every day</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">9 October at Barunei and the Nitmiluk Aboriginal Centre in the Kakadu National Park. Camping that night was like having a free sauna as everyone baked in their tents.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">A view from the mountain top</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">10 October at Matapanka Homestead with the smelly flying foxes and the spa pool, which was free to use and a welcome change from not being able to have showers. A stop was made at Daly Waters Pub for food and to use the toilet. The pub was quite exceptional as the photographs show. Camping at Renner Springs that night was another experience with huge winds that blew the tents horizontal but not completely into the bush.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center;">The Daly Waters Pub</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The thong (flip-flop) tree</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Enjoying a cool cider</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I just liked the gates!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="text-align: left;">The following day, the 11 October, we travelled to Barrow Staging Area, a Second World War area in the bush where trucks transporting war material to the north stopped at night for the drivers to rest. Blogs were now impossible as this laptop battery died and with us camping in the bush here was no way the laptop could be recharged. Even when we stopped in Tennant Creek there were no charging points.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">MacDonald's have free wifi in their premises but it was terribly slow even if I could manage to log on, which was the norm. Internet cafes were a foreign word I think as they were few and far between across the Northern Territory. Even where they did exist he usual cost to use the internet was A$16 per hour (£10). We stopped at Wauchope early afternoon for some shopping and then at the Devils Marbles to see the ‘marbles’.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">During the night we had a frost and everyone was so cold because it was not expected and they had not dressed for sleeping in the cold. For some reason I was warm enough perhaps because I went into the sleeping bag wearing all my clothes</span>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Barrow Staging Area Bush Camp</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sunrise with Laura (I think)</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The next day, the 12 October, we stopped of at Barrow Creek Telegraph Station, the position of the Tropic of Capricorn, then Alice Springs for shopping only. The Telegraph Station is now kept as a museum of the way the telegraph was used during the early 20th century. That evening saw us camping at Curtain Springs Cattle Station ready to get up at 0330 hours to go to Ayers Rock (Uluru-Kjuta National Park) for sunrise.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">Barrow Creek Telegraph Station</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The blacksmiths shop with the clay lined forge</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-fmZdek_oK8o/UIUoKhK9rpI/AAAAAAAALuk/tQWFdB1T5s0/s1600-h/Australia-Alice-Springs-Supermarket-%25255B2%25255D.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Australia, Alice Springs, Supermarket Wall, 12 October 2012 (1)" border="0" height="302" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Tx7mCve2srM/UIUoNLzfr1I/AAAAAAAALus/iYJ-MeuOoY4/Australia-Alice-Springs-Supermarket-%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Australia, Alice Springs, Supermarket Wall, 12 October 2012 (1)" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Paintings on the supermarket walls</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/--fBRasAnemo/UIUoRHsZlLI/AAAAAAAALu0/GZTG9lviBEk/s1600-h/Australia-Alice-Springs-Supermarket-%25255B4%25255D.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Australia, Alice Springs, Supermarket Wall, 12 October 2012 (3)" border="0" height="302" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-AjpwgsDg1R0/UIUoTB7jlWI/AAAAAAAALu8/WWbfSCs4eDg/Australia-Alice-Springs-Supermarket-.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Australia, Alice Springs, Supermarket Wall, 12 October 2012 (3)" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sunrise at Ayers Rock on 13 October and views while walking the 11 kilometres round the rock which I did in 1 hour and 40 minutes follow. The official guide indicates that the walk should take three and a half hours and should be completed by 1100 hours due to the hot weather with plenty of water being available during the walk. The area to climb the rock was closed until we were ready to leave, not that I would have climbed the rock, as it looked too hard and too dangerous. Apparently 35 people have been killed climbing the rock and the Aborigines request that the rock not be climbed as it is a sacred site to them.</span><br />
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David Watkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06655026110661110262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3267725571366511194.post-38596207209066205202012-10-21T20:22:00.000-07:002013-08-19T04:36:37.896-07:004 and 5 October - Bali (Indonesia) and on to Darwin (Australia)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: large;">Sometimes we really do live the high life! Finally arriving at the Bali Dwipa Hotel at midnight, with the clock change of one hour forward to 1am in the morning, it was straight to bed and in the morning waking up to see the filthy room. Madventure had excelled themselves again! (To jump forward a few days, when everyone had left for Darwin our illustrious leader and her item moved into another hotel as they considered that the Bali Dwipa Hotel was not good enough for them. Hypocrites that they were, together with Madventure!). Suprise, suprise, breakfast was included in the nightly cost of about £2 per person, this consisting of two pieces of toast (which were actually very nice and hot), butter, jam and tea. Anything else had to be paid for. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The hostel bath</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The shower in the room</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I know how he felt!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's not a photograph of me</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I did very little in Bali as I only had two days there as time was needed to arrange transportation in Australia and Papua New Guinea, places I will be travelling round once this trip is over. Bali did not impress me very much anyway as it was streets of shops selling rubbish and tat and drunken people wandering the streets from midday to untold hours. Night time was noisy and hot and generally the haunt of no-one over 30 years of age, not my scene at all. All sorts of drugs and services were available on the street, more than I had come across in other countries.