Indonesia & Dubai 2014
 
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Since my father in law is married to an Indonesian woman in his second marriage, we have over time heard and learned a lot about Indonesia and many times we talked about joining them on one of their trips to Indonesia and stay with them in their house in Lembang - a town approx. 150 km southeast of Jakarta. |
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| Ready for departure from Dragør, Copenhagen - this is the luggage for 4 persons. |
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| In Dubai Airport Kaja's sieblings, Lennart, Linda and Mellie and the latters husband Shaef joined us from UK. In the Picture Lennart, Mellie and Shaef. |
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| After having been underway for almost 24 hours we arrived in the busy "Soekarno Hatta Airport", Jakarta. |
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| Yati and Kaja enjoying a nice foot massage after the long journey. |
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| Due to the upcoming wedding the 3 sisters did some powershopping in Jakarta - an Indonesian wedding consist of a lot of ceremonies and rituals and it requires some specific dresses, which caused some headaches among the girls. |
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| We had planned to leave Jakarta at noon Monday the 19. May, but because of rainstorm and flooding our departure was delayed by 6 hours. The guard in front of our house sought shelter from the heavy rain in his small shed. |
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| From Jakarta we drove to a cooler and less polluted environment in Lembang - where we stayed in Yati and Ole's beautiful house. Lembang is situated 110 km southeast of Jakarta - approx 1400 m above sea level. |
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| From the terrace there is a fantastic view of the town and the nearby mountain Tangkuban Prahu with a sleeping volcano which last erupted in 1983. |
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| During our stay in Lembang we paid a visit to a home for orphans and donated 100 kg of rice. |
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| The home is completely dependent on private contribution as they receive no support from the public authorities. |
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| The Bandung branch of the family on their way to wedding in Jakarta. |
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| A late arrival Thursday evening but lovely dinner. |
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| Attending the first of 4 ceremonies at the wedding. |
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| The parents saying farewell to their daughter. |
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| An Indonesian wedding consists of many different rituals and one of the rituals is carried out by the parents who bathe their daughter before the wedding ceremony. |
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| The two families meets "officially" for the first time. |
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| Groom and bride |
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| Beautiful dancers |
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| On the third day of the wedding a dinner reception was held for approximately 1,200 invited guests. |
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| After the wedding we flew approx. 450 km south to Yogyakarta to visit some beautiful temples. |
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| Sunrise over the Borobodur Temple. It was built in the 9th century during the reign of the Sailendra Dynasty and it's the the world’s largest Buddhist temple. |
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| The Prambanan Temple - a Hindu temple - which was also build in the 9th Century. |
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| Farewell dinner - after seeing the beautiful temples in the vicinity of Yogyakarta it was time for Kaja and I to say goodbye to the other members of the family, as we had booked a hotel in Bali. |
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| The beautiful pool at the Sanur Beach Hotel in Bali. |
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| Amazing view of rice paddy fields. |
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| A visit to Monkey Forest in Ubud and a good advice - be sure to hold on tight to all loose items. After a couple of weeks in Indonesia filled with amazing and beautiful experiences, it was time again to set course for Denmark and on the way home we made a stop over in Dubai. |
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| Burj Khalifa - is 829.8 meters high and hence the tallest building in the World. It was build between 2004 - 2010 and it’s three times as tall as the Eiffel Tower and nearly twice as tall as the Empire State Building. |
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| A view from the Tower. |
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| Dubai is a very special and warm place, so it was nice - after 3 days in the very hot environment - to get on the plane and arrive in more comfortable temperatures in Denmark. |
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