Manado is the new Bandung

- All 3 of us woke up late after a tiring previous day of travel.
- Anas headed straight out to track down a car rental company, none of which were in the place Google maps said they would be. In fact it was so far off, that Anas used a local on a moped to search the city for a car rental company, until he stumbled on a man in a shed. After he got paid some sheckles, he brought the minivan over to the hotel to pick up the mandem. It became apparent quite quickly, that sulawesi is a barren land with little infrastructure, with nothing more than shoddy shacks dotted around the area. As a white man never before spotted in these shit lands, Oliver got a lot of attention from the locals.
- We headed west in the car towards the volcanic region, which is when the torrential and bipolar downpour began. After spending 2 hours on a quest to find any food clear of cholera, the realisation universally set in, that Manado really is a shithole. We even resorted to asking locals on the street to make us food, as the smelly shacks dotted along the dire streets were either shut, infested with diseases, or smelt like diarrhoea.
- Eventually, we gave up and headed into an indomaret to grab some snacks and headed towards the mountains. Miraculously, we stumbled upon a cafe that looked suspiciously nice considering the barren lands surrounding it. We went in for lunch, which ollie and anas both thoroughly enjoyed, while emma with her stale chicken and nasty avocado coffee, wasn't having the best of times. After Emma dropped a log in the cafe, we continued on our drive.
- Following ollies awful directions, we made it to the top of a volcano. However, the fog and rain made it hard to see much. Emma in her great wisdom thought white trousers and casual trainers would suffice.
- Still in physical shock at how awful and barren Manado is, we began our drive to the northeast coast of the northern tip of sulawesi where we found accomodation to stay. A wasp entered the car at which point we all became feral.
- After emma broke our bed, we headed back out to a food spot at the beach, at which ollie got violated by an old indonesian woman running the food stall.Leer más