Indonesian Roadtrip - Part 2

We finished at Purwokerto around 1830. We had to continue our journey to Semarang, where we'd booked a hotel room for the night. The trip was SUPPOSED to take 2 1/2 hours, but of course, things are not quite that simple!

The regional manager of that particular insurance company was also heading to Semarang. He apparently knew a shorter way there. Both MD and Speed Demon Denny were unsure of the way, so we tailed his car. The roads were horrible; winding and hilly. I had to sit very very still to keep myself from vomiting!

After travelling for an hour or so, we stopped for dinner. It was a restaurant which I thought looked relatively clean from the outside. We were greeted by a very oily floor, strange insects (that I can only describe as a cross between a fly and a beetle) and mosquitoes.

The first table that we were directed to had plenty of those fly-beetle insects on the seat, so we moved to another. Seated, we were asked what we would like to drink. Looking at the menu, coconut seemed like a good choice. "Es Jus Kelapa Muda", we said. In view of the long trip ahead, we decided to share a drink.

Our Es Jus Kelapa Muda arrived. It was pink in color. PINK!! Hmm..Staring at it suspiciously, I asked hubby to take the first sip. He said, "Don't know what it is, but got coconut bits inside". I decided to take the dive.

Sip number 1.
It was very sweet and cold. There WERE coconut bits floating in there but the drink tasted nothing like coconut water.


*deep breath*

Sip number 2.
This was done both to try and determine what was in that odd looking drink and also to decide if I was going to continue with the drink. There were coconut bits, rose syrup and unmistakably milk. So basically, air bandung with coconut. Yea, not for me!

Dinner was done, time to face my nightmare. Going to the toilet! It was relatively clean but I left the toilet this time, feeling like I'd trapped a mosquito in my panties.

We continue our journey rather incident free and finally arrived at our hotel in Semarang at 2345. Tally: 5 hours and 15 minutes, deducting 30 minutes for dinner, final tally: 4 hours and 45 minutes.