SURABAYA n SEMArang.. JAva xpdc end

CONTinued.... xpDcion.....

Easier way to refer EAST JAVA Map.... provided here...   so...

The Journey's Summary ....  began following d' sothern route to east .....

Noon. 1.30pm... from  KETAPANG  ....d'  ferry's terminal....  drove   nn  passing.....BAYUWANGI... from here...d' route junction to......JEMBEK...at around  3.50pm to another junction to.... LUMAJANG..

Turned right... going North to ...MALANG  nnn destinated to ...  SIDOARJO ... where the road now.... entering d' city.....charging .. to produce toll tickets ... given here.... 

...Arrival .... 10.50pm.........in   SURABAYA

Seemed... so fast...   eeh.. but nOt until we checked d' real times taken 1.30pm to 11pm almost.......  

....HAFt DAy ... travelling ... yeeeh..  of Coz...

 




 

SURABAYA..... 

....a BIg City....metropolitan city with inhabitant approximately 3 million peoples...  wooww..

Capital city of EASt JAva....... second largest after JAKARTA....

Old city too .....as officially stood in 1293... well established since ......

LOts to tell .....but since .. mine NOT particularly educational references  ... just skipped to xpDC ...



The hotel ... well remembered..... NOt  to check IN here..... 

Big...elegant hotel... Empire Palace Hotel ... 

...  many more 5 stars  ...in  .. Surabaya 

...all of US stopped nearby.. as One of d' car came across  ..... broke down ...

NOt ONe of ours ...  our guide... BUdi......  Pa' Harry's assistant our paid travel's xpdc agent here.......

Lucky.. almost arrived to our hotel... had to be driven slowly.....





Simple man with singlet ...BUDi... Pa' Harry's assistant...



This.. already DAy time...   but..

Last Night .... arrival time at hotel was 11.25pm.....no time to take pictures as we were so tired...  needed RESt...

Given...ROOM 5019... 5018  at... 

.......HOTEL SAHID, SURABAYA.......







Morning... at breakfast...  lounge overlooking d' street... heavy traffic ..
Views of d' city.... lives going ON ....

Today ...Free day.....
Could make choices ... visiting ...viewing.. shopping .. either...

Fast final .... Decision Making....needed as almost NOOn....
...finally HIREd... a car... INNOVA.. kijang - like ... only R350,000 for d' whole DAy, meaning 24 hours ........



D' sculpture ... shown TWO large fierce man eaters .... shark from sea... nn... land crocodile ...

Both symbolic animals.... place to be visited at Surabaya Zoo..... stories behind... white crocodile.... Hollanders... from d' West.. while sharks.....  symbolised Japanese.... from d' East...  both had colonised  Indonesia ...probably... uninvited to people in Surabaya.... Indonesia as a whole ......????

Just assumed.....  !!!!



Accident could happen..... common here... NO police statement needed...

...just drove away soon recovered.... unless..  fatality

Many people.... many shopping malls ... NO taxi ... but..tricycles.... parked around waiting customers ...... helping for short rides....

LOts of things .... happened .... unable to take pictures for stories....

OUT of records  ... sure.. like,  JEMBATAN MERAH ... MUD...mud eruption... shooting from earth ... still untouched... let it BE... 
 .... well...    long story....

SUrabaya.... undiscovered ... lives..    lots...........

Passed through....housing... posh area.... elite people...  looking at d' gates... Large....well made land scapes frontage... money  nnn BIg MOney...



Getting late..... so...went .. here.. Plaza Surabaya... LASt  for d' day ...

Worth buying things..... NOt found... somewhere else... 

BUt if Uuu ...too TIRed.....

Nothing much...  but times for ..... Reflexology ... costing much less.. here



Just waiting for our Hired car............

....nearing closing time for PLAZA SURABAYA ......  at 9.30pm





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Friday 28 December .....      ready to go...

Leaving SURABAYA... for SEMARANG...

.... BUt first....     all in ONE...  photograph.. particularly here... Surabaya for rememberance ........





Along d' roads .........

Aware of surroundings.... big posters actually...normal views..

......like HaRRry POTTer..

 ...film ...advertised well in INDONs language... lol ....

Road casualty....     accidents' prone too..      everywhere...

Driving had to be careful....  looking at d' roads.....  just like kampongs' roads... NOt too broad.. uneven .. narrow ... just enough for TWO  ...

.....fro n to ... side parking had to be careful ....

NO hurry..... today..  considered.. short journey...

......times to look ...for choices of FRUITs too

 .... local fruits

SEMARAng is somewhere on d' Northern coastal  on Central Java...  so we were driving on d' coastal... near sea side....  

.... Strong winds ... blowing...........

Early noon..... at Wahyu Utama... Eating House...  somewhere in KALIPang...  Tanjongan Karangan .... just assumed...  correct location.....  eeh..

Here... children...had...just nice resting.....



D' weather never changed since our arrival in BALI ... raining..  24 hours...  more water pouring... on JAva earth......

Heard NEWs on TV.... few areas had been flooded...here... JAKARTA ...  SOLO.... MAny..places....    many low laying areas...

Some parts... padi fields flooded ... as shown in pictures.....



DEMAK ....late afternoon  arrival.... a place near SEMARAng.....

But first ...our leading car brought us for last group's visit  here at MASJID AGUNG DEMAK  ....

SEMARAng... actually...old city... established already in 18th century....as fourth largest metropolis ....   in Central Java.. d' PORT.... plays main entrance nn outlets to major ports.... at TANJUNg MAs.... Many Chinese here doing business.... centered at Chinatown.. even old warehouses were built as old as 200 years...... so did Dutch had built church dating to 1753..... 

.. so this was our LASt Destination....

Our VEHICles were supposed going to port to be ferried to PONTIANAK...... as scheduled.... as well as earlier booked..

D' story...... lots... vehicles...  stranded... Could NOt moving out... ferried..

Daily products...vegetables.....  animals... nn so ..for other mainland... ports..

Piled uP..... ON lines.....  Qqqqq....  waitiing their TURN...?????

LOOKINg at latest NEWs on Weather by end December 2007.... too Dangerous...nn PORT Authority of Indonesia....   prohibited   sailing...    as SEA Waves as high as 4 meters... all ships were advised to avoid shipping activities .. should dock their ships worrying d' worst... nn FATALities....

Early arriving... abour 6.30pm.. still have times.... looking around here in SEMARANg..

Checked IN.....A NIGht in HOTel KARTIka, Semarang... right in town central.... area...

............not last .......  more...  xpdc