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Written by Ron B
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Thursday, 16 October 2008 |
 View from our bedroom in Kupang | A Sudden Onset of Severe ...
We were staying in Kupang, and from our bedroom we could see across Lontar palms to the bay.
Then, one morning I was hit with diarrhea with no warning - none of the usual rumbles and pains. Then next day muscle and joint pains and fever. The joint pains were worst, so that by the 3rd day I felt like an arthritic cripple.
On the fourth day, I got to the Internet and looked up Dengue Fever. The description left no doubt that this was my problem. The good news was that it should all be over in a week - so just 3 days to go.
| On the fourth day, I got to the Internet and looked up Dengue Fever. The description left no doubt that this was my problem. The good news was that it should all be over in a week - so just 3 days to go. And this is how it was - on the 6th day the symptoms were fading. So it was an interesting episode that tended to make our Timor visit slower paced than we had planned - but it still was very enjoyable.
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Written by Ron B
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Sunday, 31 August 2008 |
Wedding for Linda & Prana"Aceh Wedding Party" announced the e-mail from Prana, and went on to give the address in Pamulang Barat. So I thought Pamulang was in Aceh and started looking up travel information for Aceh. But I was on the wrong track - Pamulang is near Jakarta, but the wedding was planned to be in an Acenese style. Below is a Google Earth map and the invitation - click for detail. The map shows Linda Gallery in Pamulang where the wedding was held at the bottom, Jakarta Airport at top left, Amaris Hotel where we stayed in the middle, and Central Jakarta indicated by the cloud of markers north of our hotel. |  Linda Gallery on a Google Earth map |  Linda & Prana Invitation - 1 |  Linda & Prana Invitation - 2 | We had got up before dawn in Makassar (about 4am Jakarta time) to catch an early plane from Makassar to Jakarta. A taxi from the airport got to Pamulang without too much trouble, but then finding the correct street took some trial and error and phone calls. The first photo below below shows Linda Gallery with a canopy erected between the house and the street. This meant that at times the ceremony spilled onto the street interrupting the flow of traffic. Prana led a small procession of family and friends from nearby the Gallery to the front entrance where they were receieved by family and friends of Linda. People in the procession carried gifts including a beautifully bound Koran, some money in a presentation frame, and fruit. |  Linda Gallery with street side canopy |  Preparing for the Procession |  Prana leads the procession |  Gifts include fruit ... |  And a Koran |  and Money ... |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 02 October 2008 )
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Written by Ron B
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Monday, 12 May 2008 |
Mary & Jenny in Bali | | | | | | From left, dining at home, out after (elusive) dolphins, and in Candi Dasa where we resolved to always eat on the water-front. This lunch was at Ida's. | | | | | Bear the entrance to Tirta Gangga Water Place, Mary and Chonki negitiating the stepping stones, and at a restaurant in Ubud. You may think we were always eating - but really it is just when I remembered I had a camera. Read on for more photos. | | | | |
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Last Updated ( Monday, 12 May 2008 )
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