Is where i am right now. My 5th day. Based on the information (or the lack thereof) on its wikitravel entry, i have managed to force myself to expect non-princess treatment during the trip.
When you downgrade your expectation to like, 20% out of the whatever 100% you imagined in the first place, you feel pretty safe about it. Surely it couldn’t be that bad, you thought to yourself. It’s like when you don’t wanna jinx something, you start to imagine something going the complete opposite direction, but hoping secretly and perhaps subconsciously that it doesn’t turn out like how you counter-imagined it. It’s a pretty twisted sick theory I know. But surely you can relate to that because surely it happened at some point in your life before?
Let’s just say that the definition of the word luxury here means having body shower cream and hair dryer in your hotel. So far, only one (satu, yat, ichi, yi) hotel has got some funny smelling shower cream and zero hotel has hair dryer. Indonesian girls like to sleep with wet hair?
I know by heart now, that I am most definitely a diva traveler. And I most deserve to be a diva traveler. I am not born in this world for mosquito nets and sunburn and splinter in the toe and out-of-order aircons and stains on bed sheets and cold showers (kill me) and soaps that make your skin feel like bricks and squat toilets with floaties on top and all the oh let’s get spiritually in touch with the trees and rocks crap.
For the past 5 days I have been using my expensive facial wash as body shower (ouch), hand cream as lip balm (yucks) because I couldn’t find a convenience store that sells the aforementioned stuff I needed and endured an inhumane lack of electronic communication activities. I must, however, give the tour guide and the officials good credit because they tried the best they could to accommodate each of us. The local people here are sooooooooooo nice. Like, nice beyond anything i can possibly show my gratitude for. Certainly not by bitching about how crap my hotels were. The people here are incredibly friendly, helpful and hospitable it makes my heart warm. In fact they are so nice they make me feel tearily guilty about feeling like crap. But that doesn’t change the fact that this place is still planets away from meeting my diva traveler standard. So it is me. It’s ME. IT IS ME.
So I have worked out that i deserve my feather pillows (and perhaps some high quality non allergic buckwheat ploh pillows) and branded shower crème and designer welcome chocolates and super speedy wireless broadband free of charge and exotic fresh fruits in front of my coffee table and canggih toilets complete with seat warmers and bidet functions and 24 hour butler service and a 7-11 within a 500 meters radius. And stay first hand, personally connected with credit cards and civilization.
I assure you that if you don’t have that diva traveler in you (like how everyone claims oh i don’t need fancy hotels i am comfortable with backpackers blah blah i don’t mind leeches in my arse, whatever), you would love this place. Really one. I will show you the good side of it i promise. But right now it’s just…
It’s me. It’s just me.
T_T
bless you; )):
thank you
Don’t emo you’ll be back soon!
haha i saw one buffalo that looks exactly like u!!!
you are in South Sulawesi? in Makassar/Ujung Pandang? that’s my hometown.
what are you doing there? have you tasted the local food? Let me know if you need some tips for food.
I nv stay in hotels in my hometown before so I wouldnt know.
really?!! nice!! Yea i ate local food everyday. Must say it is quite nice, but very repetitive…
Then you should be proud with your life. There are many people not as lucky as you. Always feel glad with what you are and most important of all no matter how luxury are you, how comfortable are you, how rich are you, how famous are you, Do always stay humble and pure.
Anyway if you still feel uncomfortable with your environment, just ” Let It Go”
Cheers~
waaa hardly got people put full name here one!! except Tan Yee Hou maybe. hehe
That sounds like a whole lotta fun! 🙂
I would love to travel around and go pro…for reasons which I will explain if you ask. :p
Have fun Ring! 🙂
explain now!
Ringo,
South Sulawesi sounds like an exotic tropical local! As least it described that way.
My wife and I use to tent camp, and after some rainy and cold years huddling in a tent wishing for warmth and no rain we packed the tent away….for good.
