Asia’s New York alias Hong Kong

Zondag, 11 augustus 2013

Welkom in Hong Kong!
Bart verbaast zich over de grote luchthaven…meer dan 22 bagagebanden! Dat wil wel wat zeggen. Buiten de luchthaven nemen we bus 10A tot in Aberdeen, in het zuiden van Hong Kong. Onmiddellijk merken we de vele eilandjes en het heuvelachtige terrein. Bij de bushalte worden we opgewacht door Kenneth, onze couch.

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Couchsurfing in Kuala Lumpur

After a couple of relaxing Balinese days, we leave the island and get back to the mainland… Our destination: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
We arrive during the Hari Raya (end of Ramadan) festivities in town, so probably lots will be closed. However, we don’t feel much about it during our two day stay…

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Bali

Our last days in Indonesia we’ll spend in Bali…
All begins there with a visit to the immigration services, because we need an extension of our visum. It is already the tigst time we try to get an extension. In Kupang we forgot about it, in Maumere we planned to ask the extension on the 31th of july, but on the last day of the month they don’t work and in Labuan Bajo the office is not yet open. So all depends on the working here at Denpasar airport… Promising…

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From Kalabahi, Alor to Larantuka, Flores and Flores itself

We’ll leave the diving for some time now… The next couple of days we’ll discover the Archipelago over land and the seasurface. From Kepa we cross the narrow sea street and go by ojek – a motorbike with driver – to Kalabahi, the capital of Alor. Our drivers know the streets well and in no time we’re where we need to be. On the bikes we enjoyed the early sun. Getting up early is at least good for one thing. We pass a bank to update our money rates…

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