What I miss about Indonesia…
I’m having a great time in Seattle spending time with family and friends. I have missed some things about Indonesia though, and I’ll be happy to return in a few weeks. Here are some of the things I miss:
- Nasi Rendang – My favorite Indonesian food. Beef cooked in coconut milk and spices, served with rice, cassava leaves and young jackfruit.
- Warmth – It’s spring in Seattle, but it hasn’t really felt like it. Yesterday morning the temperature was close to freezing. Billy and I had to go to a thrift store to buy some warm clothes, because we didn’t really have any.
- Butterflies – There are so many varieties of butterflies around our home in Bandung. It’s so nice being able to sit on the balcony in the morning there, and watch them.
- Friends – In one year we’ve made a lot of great friends.
Things I don’t miss about Indonesia:
- Angkots – These are the public transportation in Bandung… Mini-buses with crazy drivers that drive very unpredictably.
- Air quality (or lack of) – There’s a lot of pollution in Bandung. The air in Seattle feels and smells so fresh and clean.
Back in Seattle!
We arrived back in Seattle safely on Tuesday night. Billy and I have both been feeling a bit sick, and I’ve been hit pretty hard by the jet lag this time around, but it’s nice to be home. We’re looking forward to seeing a bunch of people at an Open House tomorrow night that my Dad & Step-Mom are hosting for us.
The air smells so good, and everything’s so clean!
Filed under Seattle | Comment (0)Yogyakarta
We had a fantastic time exploring Yogyakarta. It’s a beautiful place, with so much art and culture. Very fascinating. I don’t really feel like going into all the details about the trip, so I’ll just make this a brief entry with photos.
We stayed at a really nice guesthouse-type place, called Setia Kawan Losmen. There’s a beautiful mural on the wall in each room. This was our room:
We went to Borobudur, the 8th century Buddhist temple about 1/2 hour from Yogyakarta. We left our place at 5am to make it there just after sunrise. It was beautiful.
The next day we went to Prambanan, a group of ancient Hindu temples. Unfortunately many of the temples were damaged by an earthquake, so there are a lot of people working on reconstructing them right now. As a result, we weren’t allowed to get very close to the temples.
