We arrived in the night but I obtained a permit to stay in the cabin till sunrise.
Bye, bye “Bukit Siguntang”! Welcome to the Indonesian Papua!
Once they called it Irian Jaya… Very exotic place… Palms . Little fishing boats, houses on the stilts…
Sorong is a big town (for Papua) – 130 thousand people live here. I was walking from the port along the coast to the Tanjung Hotel. No problem with the room – for 100000 INR (like 10 USD) you can have a fan room with mandi (bucket shower and ski-style toilet).
Just opposite – 100 m away is internet centre – they charge only 8000 INR per hour – I just use it. Plenty of fruit on the bazaar – bunch of 16 bananas for 1 USD or 4 big mangoes. No intercity roads on Papua. Regarding onward transport it seems I am lucky again – tomorrow another ship is arriving here to take me to Jayapura… But the mosquitos are awfull here!
