Waiting at the airport for our flight to
Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Barbara is looking pretty content
Must be the free leg massages
Our hotel view from the balcony
The pool and courtyard
Hockey viewing area/bedroom. It was the cup finals while we were there
Balcony
And the rest
Just after we arrived, come on I had to make sure the connection worked. There was a game first thing the next morning
The door we wish we could have for our place in Vancouver
And of course your basic huge fake sunflower by the railroad tracks
Alleyway next to
our first major discovery, Lucifer's, a fine place to grab a drink. There weren't a lot of these around since it is a very Muslim area
The local 3 wheeled chariot of death.
I like the name of this guys
tri-
shaw. He wasn't jogging anywhere
I just thought it was cool
The next morning, anxiously waiting for the puck to drop
Breakfast arrived about 5 minutes into the first. A very good morning it was, we won
The biggest thing to stick out to me in
Yogyakarta was the onslaught of graffiti
It was everywhere
Of course we had to take a carriage ride
On the road
Cruisin' old school
Again with the graffiti
The water Palace
Pretty swank place
I think we look pretty good here
Even here there is graffiti. No respect
Another pool, i think this one is for the Sultans wife, or wives
This dude is barefoot, no thanks
Playoff beard in full effect
The Sultans seal at the Sultans Palace
Music room
Sultans Quarters
The circumcision area, Yeah that's right, this is where they do circumcisions a couple of times a year, and you have to be at least 5 years old and no anesthetic. No Thank You.
Some sort of cerimonial noise maker, probably to drown out the screams of the kids getting cut
Cerimonial drum
The box where they keep the tools and instruments for cerimonial activities
The current Sultan
His wife. Apparently he only has one but you are allowed up to 5, unless you decide to drink alcohol, then you are allowed only one. I'll take the one wife and a bottle of Jack please
The Sultans carriage
And his wifes, much smaller of course, bothe carried by a herd of "Servants"
Nice door
Demon mask that keeps the evil spirits out of the Sultans Palace
And the lock for the front door. Its a big front door
I think he thinks he blends in, or he's envious
Shoe art, I love it
Bikes
We were headed Borobrodur the next morning and Barbara is hoping that this is our ride
Sunrise with the Buddah and a volcano
A very cool place
Buddahs everywhere. This is the largest buddist temple in the world, right in the middle of the largest muslum population in the world
Pretty spectacular
Buddah sentinals
Very special place
Headed to the volcano.
More graffitti. This area was completely devistated by the eruption last year
Still smokin'
Prambanan Hindu Temple
Shes seen enough, there were hords of people there and they all wanted to stop and have their picture taken with us.This is where I got my two new monikers, Triple H and Chuck Norris, I'll take Chuck Norris
Bakso, local speciality
Your basic street noodle soup with mystery meats
Tucking in
And back to Lucifers
For a little antibiotic, just to be safe
More
and more
Graffiti. Some good
Some bad
The local garbage truck
Some of the graffiti makes perfect sense
More street food
Barbara takin a break
Our last bottle of wine in Yogyakarta
Some appy's
The get the camera out of my face look
And the here comes our food look
Lamb curry for me
Steak Frites for Barbara
And we are out of there, flying over the tops of volcanos. A great trip.
Since we are not traveling anywhere soon, at least not together (Barbara is headed to Vancouver in a weeks time) I thought I should share a few random shots around Singy pore As my mother in law would call it. I think Barbara is trying to get my attention here, probably doing her best to convince me we need to buy something ridiculously expensive, which could be just about anything here from a North American magazine to a Prada dress, it all cost the same
As you can see I am having none of it. took it for the team and got a win for the boys on this one. I probably crumbled later after she plied me with wine
Such a little ham. I swear when the cameras come out she starts posing
Is it a bird, or a rat? No it's Jimmy the super squirrel at Heather and Romans
Emerald Hill, a nice place to grab a beverage after a day of strolling Orchard Road in the heat.
I thought this was super cool. It is at a gallery at Ion Mall on the expensive level, well they are all expensive, but this one is especially costly. It's a Mickey Mouse bust made entirely of hangers, then silvered. Awesome until you see the price tag, $33,000 US. Maybe Obama should commission a bunch of these, sell them and then the debt crisis would be over. Hey it's forward thinking right
Garlands in Little India. I wish they sold these in Vancouver's Little India, they smell amazing
The supervisor watching the guys put the garlands together. All day they sit in this alley and string these things up
My new kicks. I actually went out and bought 2, yes 2, pairs of shoes without any prodding from Barbara. I felt so grown up on that day. Oh yeah, they were on sale, of course.
A very nice bottle of vino at our favorite French restaurant, Le Bistrot du Sommelier
The first one was so nice we decided to stay for another. Apparently we had the last one so we went for this, and slap my face if this one wasn't as good or better.
It was hard not to want more wine here when you are surrounded by wine boxes on the walls
Really who doesn't want to be a Changi Millionaire. We try and try, maybe next time.
Barbara midway through that second bottle of wine.
I wish I could have gotten a better pic of this guys Vespa but the light was changing and I was in the middle of the road waiting for my camera on the phone to open up. He has about 30 lights on that thing
I love the bikes that you come across around here. How in the hell this happens I don't know It's like leaving your car on the street in the Bronx and you come out to find it on blocks
A rock star in the making
Ready to crowd surf and throw out the high fives
What?
Again WHAT? Baby cord spirit, that is some messed up sh*t
Big watermelon. And they thought they grew everything bigger in Texas
This was kinda weird. An artist put this out with a little blurb saying that there should be places to relax wherever you go. You are supposed to lie down on this and have a cat nap or something.
One of those apps I forgot I had
I kinda like though. You might start to see more of these kinda pics
Artsy huh
She has really got the "I am just going to ignore you" thing down to a fine art. I guess 17 years of practice is starting to pay off. It seems so natural
Contraband found buried in a drawer for two years. It was kinda stale and hard but it is gum and yes I am chewing it right NOW
I miss Caesars on Sunday mornings
A farewell to the beard
First some scissor action
Then a little razor
Tempting
A drink, a Caesar actually, to dull the pain
And we are back, beardless and ready for another hockey season
