Friday, February 25, 2011

How I Cured My Rhinitis

The boat trip to Ternate

The ship was located only a few hours delay of 18 clock 30 on the way - after all it took "only" about 13 hours. The hour before that I spent on the stern. First of course I managed the luggage to the assigned high deck in the belly of the ship. I was perspiring profusely, but it was because I had the luggage of course previously taken to the port. It was later on the trip will certainly endure better down there than I had expected, because the windows and doors pulled the warm tropical wind.



before the ship pulled away, drew crowds seller through the ship, selling everything imaginable from boiled eggs to glasses and toys for the children. I bought an egg and peanuts too - otherwise you will be fed by the other passengers, sometimes there was an ear of corn, sometimes dried banana. And generally such a waterway is an interesting study in "Indonesian family life".



On the ship the way, I met a "Western" tourists, an Australian who told me that he had sold his Mexican restaurant in Australia and would have bought a house in Mindanao. He now would be the first time in Indonesia and on the way to Halmahera, to search for friends good surfing to search.


Shortly after the boat finally drove off, was handed a dinner of rice and fish, and a sealed cup of water for every dealt. Then I went down also, already, on my haute 1 m wide deck.

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Man was able to nap well, but it was plenty loud to sleep through the engine room. A few hours of sleep I can not find yet, because when I woke up, it was shortly before 6 am clock. I went on deck and there already were the Moluccas islands in sight - such as treasury untouched islands rising from this distance, the volcanoes of the 3 islands Hiri, Ternate and Tidore from the sea and port side could see the coast of the Big Island Halmahera, which is about 400 km Laengserstreckung the biggest, but historically rather insignificant island in the North Moluccas.

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> From left to right: The volcanoes of Hiri, Ternate and Tidore <





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short 8 clock before the ship then reached Kota Ternate, the largest city in the North Moluccas.






> The Great Mosque of Kota Ternate. In the background Ternate's volcano Gamalama. <




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> The "Intimate Teratai" upon arrival in Kota Ternate <

The first two hotels I booked were headed for. Moved down I'll be in nirvana hotel - another 13 - 14 EUR / night is payable there. With Aircon, of course. On this day of arrival, I did not get everything settled and slept a lot, washing laundry, strolled through the city and visited the old Dutch fort, one of five on the once important Island.

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> At Fort Benteng Oranye <



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> In Kota Ternate. The volcano is on the Kiematubu Tidore <

wandered Today / I hitchhiked around the island, which is almost circular with a diameter of only 6 km. In the center stands the volcano Gamalama. I have put many miles on foot back, so I am now also managed fairly and report about it tomorrow maybe.

This internet cafe is unfortunately quite poor and overheated, no chance of pictures for you.


Tuesday, February 22, 2011

How Much Does A Chest Waxing Cost

target Ternate

All right, I will report again. A while ago I bought a boat ticket to Ternate, a small island in North Maluku. I do not expect to travel about the Molucca Sea to be particularly fit. The vessel is determined as a kind Seelenverkaeufer, because the large, fast vessels do not travel from Manado. On the other hand, it was very convenient and easy to buy the ticket here, just 100 meters from the hotel. Otherwise I would have to have to drive 55 km away Bitung, first by Microlet to the bus station, then by bus - and do not even know if today runs a ship.

And also I feel fit enough to make such a trip, so it's no more endure in Manado, and while away the time (although we liked the hotel rooms are quite good).

called the ship "KM. Teratai intimate. Yesterday I met a guy at the port, which meant that the trip would take 18 hours. A few bananas And a bottle of water I take with - probably me is bad anyway, so pay that no large Hungergefuehle, I guess. No idea if there is to eat on the boat was - but it should not be good anyway, says the guide books on the vessels.

Monday, February 21, 2011

Where To Read Shotacon Yaoi Manga

In Manado

Monday. I slept badly again - and even though I had to get up at 6 clock. With my 2 little loud travel alarm clocks, but it worked.

shortly before 7 clock I went away to the elevated train station, 700 or 800 meters from the hotel. The climate was so early still good enough to go on foot - I decided spontaneously. With the elevated train, I drove to Changi Airport. You check in, etc. - everything went smoothly.

The SilkAir pilots flew three and a half hours away just to the east over Borneo and 13 clock time he landed in Manado, on the northern tip of Sulawesi's. I dozed around only on the plane, too tired to read.

"Visa on Arrival" - lasted, it costs 25 U.S. dollars. Remarkably, many Western tourists were by the way the plane. They are usually good for Iceland Bunaken, a popular diving destination in the very near. Today, the officials do here at the airport immediately scan all 10 fingers - and a webcam photo of the face too. The technique is somewhat sedate here - it lasted.

Well, I was anyway something at the airport, cola drink, smoke, change money. The latter worked quite well, even with the smooth by Visa ATMs.