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Bali High Street</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hand made street decorations</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Bali Bombing Memorial</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">A figment of the imagination in a roundabout</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There were a number of Hindu temples in the city, mostly very small and not named. The carvings in the temples were very interesting and I enjoyed looking at them.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Yellow frangipani </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The temple stone carving</span></td></tr>
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David Watkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06655026110661110262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3267725571366511194.post-49925805996734928682012-10-21T20:05:00.002-07:002013-08-19T04:33:41.993-07:003 October - Mount Bromo and onto Bali (Indonesia)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: large;">Ripped of again by Madventure. Why is our illustrious leader organising this? Prior to leaving Jogyakarta our leader asked everyone if they wanted to go direct to Bali or take a side trip to Mount Bromo. Those who decided to go to Mount Bromo had to pay for the transport and hotel as an extra even though the side and direct trip ended up in the same place. In other words everyone had paid Madventure for the trip to Bali and those going on the side trip had to pay again. I asked if Madventure would repay the travel or side trip costs but was told in no uncertain terms that this was not possible. It just shows what a miserable bunch they are! I also wondered if our leader was getting 'commission' from the tour organiser for telling us about the side trip as she has been receiving 'commissions' for previous information in other countries. The whole lot stinks!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Being picked up at 0330 hours for the ride up to the lookout for sunrise was a bit of an ordeal after only five hours sleep, but no-one complained. The ride up the mountain in the dark in a ‘noddy wagon’ (a short wheel base land cruiser, a vehicle </span><span style="font-size: large;">which has a tendency to turn over) was slow and careful and at the end a walk up the mountain on a not so good track to the lookout. There were already tourists at the </span><span style="font-size: large;">viewpoint which was on Mount Penanjakan (2,770 metres or 9,088 feet high) </span><span style="font-size: large;">and we all sat and waited for the sunrise.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The local people were out in force offering bike and horse rides up the mountain to the gullible tourists as they could not be taken right up to the lookout anyway. There were blankets and hats for sale for those who were cold and all the local people wore a blanket to keep warm. Tea, coffee and chocolate were also on offer and there was a good trade for the local people. The sunrise was not actually over the volcano but on one of the mountains to the south of us. The photographs I took showed quite a spectacular sunrise and then the sun lit the volcano to change the view again. Once the sun was up it was back down the mountain and by truck to the Mount Bromo volcano. The whole area was a dust bowl with dust being kicked up with every step and being breathed in as well. There were horses and bikes to take tourists to the base of the volcano and the rest of the way was a hard climb up steps, some which</span> <span style="font-size: large;">were broken. By this time the sun was well up and the whole area became very hot.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Once we had finished there it was back to the hotel for breakfast, not that it could be called that, as it consisted of three pieces of square bread with a little bit of jam between them and a mug of tea. Time then for a hot shower, hot being the operating word as most of the hostels/hovels we had stayed in never had hot water, to get the dust off the face and out of the hair. The same clothes went back on</span><span style="font-size: large;"> (after the dust was shaken out of them) as it was expected that the rest of the day would be spent in a bus travelling to Bali. Then it was a ride in a minibus to Prosilinggo where we had to wait some considerable time for the bus to Bali as it kept being later and later because of the traffic on the road from Surabaya where the bus had started from.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Mount Bromo is an active volcano in East Java being 2,329 metres (7,641 feet) high. The name of Bromo comes<em> </em>from the Javanese pronunciation of Brahama, the Hindu creator god. It is easily recognized as the entire top has been blown off and the crater inside constantly belches white sulphurous smoke. It sits inside the Tengger caldera (diameter approximately 10 km), surrounded by the Sea of Sand which is an area of fine volcanic sand. From inside the caldera sulphur is collected by the local people. Mount Bromo last erupted in January 2011. </span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">January 2011</span></span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br />Mount Bromo and the surrounding area today</span></span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Poten is the Tenggerese Hindu temple that sits in the sea of sand close to Mount Bromo. The frugality of its decoration and austere design seems very appropriate for the location.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The local area away from the volcano</span><br />
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David Watkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06655026110661110262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3267725571366511194.post-64252037064523134092012-10-06T02:53:00.004-07:002013-08-19T04:09:07.373-07:006 October - Darwin to Sydney<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: large;">I will be leaving Darwin on the morning of 8 October and going by bus to Sydney. This will take 12 days and for most of this the nights will be a camp in the outback, not in a recognised camp site. This means that </span><span style="font-size: large;">it is unlikely that there will be any blogs for perhaps two weeks.</span></div>
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