Planet Wilder

Had a lovely breakfast at our zimmer today. It was the usual bread, cheese, meat, coffee, and such but we had some nice company, Dennis and his wife from Pennsylvania and a German gentleman who was there to hang-glide but just was not in the mood on this fine day. He works for Mercedes and drives a Grand Cherokee. Anyway, we had a nice conversation and breakfast, and after that we were off to the castles: Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau.

Since our zimmer was very close, about 1-2 km, to the castles, it didn’t take us long to get there. It was about 10 a.m. by the time we got to the ticket booth and the line wasn’t too bad, it was at the end of the ticket office, inside the building and probably took 10 minutes to get through. I met up with Dennis again in the line and with the little chit-chats, the line seemed to have gone quicker. Ticket price: €15/pp for the Royal Ticket… aka two castles… and free for Emma (or anybody under 18). At the ticket office, there are LCD screens that tells you what time your tour will start and a map that tells you how far each castles are if you are to hike up to it. The tours (required) are about 35 minutes, so you really have plenty of time after you get your ticket to walk up to Hohenschwangau (it took us less than 10 minutes to walk up there from the ticket office), take some scenic pictures around the castle and of the outside, go to the bathroom, and sit down for a few minutes before your tour starts.
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Then off to the night zoo. We took the MRT and the bus and took us about 30 minutes to get there… maybe 45. We had to use the MRT’s bathroom and that place was the stinkiest bathroom that I’ve ever been in. You can sit on it, not too shabby (oh, there’s only one sit down toilet, the rest are squats), but the smell just reaked! But we did our thing and quickly left. From the MRT station, you have to take the escalator or elevator to go down to the basement of the MRT. From there you cross (under the street crossway) to the bus station. That’s where you catch the bus to the zoo. Once you’re in the bus, sit back and relax because your stop is the very last stop.

The night zoo was quite entertaining. There were good looking guys dancing around in just their underwear Well, they’re old fashion clothes pants. Think of tribal garbs. They were blowing fire out of their mouths and Emma thought that was just cool. From there we went to the animal show. It was short but not bad. If you are interested in the show, sit in the middle/front left. Trust me! From there we got in line for the tram ride. The lady at the ticket counter said that it’d take us a couple hours to walk the zoo and 45 minutes for the tram ride. If we hadn’t been walking around Singapore we’d probably would have walk but since our legs and feet were pooped, we opted for the tram.
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After a few days in Tasik, we went on a road trip to East Java. WRONG IDEA!!! NEVER, unless you have a strong heart and ass, drive for a very long time in Indonesia. You’d want to kill somebody by the end of the day! First of all my dad’s car is so uncomfortable. It’s an SUV with horrible back seats!!! The way people drive there is TERRIBLE and very hard to explain; you just have to experience it. It’s like playing a video game, drive fast, dodge, and you win if you make it alive to your destination. The roads are super small too. A two lane road but it can become a three lane. Our driving distance was short, maybe 250 miles, so about a four hour drive here. But with the road situation it was a 10 hour drive for us. By the time we got to Solo, Drew wanted to go back to Tasik, by train, and just stay there until we had to leave. I was quite upset too. The reason for the long drive was because my parents felt bad because Emma wanted to see the beach and we had no plans on going to any. So, they decided to go to the (this butt ugly) beach so that Emma can see the beach. When we got there it was so disappointing, a waste of time to be honest.
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