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kisah perjalanan : MENGGAPAI LANGIT DI PUNCAK TERTINGGI LAMPUNG

Bye : ELLY SUSANTI Pesagi-Liwa 2260 MDPL Rencana pendakian yang kami rencanakan sejak ahir januari ahirnya terwujud juga… meski dari awal selalu ada rintangan yang sempat mengendorkan semangat , namun dengan sisa tekad.ahirnya tetap berjalan sesuai rencana, menyambangi puncak tertinggi lampung, Pesagi 2260 MDPL. Arimbi, 20 march 08 Pukul 20.05 aku dan Alam menyusuri kesunyian jalanan Jakarta –pelabuhan Merak, bertolak dari terminal Tanjung priok dengan Arimbi yang anggun namun penuh sesak penumpang,hingga harus “Standing stile sampai cilegon area..” Sepanjang perjalanan menggantung seperti kalong, masih juga diselingi lelucon basiku dan celoteh alam yang bercerita apa saja sekenanya ,setidaknya demi mengusir rasa Bete dan lelah bin pegel dengan gaya batman.. .fyuh benar benar penuh,dan kelelahan mulai nampak di wajah satu persatu para batmaners bus malam ini.. Arimbi tetap berjalan anggun membelah malam dan jalanan, Jakarta, Bitung, cilegon, merak.. sampai jug

alice story from her blog : in lampung story

this article has copy from alice blog, read her story : In Lampung: Mar 10, 2008 (immigration woes) I had a jolly good time at immigration today. I had to fill out all of these forms (which of course I had to buy...and the spiffy folder they came in), but then they turned out to be 6 different versions of the same thing, some in Indonesian and some in English. I decided to fill them all out. It really made no sense to write my name, passport info, visa info, birth date and place, nationality over and over again, but of course I did it anyway. Then the immigration officer, who had no idea that there was a huge national park in his province or that orangutans had not lived there for more than 10,000 years, insisted that my sponsor (the head of the research office in Jakarta) had to be there with me to sign this official letter. (It is official only when it has the special government stamp that of course I get to provide.) I explained that I had a letter in lieu of this other one