I am in Manado – provincial town in the northern tip of Celebes.
Lucky me! In my pocket I have already an air ticket to Davao in the Philippines!
Thanks to all of you who were searching in the net for the best solution to cross the Sulu Sea. Some of you sent me via Singapore, some via Taipei, Australia, others via Jakarta and Manila.
But in Manado I find out that on Monday there will be (I believe) the charter flight to the Mindanao. Here is my gold-worth info for the fellow travelers:
The charter is not by Merpati or by Sriwijaya Air – at present it is organized by the travel agent from Manado: PT Pilman, Jalan Tikala Ares 1, ph: 62 431 86 21 25 e-mail: pilmantt@yahoo.com It is charter flight – not visible in the reservation systems…
It is departing on Mondays at 7 am (if they have sufficient number of passengers). They charge hefty 180 USD each way but it is still less then round way via SIN or other airports.
It seems to be my last day in charming but corrupted Indonesia. Did I learn some local language? I hope so…
So tomorrow before boarding I can make the announcement:
-The plane is ready for boarding. So lets MASIH_MASIH (everybody) take all his BARANG-BARANG (stuff) and let him go HATI-HATI (carefully) to the plane! Terima kasih SAMA-SAMA (thank you very much!)
