Two of our children finally arrived in Jakarta in December and we didn’t waste any time heading to Bali for the first part of their Christmas vacation! Our trip to the airport was their first real look at the Jakarta traffic. Yikes! The first half of our vacation Read more…
From streets lined with antiques to markets filled with name brand knock-offs there are thousands of shopping opportunities in Jakarta. We have Tokopedia, instead of Amazon, pasars instead of downtown shops and wet markets instead of grocery stores. There is one thing we do have that is just like the US. We Read more…
After many years of writing only emails and text messages I am finding my creative skills lacking. Since this is my first attempt at a blog you will have to struggle through my first attempts until I find my groove. I am sitting in the Starbucks in Jakarta waiting Read more…