Exploring Medan 1st-3rd November
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1st-2nd. The past couple of days
were a blur but I'm now well enough to finally go clubbing! Woohoo. About
time! So off to TAVERN.
After Novi, Ade and their boyfriends arrived we took a Taksi to a place
that WASN'T OPEN YET! Sendy directed us to a pub which featured poor singers
destroying western songs, to the requests of the audience (No karaoki,
just a request band that will sing any song. Imagine!) Two Indonesian songs
were also played with very similar music to something by Midnight Oil and
Phil Collins. The smoke stung our eyes and the entry fee gave us a glass
of raspberry fanta (which tasted like red cordial and lemonade). Tired
of this and with the other place opening at 10:00 we headed over there
to find a similar situation but with better singers and higher class of
establishment. And we got a bir with our entry fee! |
Watched Liverpool beat West Ham United 2-0 in soccer which was more interesting
than the singing. Left there around midnight.
3rd
Waited for housekeeping to deliver our complimentary water, coke and
sprite before heading to Ompung's place, then on to find an internet cafe.
I wanted a computer with a CD Rom and one with a seat. Most had no CD Rom
and needed you to sit on the floor. The second place we visited, Sendy
organised the guy to move a CD Rom from the floor computer to one with
a seat. Pretty good service and only 6250 Rupiah for about 2.5 hours. (I
had a lot of work to catch up on!)
After that we went back to Pak's place so that we could try on some
clothes and have some durian. Durian is a very sweet fruit that has a pungent
smell. So if you don't mind the smell you'll be well rewarded with succulent
flesh that also warms you up.
Here's a couple of durian stories. 1. It was 45 degrees celsius and
a guy had had beer, coffee and a few other things that were sending his
body temperature higher. Then he had a durian, a heart attack and died.
2. A woman was 7 months pregnant, had a durian and went into labour within
the day. Seems to me that the durian has some useful properties. Perhaps
durians can be taken on trips in winter instead of scotch? Naaah.
After watching some of our video footage it was back to the hotel again.
A very short day.
Medan continued
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