The gunung bagging obsession can take you to some off-the-beaten path places, and our quick weekend to climb Gunung Tampomas was a good example. Gunung Tampomas is a mountain northeast of Sumedang – a town famous for its delicious Tahu (fried tofu). We set out one Saturday from Bogor with a rented car and driver [...]
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Bogor Burns Supper
After two years in Bogor, we finally managed to organise a Burns supper, complete with vegetarian haggis (halal too!), mashed tatties, mashed pumpkin (neep substitute), several bottles of good single malt whiskey, an English trifle (sacrilege!), and a collection of friends willing to consume everything in return for reciting a poem or two. Recitals included [...]
A week in Laos, just because I can
Last week Andy had a week’s work in Laos so thought I’d take advantage of a seat sale on Thai Air to join him. What’s not to like about lovely Vientiane, with its lack of macet (traffic jams), great food and drinks and relaxing atmosphere? So, with Andy in the Mekong River Commission office all [...]