Category: South Asia
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<—-Previous Story Receptionist: “Mr. Donny Suryanto from Indonesia? ”, greeted me when he got closer to his desk. Me: “How do you know me?“. Receptionist: “Yes Sir, we are waiting for you. Our last room which we have. And you have kept it via Booking.com “ Me: “Yeaa wright….Hahaha, excellent”, Simultaneously signed a confirmation sheet…
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<—-Previous Story Thai Airways TG 319 was perfectly parked in Tribhuvan International Airport’s apron at exactly 14:08 hours. There wasn’t aerobridge which greet me, one by one passengers descended the stairs on either side of plane door. Aviation security: “Hi, Sir….Please, directly stepping to airport building!“, While stepping closer while hold a handy talky and…
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<—-Previous Story After Fajr, I rushed to find flight information board to make sure my connecting flight would be on time or maybe it would be delayed. I found it in main transit hall corridor. As a follower of eating on time, by 06:00 hours, I was busy to looking for halal food. Now only…
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Finally, I repeated my journey to “White Elephant” Country after my last exploration in 2013. For four years, I waited for that opportunity. If in 2013, I flew with Air Asia to Don Mueang International Airport so this time I was very lucky because I was able to catch a cheap promo which was issued…
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Waktu begitu cepat. Sore kemarin aku masih mengeksplore area Basantapur. Tetapi kini sudah pukul empat pagi. Aku sudah saja mengguyur diri di bawah hangatnya shower Shangrila Butique Hotel. Setelah memastikan tak ada barang yang tertinggal, aku segera menuju resepsionis untuk check-out dan selangkah kemudian aku sudah turun di jalanan Thamel. Gelap, kosong dan penuh kekhawatiran.…
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Melangkah meninggalkan Kumari Ghar, aku masih berfikir. Apabila Sang Kumar nanti telah pensiun, bagaimana dia bermasyarakat setelah selama belasan tahun hanya sekali setiap tahun keluar dari tempat tinggalnya, bagaimana dia bekerja hingga lelaki mana yang beruntung memiliki Sang Kumari itu….Ah sudahlah. Langkahku sampai pada sebuah plaza nan luas. Bangunan putih memanjang berarsitektur Eropa mengapit pelataran…
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Adalah Raja Prithvi Narayan Shah yang pertama kali menggunakan bendera dua segitiga ketika berhasil mempersatukan semua kerajaan di Nepal pada 1768. Ya, dua segitiga pada bendera nasional Nepal itu melambangkan dua dinasti besar yang pernah ada di Negeri Seribu Dewa yaitu Dinasti Shah dan Dinasti Rana. “Please, come!….Please, come!” seorang pria menyuruhku memasuki sebuah bangunan…