The Name's Candi Jawi

I was in Surabaya early December 2009 last month attending my friend's grand wedding..and while not wasting my stay in Surabaya just to attend his wedding, I decided together with my 2 Japanese friend and 1 Philipino friend to move around Surabaya..and....thanx to my another Indonesian friend, his name's Ronald, for providing us free accommodation and transportation (as well as tourguiding). And so there's one day he brought us in his Vintage Toyota...

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A Century Old Market in Suphanburi, Thailand

I'm back after a short lapse of nearly 3 weeks. This time the post will be of my past field trip when I was doing my Masters Degree in Bangkok from the year 2006 till 2008, At that time part of the tour in our workshop is in Suphanburi, an ancient city of Thailand dating back to the Stone Age with evidence found by archaeologists. One of the most remembered places that I have visited at that time was the 100 years old market apart from other ancient...

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The Blyde River Canyon

My first posting of the year 2010..well it's of course continuation of my trip last year..this time back to South Africa. During one of my last trip, I went to Mpumalanga Province, where the famous Kruger National Park is situated and not only that, it's the home to the 3rd largest canyon in the world. It's the Blyde River Canyon.... The canyon is part of the Drakensberg escarpment. It is 26 km in length and average of 800m deep. The natural dam...

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