and had the pleasure of eating a bad meal... what fun spending the day and night in the bathroom both ends spewing.... what a nice image! no pictures tho...
have not eaten since, just ordered a bit... hopefully it stays down, dry pasta and bread should be fairly safe i hope....
oh yeah, quite ironic and a load of shit (literally) - i never got sick in indo, where it is all too common, singapore is the clean city....
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yikes! feel ya bro
anonymous?
reading my silly words?
Oh no, hope you're all recooped! I like the pictures from Bali.
In response to the offering, I hope this isn't too long for a blog comment. I just happened onto this article while surfing the net. It's from the "Philippine Star" newspaper.
GLOBAL NEWS: Indonesians appease volcano gods with sacrifices
Updated November 03, 2008 11:28 AM
MOUNT BROMO (AP) – Indonesian legend has it that six centuries ago, a princess hurled her youngest child into a fiery volcano to appease mountain gods who had granted her fertility.
Today thousands of pilgrims flock to Mount Bromo on East Java each year to offer the spirits food, live animals and money and ask for prosperity and health. Bromo, a 7,641-foot volcano, is one of Java's most popular tourist attractions.
The poor arrive days ahead of the ceremony, carrying fishing nets to catch money and anything edible. They camp under tarps in the crater atop the mountain's chilly slopes.
Yadnya Kasada, as the ritual is known, started in the 15th century in the final days of the Majapahit Hindu empire. As the story goes, Princess Roro Anteng and her husband, Joko Seger, settled in the foothills of the volcano.
Unable to have children, the ruling couple went in despair to pray to the mountain gods who, according to the tale, agreed to help in exchange for the ultimate sacrifice of their last child.
The couple consented and had 25 children. But when the time came to give up their son, they refused and the gods became furious. They threatened disaster and the destruction of the village unless the couple made good on the deal.
Kesuma, as the boy was named, was flung into the depths of Mount Bromo. The dying child is believed to have called out to villagers to visit the mountain each year and bring gifts to express their gratitude.
Indonesia straddles the "Pacific Ring of Fire," a system of faultlines stretching across the tropical archipelago, that give it more active volcanoes than any other country. Bromo usually roars to life once a year, often blasting pumice, smoke and ash into the sky. The last major eruption in 2004 killed two hikers.
im not sure if it is related, but there is a thing in indo where if you wear green things in the ocean the ocean princess or some such thing takes you... eventhough i dont believe, i dont wear green in the ocean there!
Oh, TJ, there's nothing worse than that. What did you eat? Was it fish? My remedy for anything like that anywhere in the world is Advil and Coke together.......just keep sipping it until you stop throwing up or whatever......
actually wasnt fish, was pasta - must have been some bad toppings...
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