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Indonesia – First step in Asia

16 Oct 2011 07:01 UTC By

After 18 hours flight, a connection in Hong Kong and 14 hours of jet lag, we finally arrived in Jakarta, capital of Indonesia (20 million habitants). The Lonely Planet guide started like this: “It’s hard to like Jakarta.” And it’s true! The city is chaotic, the traffic is like hell, there is a lot of pollution, dirt all around, it is quite complicated to move around and has not much to see. But for us it was worth it as we took the opportunity to visit friends from Switzerland (Dan, Galina and Andre) and we could even get around in the town with Dan’s driver. The highlight of the city is the people. Smiling, happy, friendly and always willing to help, what influences your experience completely! In the Monas monument we were approached by a group of 30 children and ended up turning the tourist attraction of the place. You had to see their happiness to take a picture with us. Sensational! We visited the largest mosque in Asia, which holds up 200.000 devotees during Ramadan. We also took the opportunity to try the local cuisine and we ate with our hands, as they do here. Now we leave in 7 hours by train to Jojakarta, the historical and cultural center of the island of Java. We are very excited!

Comments

  1. Maira Lucca 16 Oct 2011 / 12:10 UTC / #

    Até que enfim começou o perrengue. Tava achando tudo fácil demais, huahuahua… adorei a foto com as crianças. Bjo

    • Carol 29 Dec 2011 / 12:22 UTC / #

      Aqui não tem perrengue não. Tá até bem mais fácil do que eu pensava… Ou eu já acostumei né. Hehehe

  2. Lucinda 16 Oct 2011 / 21:53 UTC / #

    É isso aí tem que viver a cultura local, será que não mudamos de hábitos?

  3. Barbara 17 Oct 2011 / 07:32 UTC / #

    Carol & Alexis! Que emocao! Demais a foto do Alexis com a meninada! Coloquem mais fotos! Um beijao bem grande!

    • Carol 29 Dec 2011 / 12:23 UTC / #

      Já tá com bastante foto no site agora. É só entrar nos países.

  4. Gloria Tereza de Carvalho Fernandes 20 Oct 2011 / 00:02 UTC / #

    Carol.
    Dê algum sinal. Temos coisas para decidir e precisamos de vc. Já mandei todo tipo de mensagem e não tenho nenhuma resposta. Sei que as aventuras são muitas mas, o meu coração não é de ferro. Bjs.

  5. IRIS DE IRACEMA GOMES CUBERO 20 Oct 2011 / 17:03 UTC / #

    Como passa rápido…Já aterrisaram na Ásia…Saudades!!!

    • Carol 29 Dec 2011 / 12:24 UTC / #

      Sua sumida. Não consigo falar com vc. Quero saber das novidades.

  6. Marcio Canuto 31 Oct 2011 / 19:27 UTC / #

    A foto do Alexis com as crianças traduz tudo… Os sorrisos mais lindos e sinceros. Fantástico!

    • Carol 29 Dec 2011 / 12:25 UTC / #

      As crianças conquistam a gente em todo lugar aqui. São umas fofas!