So I wrote the previous 15 while farming around the former soviet block.
This time round I find myself in the Indonesian Isles
so here goes:
1. If you get stuck on a logiq 5 ultrasound for not getting into the service menu with the standard password then you can spend 5 hours running around phoning 10 different Jakarta companies and nail everyone for changing the darn thing...
Or you can just switch off the "caps lock"
2. The gorgeous number at the bar isn't smiling at you cause you have a pretty face mate. You are only prospective business for a lady of negotiable affection...
3. Jakarta traffic sucks. the only time to move freely in the place is during Ramadan. Plan your trip there around then.
4. Some Chinese medical kit with no CE mark beats similar "sophisticated" French kit hands down.
5. Forget about Dutch in Indonesia... Indonesian Dutch sounds like Russian to a Rwandan refugee
6. Before you start asking, begging for manuals, Just look at Huw's hotlist for manual downloads first... (Logiq 5 got me caught on that one :? )
7. I don't know what the surf in Australia is like, but a 4 foot swell in Sumbawa got a few Aussies quite exited.. WTF? (Dudes... You guys should go to the eastern Cape on an off day. My 2 year old boy can play on his own in them Sumbawa tsunami's)
8. facebook stinks. Period.
9. No matter where in the world you go, there's always 5 nationalities in a bar. ALWAYS. South Africans, Englishmen, Australians, Kiwi's and off course the Scottish. (The Scottsman is the one that takes the piss with your South African accent)
10. You need a strong stomach to face an Indonesian lunch in a Jakarta canteen
11. The cheapest duty free is Johannesburg International. Forget about Dubai and Singapore. There you pay mark-up for the expensive Airport rent.
12. Always take silverbird taxi's in Indonesia. They have satnav and you end up paying cheaper than the smaller taxi's especially when the driver only speaks "Engrish" and you don't speak no Bahasa
13. High speed ferries are nice. Just not when the pilot hits a freak wave and you end up with your face against the cabin sealing while taking a nap. The flying bit is cool... the gravity slam that follows is the one that pops your hearnia
14. Them twin prop planes that takes off from water always seems to take time getting in the air and it seems even longer when there's a mountain in front of you...
15. Don't play with Anopheles in Papua Nieu Guinea. They really bite. It's not just a figment of some biologist's imagination. AND they make you real sick.
