Author Archives: angusmccoll

The food is interesting. Buying from street vendors is a mystery. I can’t understand them and they can’t understand me so I often just point to things on the menu and hope for the best! I’m on my own while Freddy visits his family. This is a traditional drink I am told! No they areContinue reading “Surabaya day 2”

While wandering around the grounds of the city’s council building I was chased down by a lady who had just arrived in a group of cars. She asked me some questions about why I was here and I suddenly felt I may be in trouble for trespassing. But no, she took me over to andContinue reading “Surabaya”

I’m travelling to Indonesia with my friend Freddy, Indonesian born and bred but now an Australian living in Cairns. He’s visiting his family in East Java and I’m tagging along. What a great opportunity for me to experience Indonesia with a local. We’re over-nighting in Bali, on the way to Surabaya. We’re greeted at theContinue reading “Overnight in Bali”

I woke up this morning to the realisation that I don’t have to go back to work until February 2011… My travel starts tomorrow, Cairns to Darwin to Bali , then onto Surabaya in East Java on Monday. Surabaya is a big industrial city with a population of 2.6million and the second biggest city inContinue reading “The adventure begins”

Just doing a test run from my iPhone! </a WOW…it works!!