We had breakfast at Rusty Muchfree's Harley Davidson Rock Cafe Losmen, grabbed our bags, grabbed a bemo and went to the bus station. 10 people wanted us to get on their bus to Jakarta and another 5 wanted us on their bus to Bogor. We squeezed into the extremely small seats of a Bogor bus and we were off. The Puncak Pass was enveloped in cloud and rain and by the time we got to Bogor it was pouring down.
As usual we quickly found someone who knew a place to stay. We thought he was organising a bemo for us but he wasn't but this misunderstanding was soon sorted out and we hopped into a tiny 3-wheel bemo. The 4,000rp price was almost as much as the 6,000rp we'd paid to get to Bogor but we didn't care.
Oz and Beth checked the room out, said yes and we'd arrived. The room turned out to be damp and musty but it had a shower and a toilet. We sat out the rain until 5 or 6 O'Clock and then went for a walk. We had a California Fried Chicken in Hatty Town, checked out the trains, wandered through the main department store and went to the cinema. We saw an obviously cut and cheaply subtitled film called "Shattered" starring Joanne Whalley, Greta Scacchi and Bob Hoskins. Quite interesting with a good twist in the plot.
Later we discovered that Oz had been saying Tampaksiring (a water temple in Bali) for thank you rather than "Terama Kasih". We had visions of Indonesians in Britain saying "York Minster" or "Westminster Abbey" or "St Pauls" instead of thanks. You've got to laugh and we did.
2012
Bogor - not to be confused with Bognor.
Strangely, yesterday I went to a meeting and all the rooms had names and the one next door was called "Bandung". The place I've just been writing about and that I probably haven't thought about in 20 years.
I've no idea what the reference to Hatty Town was about.
Can't remember Shattered at all but you can read all about it here. I'm sure it would be worth watching just for Joanne Whalley.
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