I am in complete AWE of my septuagenarian parents who braved long flights, aging bodies, zenophobia, fears of Anti-american sentiment, and expensive tickets to come and visit me, Darren and their GRANDCHILDREN in Jakarta!! Sometimes love DOES conquer all! I love you Mom and Dad!! Thank you so much. I hope I showed you a wonderful time. Here are some pictures of our visit below:
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| The day after the 'rents arrived, I took them to Puri Santi for a massage and other treatments to help fight the sore muscles and jet lag. |
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| Mom watching a man make fresh noodles. They tasted good! |
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| Visit to the National Museum. |
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| Bicycles for rent. |
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| Dad and I outside Cafe Batavia. |
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| Grandma LOVES reading with the kids. |
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| We delayed our plans one morning in order to stay home and watch the Presidential Debate. |
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| The Grands love swimming with the kids in our pool! |
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Mom meeting the "Pillow Lady" who makes
gorgeous batik pillows, and other craft items. |
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| A visit to Taman Safari - where the animals roam freely and WE are the ones caged in our cars!Logan threw this banana to the elephant and the elephant caught it in its mouth. |
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| Watching the Elephant show while waiting for lunch. |
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| Our new friend . . . can we take him home? |
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Look, it's a bird, it's a plane, it's
Superman . . . . no it's a bird. |
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Enjoying some relaxing spa services with my mom's first
Shellac gel manicure! |
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| The America Club set up this voting station for American's to cast absentee ballots. |
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Horay, I voted!
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| Getting all gussied up for the Latin Ladies Fashion Show! |
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| We hung out with Nicole and Tracy at the Fashion Show. |
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| A visit to the Bead Lady in her 100 year old Javanese style house that she imported to Jakarta from Central Java. |
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| So many beads, such little time. There were hundreds more in drawers around the house. |
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| My mom enjoyed talking to The Bead Lady. |
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| The kids loved the Cirque performers at the grand opening of Kemang's Lippo Mall. |
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One of the many amazing restaurants inside Jakarta's
fabulous Grand Mulia hotel! |
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| Downtown Bound! |
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| A visit to the National Monument, otherwise known as "Monas." |
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| My parents and I went to visit the school that Barack Obama attended when he was 9 years old and living in Jakarta. My kids are about that age and also attending school for a few years in Jakarta. Think they'll grow up to be President? |
A statue of 9 year old Barry Obama marks this very
special school.A
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It was an honor to meet with the school Principal and
English teacher. |
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| This was Barack Obama's homeroom class. |
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| Yummy restaurant for lunch, Lara Djonggrang. |
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We also visited the largest mosque in Southeast Asia,
Mosque Istiqlal. |
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| Some quality time reading with Grandpa. |
AND THEN FOR A WEEK IN BALI . . . .
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| A beautiful Balinese dancer greeted us at the Westin Hotel. |
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| Watching the Sunset at Jimboran Bay. |
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| A boat trip out of Nusa Dua to go snorkeling. The waters were very rough, but even my 6 and 8 year old, and my 71 year old mother went snorkeling! |
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| Visit to a turtle preserve. |
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| We stayed at the beautiful Greenwood Hotel in Ubud and had a gorgeous view of the rice paddies from our balcony. |
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Natasha takes her Grandpa's hand and helps him up the stairs.
It was a wonderful, wonderful visit . . . I just wish I could have shown my parents some fun things to do! :-)
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Hey, glad to finally see pictures of this trip!!! Haven't seen any here! A very good advertisement for other potential visitors!
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