Woke up to the city. It's sooooo hot, not just because the aircon wasn't working but it's hot.......it was just like being on the beach in Hawaii......well that's what I was dreaming of.
The beds are nice and Euro styled so my legs didn't hang over the sides!!Now when I mean Euro style wharepaku, I mean a sit down flush toilet. This is something to appreciate when everywhere else, even malls have a hole in the floor - Indo stylez with a water jug or spray gun.
At the appartment, Yvonne's ensuite has two water pressures, a heated seat, bum dryer, etc. Something different, styly and something to get used to..... :)
At the appartment, Yvonne's ensuite has two water pressures, a heated seat, bum dryer, etc. Something different, styly and something to get used to..... :)
The smog is thick as, although it made a nice colourful hue in the sky. This is around 6.30am with the sun just rising over the hotel with the red accents.
These buildings are surrounding our appartments. Most are hotels, malls and businesses. There are at least 5 huge malls within walking distance. There are heaps of trees which surprised me. There is a park to the left, to the left, and a stadium by a Mosc to the left as well.
We're on the 14th floor and these buildings across from us are even taller!!
Each floor has 4 appartments - 2 x 2bedroom and 2 x 3 bedrooms. Most of which are inhabited internationals.
To my friends surprise, I took myself off to the gym......down 14 floors (via lift) only to go back up cause I left my ipod in the room.
Not sure how these machines work but I'm sure there's instructions. 2.5km walk to get the heart rate pumping and then on the machines and down to the abs......Suzie my trainer would be very proud of me.
While on the walking machine I was watching Asian TV where the male interviewer was at a Seafood place........he was eating the fattest oyster I had every seen this side of the East Coast!!! True, I was hungry after watching that.
As you can see, no one else there except me and my ipod. Had to do the Ab crunches on the mat.......OMG I do have muscles there.......I just can't see them most of the time :)
After breakie we kinda planned our day which was meant we just went with the flow. A couple of hours later and it was lunch time.......off to the mall. How convenient that it was just a short walk across the road......the most spotless mall I've every been to. It was soooo squeaky that our shoes slid on the marble. Didn't really shop there just changed money. The thing about this mall is that it's expensive. The only thing we could purchase there was kaikai.....which we did. Yes, we had to try the 'Fat Burger' soooo tasty.....I'll work it off in the morning.
So, after we had a look around for a travel agent to book our flights to Yogyakarta......which we got a real good deal....it was off to the other side of the city to the market mall. Not your average mall.........I can't even compare it to anything I've been to before. All the knock off of handbags, music cd's, dvd's and games. Tried to see if we could find some Pacific style clothes to no avail..........everyone is sooo tiny and short......even the shoes don't fit. It was like an outside market in an big disused mall. Each 2x2mt space was leased out on a weekly basis to however could sell stuff. Amazing.....floor after floor of sellers selling the same thing. Oh well, just a look and and stroll around then off to Starbucks for much needed coffee.
The nice thing was they didn't hassel us. Heaps of stares because they don't get many boleh in that part of the city. The not so nice thing was it was a way from our apartment which meant we had to find a good taxi to take us home. Yvonne was telling us about just the week before we came out, the Bali bomber was being sentenced. The ministry was on high alert and seconded people were getting ready to evacuate. But it was all good.......thank you.
We were briefed that we couldn't go into some places and never go places where big groups of the public assembled.
It never put me off or made us scared to go out because we were prepared - Yvonne gave us a good overview and we all wanted to have experiences, to be adventurous, and Yvonne is a great host.
Learnt a kupu hou/new word - boleh which means tourist. After coffee it was off to the hardware store just a short stroll away....one of our most favourite shops and it didn't disappoint. Except we all wanted to buy heaps there, just didn't know how we were going to get it home!! Bought a good small travel hip bag for my adventure to Yogyakarta.
Off home and into nice air conditioned room. Tues evening fly out to Yogykarta so in the morning we're going to try another mall.......... :)
After breakie we kinda planned our day which was meant we just went with the flow. A couple of hours later and it was lunch time.......off to the mall. How convenient that it was just a short walk across the road......the most spotless mall I've every been to. It was soooo squeaky that our shoes slid on the marble. Didn't really shop there just changed money. The thing about this mall is that it's expensive. The only thing we could purchase there was kaikai.....which we did. Yes, we had to try the 'Fat Burger' soooo tasty.....I'll work it off in the morning.
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| Market Mall with more flights than I can count. |
So, after we had a look around for a travel agent to book our flights to Yogyakarta......which we got a real good deal....it was off to the other side of the city to the market mall. Not your average mall.........I can't even compare it to anything I've been to before. All the knock off of handbags, music cd's, dvd's and games. Tried to see if we could find some Pacific style clothes to no avail..........everyone is sooo tiny and short......even the shoes don't fit. It was like an outside market in an big disused mall. Each 2x2mt space was leased out on a weekly basis to however could sell stuff. Amazing.....floor after floor of sellers selling the same thing. Oh well, just a look and and stroll around then off to Starbucks for much needed coffee.
The nice thing was they didn't hassel us. Heaps of stares because they don't get many boleh in that part of the city. The not so nice thing was it was a way from our apartment which meant we had to find a good taxi to take us home. Yvonne was telling us about just the week before we came out, the Bali bomber was being sentenced. The ministry was on high alert and seconded people were getting ready to evacuate. But it was all good.......thank you.
We were briefed that we couldn't go into some places and never go places where big groups of the public assembled.
It never put me off or made us scared to go out because we were prepared - Yvonne gave us a good overview and we all wanted to have experiences, to be adventurous, and Yvonne is a great host.
Learnt a kupu hou/new word - boleh which means tourist. After coffee it was off to the hardware store just a short stroll away....one of our most favourite shops and it didn't disappoint. Except we all wanted to buy heaps there, just didn't know how we were going to get it home!! Bought a good small travel hip bag for my adventure to Yogyakarta.
Off home and into nice air conditioned room. Tues evening fly out to Yogykarta so in the morning we're going to try another mall.......... :)
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