Arrived in Changi and the same hotel: I wanted to eat in the hotel's Canonese restaurant ibut it was jampacked with Chinese families--lots of children--wearing red and celebrating the New Year. Nice confirmation of the hotel's praise of their restaurant, since there were so many other Chinese restaurants inside the city.
The island of Sent…
Arrived in Changi and the same hotel: I wanted to eat in the hotel's Canonese restaurant ibut it was jampacked with Chinese families--lots of children--wearing red and celebrating the New Year…
I spent only one full day in Yogyakarta. The hotel provideda car and very pleasant, helpful driver: we were going to see four places, but only reached two. We started with the Sultan's Palace,…
The hotel Phoenix in Yogyakarta is a relic of the Dutch colonial period, built around two courtyards. My room was on the inner courtyard, overlooking a cobbled courtyard and a shallow pool wit…
I had arranged for a driver and was somewhat surprised to also get a guide. She suggested going to a silver jewelry factory not far from Borobudur, and it WAS interesting: lots of filigree wor…
I decided to try the sunrise tour again IF the guide thought I could go up two more levels, so looking at all the reliefs. The hotel staff arranged that, but when he turned up he said he thoug…
