Dec 2004 : Gerisik

Travel Title: Trip to Surabaya – Gerisik – Malang, Indonesia (2004)

When: December 2004

About The Trip:

Purpose: Sending my aunty’s helper off back to her hometown in Gerisik, Indonesia for a short break.

Days/Nights: 5 Days 4 Nights

Arrangements: ~~Travel Agent~~ / Self-guided Tour

Route: Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA – Surabaya – Gerisik (1 night) – Surabaya (2 nights) – Malang – Surabaya (1 night) – Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA

Traveling Method & Time:

Kuala Lumpur – Surabaya = aeroplane (≈ 1 hour 50 minutes)

Surabaya – Gerisik = in a hired taxi (≈ 45 minutes)

Gerisik – Surabaya = in a hired taxi (≈ 45 minutes)

Surabaya – Malang = in a hired taxi (≈ 2 hours)

Malang – Surabaya = in a hired taxi (≈ 2 hours)

Around Surabaya city = in a ‘becak‘ (≈ 5 hours)

Surabaya – Kuala Lumpur = aeroplane (≈ 1 hour 50 minutes)

Details:

Gerisik – The cab took us to Gerisik, an hour journey from Surabaya, and managed to find a 3-star hotel called Saptanawa Hotel for us to spend a night there. Nothing much to be seen around this empty and extremely quiet town. Few blocks ahead was a small food stall where we indulged ourselves in the spicy taste of bakso. Looking around while the aroma of the soup spiraled around me, I discovered that most of the town’s inhabitants were poor farmers. Some lived in small wooden houses not larger than our rented hotel room. Some lived in squatters, where I could see neighbours gather by the fence, perhaps discussing some interesting ‘issues’ of the day and children played alongside the water-filled walkway. They seemed to be oblivious of the opulent world outside.

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