Tuesday, May 03, 2005
spaghetti
And so, finally, it's goodbye from Indonesia. 29 days on the visa is up tomorrow, they don't allow you to extend, so it's off to Malaysia instead.
As the days go by, the decision to leave Bali and Lombok early and give ourselves 8 days on Java has seemed more and more unfortunate. Imagine having 29 days in the UK, having a right royal time visiting the Lake District, Scottish Highlands, York etc, and then inexplicably deciding to spend the last 8 days visting Wolverhampton, Birmingham and Coventry. Sure, you'd get to see Spaghetti Junction and have a great day out at Cadbury World, but, on balance, it' d be a monumentally bad decision.
First Yogyhkarata (still can't spell it) was the worst place we'd visited since this whole jaunt began. Then came Bandung and stole it's crown. Then next was Bogor which was as bad as it sounds. And now Jakarta - a capital city that would make even Coventry seem like an island paradise...
Ms Love did the words for Yogyhkarata and Bandung, so Bogor is my turn. The city of cracked and broken pavements. And seemingly one restaurant for all the 2 million people that live there. At least we struck gold on the hotel which had a bathroom suitable for a princess, let alone Courtney. It even had hot water.
Now, before I get a reputation for doom and gloom, I'd better add that Bogor did have one attraction. Right in the middle of possibly the most congested 248 lane inner city ringroad in the world, was a quite stupendous Botanical Gardens. Truly an oasis in a city of desert. Once you'd braved the 30 minute walk there, avoiding the open sewers and piles of burning rubbish, you were rewarded with an incredible 30 acres of greenery and calm. However, someone (actually me) inexplicably forgot to pack the spare camera battery so we don't have any photos to prove how nice it was.
And Jakarata. A city of 10 million people and, a couple of closed museums aside, seemingly nothing to do except risk life and limb crossing the road.
6 paragraphs and no mention of football. A new Wylie record....about to be ruined...
Yes, the moment we touch ground in MalaysiaTrulyAsia, it'll be the now familiar Operation Find Star Sports once again. As ever we are due to be in the middle of nowhere on Saturday night but this won't get in the way. If it takes even signing up for a hotel with a proper bathroom then that's what we'll do..
As even Courtney can recite now, if we beat Southampton, West Brom and Norwich fail to win and then we get at least a point at the Valley the week after (and and and...), then Rough Guides Jumpers and Outer Mongolia will have a truly happy and fitting ending...
As the days go by, the decision to leave Bali and Lombok early and give ourselves 8 days on Java has seemed more and more unfortunate. Imagine having 29 days in the UK, having a right royal time visiting the Lake District, Scottish Highlands, York etc, and then inexplicably deciding to spend the last 8 days visting Wolverhampton, Birmingham and Coventry. Sure, you'd get to see Spaghetti Junction and have a great day out at Cadbury World, but, on balance, it' d be a monumentally bad decision.
First Yogyhkarata (still can't spell it) was the worst place we'd visited since this whole jaunt began. Then came Bandung and stole it's crown. Then next was Bogor which was as bad as it sounds. And now Jakarta - a capital city that would make even Coventry seem like an island paradise...
Ms Love did the words for Yogyhkarata and Bandung, so Bogor is my turn. The city of cracked and broken pavements. And seemingly one restaurant for all the 2 million people that live there. At least we struck gold on the hotel which had a bathroom suitable for a princess, let alone Courtney. It even had hot water.
Now, before I get a reputation for doom and gloom, I'd better add that Bogor did have one attraction. Right in the middle of possibly the most congested 248 lane inner city ringroad in the world, was a quite stupendous Botanical Gardens. Truly an oasis in a city of desert. Once you'd braved the 30 minute walk there, avoiding the open sewers and piles of burning rubbish, you were rewarded with an incredible 30 acres of greenery and calm. However, someone (actually me) inexplicably forgot to pack the spare camera battery so we don't have any photos to prove how nice it was.
And Jakarata. A city of 10 million people and, a couple of closed museums aside, seemingly nothing to do except risk life and limb crossing the road.
6 paragraphs and no mention of football. A new Wylie record....about to be ruined...
Yes, the moment we touch ground in MalaysiaTrulyAsia, it'll be the now familiar Operation Find Star Sports once again. As ever we are due to be in the middle of nowhere on Saturday night but this won't get in the way. If it takes even signing up for a hotel with a proper bathroom then that's what we'll do..
As even Courtney can recite now, if we beat Southampton, West Brom and Norwich fail to win and then we get at least a point at the Valley the week after (and and and...), then Rough Guides Jumpers and Outer Mongolia will have a truly happy and fitting ending...
// posted by courtney and pete @ 11:22 
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Does "Yogyhkarata" not conjur up visions of cultured-milk-covered-martial-arts for anyone else?? Or have I been watching too much celebrity wrestling?
And whats wrong with .....
the luvly Spugetti Junkshun, Cadboreeey wurld, Brum, Wolveramptun and Covuntreeey?? Shewerly them are grayt playces to visit. Eye-ul be 'avin wurds with yow, Woylee!
Keythouw
And whats wrong with .....
the luvly Spugetti Junkshun, Cadboreeey wurld, Brum, Wolveramptun and Covuntreeey?? Shewerly them are grayt playces to visit. Eye-ul be 'avin wurds with yow, Woylee!
Keythouw
# posted by 
: 1:19 pm
: 1:19 pm
Does "Yogyhkarata" not conjur up visions of cultured-milk-covered-martial-arts for anyone else?? Or have I been watching too much celebrity wrestling?
And whats wrong with .....
the luvly Spugettay Junkshun, Cadboreey Wurld, Brum, Woolveramton and Coventreeey moy frend?
Shewerly them are grayt playces to visit. Oy-ul be 'avin wurds with yow, Woylee!
Keythouw
And whats wrong with .....
the luvly Spugettay Junkshun, Cadboreey Wurld, Brum, Woolveramton and Coventreeey moy frend?
Shewerly them are grayt playces to visit. Oy-ul be 'avin wurds with yow, Woylee!
Keythouw
# posted by : 1:31 pm
: 1:31 pm
I think we all know what a truly happy ending to your journey would entail. And I think you were starting to hint about it in an earlier posting Mr Wylie...
And no, it's not avoiding playing at the Ricoh Arena next season either...
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And no, it's not avoiding playing at the Ricoh Arena next season either...
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