20:28
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By jupiter
Tired after go back from Bandung for long week end because Friday is national holiday for Idul Adha, Idul Adha itself is “Festival of Sacrifice” celebrate every Dzulhijjah 10 (Islamic date) by Muslim to commemorate the willingness of Ibrahim to sacrifice his beloved son Ismail as an act of obedience to God. When sword is so closed to Ismail neck, Allah changed Ismail with goat. Ismail stills life. I take leave permission for Thursday. On Thursday I go to bus pool at Cikokol, Tangerang. I stuck almost two hours in Karawaci-Kebon Jeruk-Tomang Highway even range distance only 18 kilometer. From Tangerang at 09.00 arrived in Bandung at 16.00. Traffic jam because crowded and heavy rain. Take 7 hours to my parent’s house. Yesterday I back to Tangerang from Bandung (Leuwi Gajah Terminal) at 12.00 and arrived in Tangerang at 15.00, only three hours. In picture you can see situation on the bus. Televison infront us near bus driver just make me dizzy because television broadcast quality is very poor also with sound.
22:35
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By jupiter
The second day in Manado after the shocking landing I planned to Bunaken. Bunaken is the famous tourism place in North Sulawesi especially for diving and undersea panorama. After meeting at 11.00 (local place) I and with some friend directly go to the port not so far away from Quality Hotel Manado where meeting held. Maybe only takes 10 minutes to location. My friend in Manado says the best time to visit Bunaken at the morning before 08.00 because waves not really big. My friend right, when we crossed sea to Bunaken, we faced big waves. Ha..ha..ha…two of my friends get seasick. They only keep silent on the ship, poor of them. Bunaken undersea view is magnificent and so beautiful. I can see many beautiful fish and coral. After that we go to Bunaken Island for lunch and drink coconut milk. Because we take rest too long in that Island, we late to see sunset in Tondano Lake is 28 km but take one hour to get there because passed many winding roads. In our trip I saw two accidents, two car in nearly location fell into the cliff. Unfortunately, because we already late from Manado we can see sunshine. It’s already dark in Tondano Lake, we can’t see the lake because is night and not enough light around location.
21:03
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By jupiter
For three days started from Wednesday November 18, 2009 to November 20, 2009 I got duty call to Manado, North Sulawesi (Celebes) to following meeting about Indonesia Fiscal Stimulus for Highway and Bridge. So in Wednesday I must to Manado used Lion Airline from Soekarno-Hatta Airport in Jakarta. My schedule flight at 13.30 but flight must be delayed because operational reason. Do you know why this flight must delay? The reason because there two passengers have the same seat number. They are argued and don’t want to give in the seat because one of them must move to the backmost seat number 38. Nobody wants. This argued makes flight delayed for 25 minutes. An old woman passenger gives solution to give her seat to one of them. Flight with Boeing 737-800 ER but the weather condition is not really good. Jakarta-Manado takes time 3 hours and 20 minutes. This flight makes me nervous because the plane often passed dark cloud. I can see thunders from plane window when came near to Manado. The flight also must hard landing at Sam Ratulangi Airport in Manado because heavy rain. Thank God finally I arrived safely in Manado, capital of North Sulawesi Province. You can see at my picture, the airport was heavy rain and wet. Then I hail taxi in the rain to Hotel Quality in Manado, I already check in at that hotel. It’s takes 30 minutes to go there. I am starving.
This picture I take when transit at Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport in Makassar, South Sulawesi. This airport located about 17 kilometer from Makassar. The terminal is new opened on August 2008. I transit only 30 minutes so I have not enough time bought Makassar traditional food or souvenir. 
