siem reap (5 nights? .. more?)
install "assassin’s creed 2” and finish
swollen feet, esp. left foot
see the town doctor, weird super blue contacts in lady from west virginia
bangkok 2 nights (1 serabaya hostel, watch “inception” / 1 welcome inn shit place, watch “inside man”)
bangkok moto->train station
train bangkok->butterworth
may 3-5
georgetown days
stardust guest house
train tix station closed sundays, stay one more night
stuck in mall during big storm, flooded streets
reggae bar (coke & chips) Nicky and Nick - 'arizona girls / fake tits / blow jobs'
watch “a single shot” + “the winning season"
mfc 500 tokens on red head, good laughs
last day = Belarus couple, 9 hours at good WiFi in mall…
...Emilia russian, couchsurfer + invitation to st. petersburg (lives in hollywood?)
ferry georgetown->butterworth
train butterworth->kuala lumpur
watch “the way, way back"
may 6
train kuala lumpur->johor bahru
email from serena ‘long hello'
reply on train
listen to new ray ‘supernova’
watch “everybody’s fine”
walk johor bahru, expensive, 3-4 times kuala lumpur prices
lunch in Mariner’s Cafe to make room booking (via agoda)
pencil-looking wall art of giant whales and small creatures
CIQ hotel (17e, cheapest option), no internet, no pool, closet room but clean, cut hand on toilet paper dispenser
night walk, cigarettes everywhere, guy in yellow shirt singing at cafe…
eat giant plate of ‘tagine’ egg-covered pancake thing
...introduces himself later: Dali, ‘beautiful women’ ‘you should do drugs’ ‘want to go to hollywood'
watch “gentleman broncos”
*nostalgia song from childhood in film screening scene*
may 7
schindler’s lift
ferry johor bahru->batam
1:00 ferry “broke down” = missed 3:00 connection to jakarta
5 different check points for tix/visa
booked room on web at mall cafe (black canyon)
“welcome to padang” hollywood sign on hill
4 hours total walking, no sidewalks, whole centre under construction
location on map wrong, address widely unknown
asked total of 15 different people re: address + 2 phone calls to guest house
finally found with no name, and asking for cash
walked back to mall / change cash / walked back to guest house
no internet “i don’t know” guessing ssid+numbers
walked back to mall for snacks
watch “a case of you” + “snow angels”
book flight for padang, sleep 5 hours
may 8
flight batam->padang
falling asleep during cheerful flight attendant announcements, waking up to ‘something something the penalty is death'
on plane start watch "12 monkeys" (emily birthday, retrace long-lost steps, see what happens)
cigarettes absolutely everywhere at airport, inside, outside, everywhere
tries from taxi men, following me all the way past air traffic control tower and back again
‘you name Ivan?’ ‘i take you no bus’ ‘you take bus?’ ‘you name Rudy?’
idea for perpetual motion system with water wheel + archimedes screw
young man approach, ‘i take you my guest house, 100,000 rupi, padang 250,000 one room, i take you’
bought the bait, nice quiet clean room
finish movie
6 codeine downed w/ rainwater
long sleep
may 9
rooster bringing up the dawn, try to fall back asleep
no dreams (?)
trying to write notes / wake up / nicely fogged head at 6:55
apparently 7am is late!!
Rudi at the door at 7:03 with travel plans ‘do you go here, do you go there, you pay me, i driver, no ticket, i take you, do you bakitinga, do you lake, do you rent car no, i drive,' breakfast coming right behind him at 7:05, power saws & hammers at 7:30
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