SIDE TRIP 13: Bogor, Indonesia
Don't let the name Bogor fool you.
I know it sounds funny (like bogo or bulgur, wahehe) but let me assure you that it is renowned for something much more serious than that --- a 188-year-old Botanical Garden no less, said to have the largest collection of tropical plants from all over the world (over 15,000 species lang naman, heheh). I like trees and plants around me, and the back-to-nature resort where I am now has plenty of them, complete with authentic rice terraces, a gurgling brook, and graceful payags scattered amidst lush greens. It is also the only hotel I've ever been in where you can actually find large grasshoppers and colorful butterflies fluttering about in the hallways, slipping in and out of frilly white curtains swaying in the gentle breeze. Wohohoh.... paradise found!
Paradise indeed! Except that this paradise is also expectedly secluded, cut off from the rest of the world, and --- horrors! NO INTERNET!
Aaaaargh! Lemme outta here!!!
Miki
(going insane in Bogor and afflicted with the severest of internet withdrawal symptoms)
PS: I had to beg a friend to drive me to the town proper ten kilometers away to get this email sent.
GG HOUSE, BOGOR
WHITE ANTHURIUM AT GG HOUSE
BOGOR BOTANICAL GARDEN
I know it sounds funny (like bogo or bulgur, wahehe) but let me assure you that it is renowned for something much more serious than that --- a 188-year-old Botanical Garden no less, said to have the largest collection of tropical plants from all over the world (over 15,000 species lang naman, heheh). I like trees and plants around me, and the back-to-nature resort where I am now has plenty of them, complete with authentic rice terraces, a gurgling brook, and graceful payags scattered amidst lush greens. It is also the only hotel I've ever been in where you can actually find large grasshoppers and colorful butterflies fluttering about in the hallways, slipping in and out of frilly white curtains swaying in the gentle breeze. Wohohoh.... paradise found!
Paradise indeed! Except that this paradise is also expectedly secluded, cut off from the rest of the world, and --- horrors! NO INTERNET!
Aaaaargh! Lemme outta here!!!
Miki
(going insane in Bogor and afflicted with the severest of internet withdrawal symptoms)
PS: I had to beg a friend to drive me to the town proper ten kilometers away to get this email sent.
GG HOUSE, BOGOR
WHITE ANTHURIUM AT GG HOUSE
BOGOR BOTANICAL GARDEN
posted by Miki at
6:45 PM
1 Comments:
i really like those pictures!!! sana mavisit ko rin yang mga places na yan soon... ang sarap magtravel!!!!
-gharyjohn
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