I then took a taxi to the Hotel Celebes, in the city, right on the harbor, with superb views from the restaurant 6th Floor - it had selected spontaneously in the Lonely Planet. 7 - 8 EUR I paid for the 13 km long taxi ride endless - endless, because the roads blocked in Manado are chaotic. Many potholes, large puddles on the road. The trip was certainly 45 minutes. Ca. 14 EUR cost me the room - aircon would have been great and it is.

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I was then up inside - until the room was ready. The view over the small harbor and the city is already really nice.

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Then it started to rain soon poured it just yet. I was once out to necessarily a big water bottle buy - but basically you could not go out and the puddles were sometimes 10 meters high and 10 cm deep, it was dark, all poorly lit, not all about in a city like this, where frequently missing manhole covers, etc. Well , the water I bought, but then it was over with the "outing" - despite umbrella and aquatic shoes I was pretty wet. Since I was pretty tired anyway, I slept the night long and extensive. Before I ate Mee Goreng Hotel-Restaurant still (not so good as in Singapore), but although there are here also beer (Bintang ie here), I was not in the mood.

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today in any case is here with me all week - and so far still without rain. I ran a little around in the city, next to money was exchanged, at the Kentucky Fried Chicken, took a long time to find this Internet Cafe (The Gateway) - it is quite hidden in a shopping complex. Have the feeling that the time is the Internet cafe at the end, Twitter, and mobile Internet, they will probably replace the medium term.

Sunday, February 20, 2011

Steam Rome Total War Failed To Log

In Singapore

before yesterday evening, well received in Singapore. But the flying is already stressful. Only about 6 hours to Dubai. The plane flew from delayed. Last Call, no time for a cigarette break. So further three and a half hours to Colombo (Sri Lanka), where a half hour break in the plane and then another three and a half Hours to Singapore. The plane was not fully occupied before this flight, only a third. Advantage, I also found some sleep.


arrival about 21 clock, change money quickly, then to Gepaeckausgabe and a taxi to the hotel flagrance Perl. Online Booking submitted, a room on the 6th Get stock. Clean, quiet, air con, TV, shower. Disadvantage: you can not smoke in the room. So fresh and made out by 23 clock. Quickly found a Tiger Beer, glorious, almost the long flight was worth it to sit out here with the cold beer in the warm 27 degrees. I almost would have eaten something, but it was only frogs - 3 flights, 3 meals, I thought then, that's enough.





Yesterday morning I took it for the first time to tackle a little quieter, a bit of "time" read that there were at the airport in Duesseldorf for Free-Reiselektuere . But since I do not smoke so can ....

So but soon sought a place for breakfast. A few blocks away, on the road brushed off a couple of girls, I opted for fried noodles with chicken and coffee.

Then I had some orientation problems, ran first in the wrong Direction. But anyway, I finally found a station, made me familiar with the system and drove into the city. At Raffles Place, nestled between the skyscrapers, I got out. I think when I was 8 years ago in Singapore, I did not use U-Bahn,'m just pre-damaged sustained by North Rhine-Westphalia and Cologne-transport system. This creates a degree of awe before possibly incomprehensible transport rates. It shows Singapore, that things can be simple. The subway plan appears on a display, you press on the station where you want to go, the price will be displayed, you pay, gets the change and write a check card, the inlet to the platforms granted. With the check card to get then out again, this leaves move at an ATM and get the dollar pledge in return.


The Raffles Place Station is located near the Singapore River. It is nice there, the scenery worth seeing.



I went by the Chinese district. Relatively large number of tourists there. Somewhere I drank coffee and cola, was later exacerbated by the skyscraper streets. But there it is desolate, Financial District, little going on - this would be built as a backdrop only in order to be able to photograph outside.


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> This image shows the foot massage at an Internet cafe. In fact, the guests hardly work there, but only feel the fish. <

I went then to the other side of the Marina Bay. This was built in recent years a famous skyscraper, the roof is shaped like a ship's hull - Marina Bay Sands.


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on the roof, palm trees and there is a swimming pool. The water goes into the visual backdrop of Singapore's skyscrapers over. The pictures went back a few years around the world. Today, it is probably one of the main attractions of Singapore's. Much going on there. I also went high, despite the steep price of 12 EUR. But the views are fascinating.


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With some luck, there are some pictures from this soon, but not from the Internet Cafe, as with the Chinese -language Internet Explorer, I'm not right.


today. Well, another internet cafe, expensive, but with English Internet Explorer. Today was I have something around here, visited the Fort Canning Park, the Raffles Hotel and a few shopping centers such as Suntec.

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> Fort Canning Park, on a hill, an old fort where the British to surrender to the Japanese in the 2nd World War I persevered. Today can lure even the old trees.

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> Raffles Hotel, courtyards


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> Shopping Center at the Arab Street <

There

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> mosques in Singapore <