Now we stay in nice hotels, friendly Bed & Breakfast, and have luxuriated on 6 cruises with Royal Caribbean Cruise Line. January 2007 we spent a week on Liberty of the Seas, and had a simply terrific time. Cruise lines truly pamper the guest.
http://www.libertyoftheseasondemand.com/
Sigh. . .I only wish we could afford a cruise now. . .
Maybe next year.
Have a great week and pass my regards to JoRin!
David
waaa so shiok
cheesie,
Help needed here. My not so universal translator cannot make sense of “waaa so shiok”.
Hope your Wednesday has been fun!
David
Hahaha. I’m sorry you’re in such “pain” Rin but… that was absolutely hilarious. HAHAHA. Maybe you should go to more of such places. It makes for very interesting reading. =p
schandefreude!!!!!!!!! schandefreude!!!!!!!
Aww. 🙁
hmmm.
I’m a diva traveller too. I will never stay in hotels without proper air-conditioning (heater in some places) and hot shower. And no hair-dryer is a definite no-no.
ahh lesson learnt next time i would just bring all those stuff
Sayang, how can you complain there and it sucks for me just to be here with my broadband, all forms of communication devices, toiletries and shopping malls? 🙁
🙁
I’m back in Malaysia now? -.-
*pats back* you’ll feel better soon =D
i am!
Hahahaha…. Sulawesi??? I thought you were going to Jakarta when you said you’re going to Indonesia.
Though I’ve never been in Sulawesi (Indonesian, but never been there.. hahaha…), I could imagine what hotel you’re currently staying in. You should try Papua, then I’m sure you’ll complain even more. ^^
To meet your diva traveler standard, I suggest you just go to Jakarta or Bali then… ^^
Yea would love to go Jakarta some day. Bali already!
hahaha why so poor thing!
Doing charity work there.
Hi Rin, my dad’s from Ujung Pandang, I know the food’s supposed to be amazing. As for princess treatment, you should go to Jakarta, I’m from there and I can ASSURE you, you will be treated like nothing less than a princess. 🙂
Thought I’ve seen the name of the place b4,in my Sejarah book back in high school. :p
Awwhh…. It is that bad? Kesiannya… hope you survive that place.
I can imagine your pain, because I was in one when I first arrived in Jakarta. Jakarta somemore leh! But I survived, thankfully.
South Sulawesi is slightly not very developed, even the health care… nevermind… but at least you get to meet nice people there no? Cheer up!
How about your language? Can communicate with people there?
All the best. And soak yourself in shower cream when you return (not funny). -___-”’
What on earth are you doing there?
~showing solidarity~
I thought you were only there for like 3 days or sumin? Not a week O_o
lol…i tried once staying at a backpackers inn at pulau perhentian kecil. its ala leo di caprio in ‘the beach’. but luckily i came prepared with my own basic toiletries (none provided)… they had out door bathrooms n wash rooms(with suspicious looking ‘ventilation?’ holes all over d walls… on d way there from ur little hut u may encounter a monitor lizard (happened to me several times)
the room was jus a room 4 walls n a bed. oh n alil cabinet n standing fan. thats all… electricity is oni available during certain hours but u noe wat? despite it all for RM36(for TWO person) a nite…I had the most wonderful scenery of the beach^^ not 2 mention all d cool ppl from all over d world i met..(met a guy from uk who sold everything after getting his degree 2 travel all over d world n all he had was a normal looking back pack!
n toilet rolls…)
perhaps i might try it again someday but as i get older i think i deserve better^^
PS(i usually bring my own hairdryer,shower gel n shampoo where ever i go^^)
photossssss please
Have a safe trip there. Sulawesi is good for volcanic trips!
errmmm im from jakarta *big grin* n i kno wht u talkin bout here ^^ … how long will u be ther. at least we experienced it once in our lifetime, ringo *eh doesnt sound as yummy as cheesie ^^*
am sure uve the best time nevertheless ^^
LOL hahahaha I’m living in Makassar now ^^ and somehow I agree with everything you said hahahaha XD
but where did you stay? Hotel Clarion is the nicest one here ^^
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