We’re finally home after the vacation in Indonesia! Sidra enjoys meeting people, so he really loved his time there, meeting grandparents and other family members, going to places and seeing interesting things.
Our families live in different cities in indonesia, so we had to make several trips by cars and local airplanes to see them, and still there are family members and friends that we didn’t have the time to meet.
After we landed in Jakarta, we spent two days there so Sidra could spend time with his biological father. Then we went to visit my mother in Jogjakarta, about one hour plane trip from the capital city, Jakarta. There is a lot of things to see in Jogjakarta, we rented a car and driver and went to see several places. The rental fee was quite cheap, about 25USD for 12 hours with driver, gas not included.
Sambisari temple, Jogjakarta
Affandi museum, Jogjakarta
Taman Pintar and Mirota, Jogjakarta
Borobudur, Magelang
After visiting Jogjakarta, we took a flight trip back to Jakarta. From the airport, we took a two hours car trip to Bandung, my husband’s place. He spent his whole life in this house before moving to Japan in 1998.
Sidra’s recent interest is stones, and coincidentally my father in law is a geologist, so he was very happy to hear about Sidra’s interest. He took us to Geology museum in Bandung, which was also his old office. Sidra had a good time there and asked an overwhelming questions. He spent his allowance money to buy stones, and also brought back more stones, gifts from his biological father and my father in law.
And let’s not forget the food! My mother is an awesome cook and she treated us with so many delicious home-made food while we were in Jogjakarta. We also went to a lot of restaurants and had so many wonderful dishes.
Unfortunately my husband’s stomach couldn’t handle those spicy Indonesian food. He caught a bad case of diarrhea and had to be brought to the ICU one early morning in Bandung. Thankfully he didn’t have to spend too much time there, but he have to be careful with those food next time.
After Bandung, we went back to Jakarta again and spent some more time there.
And suddenly it was time to say goodbye already. Two weeks felt so fast! Now we’re back to ordinary life, with only the three of us in the house. As much as I love going to Indonesia, I really love my quiet and comfortable home. Time to unpack and wash those heaps of dirty laundry!
That looks like a wonderful holiday!
Sounds like a lovely vacation! We recently got back from Spain and I know exactly what you mean, home sweet home.
Okaeri! Every time we go back home in Indonesia, we always manage to experience some health problems. Kaze, geri, but the biggest yet was mizubozo. Ugh.
wah sempet diare? :-O udah lama ga jajan ala indonesia jadi lupa ya perutnya 😀
waaaa…mbak…senang deh bacanya, liat foto-fotonya juga, apalagi foto-foto makanan ituuuuu…ada gudeg, mie ayam, sate, teh poci, es cendol, wedang ronde, aduh apalagi itu ya…semua kelihatan enak-enak!!! hiksss….kangen jogja deh, sudah 2 tahun ga pulang
Awesome. Seems like the trip was a blast even with a tummy ache.
Duh, bikin kangen Indo!! Udah 5 tahun gak pulang halaman – ortu udah jual rumah, gak tinggal di sana lagi
Selama ini aku cuma baca blog kamu per RSS dan gak pernah tulis kommentar. Ngebaca ttg pengalaman kalian di Indo dan liat foto2nya, bikin sedih dan senang campur kenang. Terima kasih buat bagi2 yah!
so jealous! looks like you had a great time. we planned our summer vacay to indonesia too, but had to cancel due some unfortunate circumstances. perhaps next year