I : Indonesia it is!

Last year was Cambodia, a great and stylish backpack indeed. As we departed from Siem Reap, we flipped through the AA mag checking out places and hence, Indonesia it is for Jan 2010. I didn't expect that it really happened. Thanks to Satkuru for all the arrangement and the team for the fantastic trip. It would have been better if I traveled with my loved one :P

Being a bit baboonic when entering a neighbour's country ... Funny how things happened.Its the second time traveling with these bunch of bloggers a.k.a Shouters ; and I can never doubt that I might died of boredom with their company. First was Cambodia, which was approximately a year ago when I got freaked out with the traffic in Phnom Penh and fell for the night life in Siem Reap. I know I should have gotten this entry up long ago or maybe completed the entire Indonesia backpack journey way before Philippines started. I am finally back from Philippines and yet, I have not even started Indonesia's a lil bit. Hence, I shall kick it off now or otherwise never. LOL.

Its the second time traveling with these bunch of bloggers a.k.a Shouters ; and I can never doubt that I might died of boredom with their company. First was Cambodia, which was approximately a year ago when I got freaked out with the traffic in Phnom Penh and fell for the night life in Siem Reap. I know I should have gotten this entry up long ago or maybe completed the entire Indonesia backpack journey way before Philippines started. I am finally back from Philippines and yet, I have not even started Indonesia's a lil bit. Hence, I shall kick it off now or otherwise never. LOL.

Besides such adventurous backpacks, it indeed gave me a lot of "first time" experience. Before I start, flaunting pictures of the trip, I would like to thank Satkuru and Angeline for the plans and arrangement, which I enjoyed myself best, "Backpacking with Style" where we eat and sleep like Kings & Queens!

This year indeed would be a brand new year for me, where I finally finished my degree, and started off with my first ever full time job :) I just started of with 2 weeks and upon my boss were to hire me, I told her in advance that I need to take 4 days off. LOL. She gladly approve, otherwise, I might as well gave up the job. XD It was a Tuesday when we were supposed to leave for KL from Penang (applied for Penangites only) as we needed to catch an early flight to Yogjakarta the next morning. The flight was scheduled at around 10.45pm, where I left office at 9.25pm which I still need to head home to collect my ready-packed back-pack before heading to the airport. Little did we know, the damn flight was delayed to an hour later. Pffft! ...which we only managed to reach KL before 1am. I dozed off as soon as I got up the plane. Who cares about turbulence and all those bumpy flight when you're dead tired!

As soon as we touched KL, it felt real good to see the KL folks again, which certainly reminded me on how much fun we had in Cambodia. Aside from being really drained out, I felt rather excited as I have never been to Indonesia, not even a single time. We were hunting for seats around the airport but little did we know that the airport can be fully occupied! Those who managed to conquer the seats slept on the chair, for those who don't, they slept on their surfboards! Okayyy... nothing is left for us but Old Town, our regular time-killer place to go whenever we are at LCCT. Those who were hungry, they fed themselves well enough before getting back into position to hunt for seats around the airport again! We were hunting with our bags till we gave up and gave ourselves away to the super cold floor. It was super duper cold! As soon as asses were landed, they were frozen! Lack of sleep can take me nowhere far, and I definitely need to recharge for the next day which require lots of walking. The last person I saw before my eyes were shut was Satkuru. There goes, in my t-shirt and shorts on the freaking cold floor, with no blanket. That was the moment when I was wanting a surfboard so much.

Sat is still wide awake

This picture was taken when I was lying down on the floor, can't be bothered if its clean or dirty!

I got up (intermittent) as I was freezing cold and how I wished so much that someone would be here to wrap around me as well as for the trip. Anyway, bygones are bygones. We were allow to check-in at the kiosk and it was my first time doing so ever since AirAsia implemented. Upon checking-in our bags, a random thought of "turkeyfying" our bags crossed our mind. Hence, RM9 for the wrapping service, as we have heard lotsa breaking baggage stories happened in Indonesia.

Breakfast was at McD, something usual and probably the only thing we eat in LCCT. I was too excited to board. Can't wait to board, can't wait to touch, see and feel Indonesia. The journey from KL to Yogjakarta takes about 2 hours and 40 minutes. I slept till we landed. The airport is smaller than Penang's, and the next usual thing I would do at the airport would be - searching for WIFI! They do have WIFI though its small and humble. Yays to WIFI, especially FREE WIFI!

... and being ignorant, Angeline and Satkuru arranged the transportation for us to move about in Yogjakarta. If my memory did not failed me, it cost us about 70,000 Rupiah per person which sum up to 700, 000 Rupiah for the ride as there were 10 of us for this trip to Yogjakarta. (I guess you can do the convertion yourself) Its a ONE DAY ride including petrol to wherever we desire. Can you guess how did an absent minded person like me can remember the prices of the rental?! ... because ... I was the so called appointed treasurer again (the last time was in Cambodia)! While waiting for our Kia Pregio, there was this urge to answer nature's call. At first, we were looking for the "Toilet" sign in whatever manner they are, whether the logo or the word but we failed to and guess what, the first ever word we learnt as soon as we touched Indonesia is "Karma Kecil", yes, and that means TOILET in Bahasa Indonesia. (Ermmm... you can give yourself a pat now as you have learnt a new word in Indon after reading this entry)

Along the way, I managed to snapped a few pictures ; for instance like Rumah Sakit Dr. S. Hardjolukito :P


and another funny sign which says, "Dilarang Kencing".WTH! I din know there are people who pee along the fence! This is indeed new to me!

As for Yogjakarta, its only a day that we are gonna spend here and there goes . . . 
WELCOME TO YOGJAKARTA!
The Journey in Indonesia officially starts from HERE!