Mar 18, 2020
Indonesia
What a gift to take a break from work and fly across the world for two weeks! Spencer and I had been talking about going to Indonesia for a while to visit our friends Kim and Luke, who have been living there for the past year. We finally made the decision to go in October, bought our tickets and began planning. Our first several days there were spent in Salatiga, which is where our friends were in language school. We were able to spend quality time with them, meet some of their good friends, and get the lay of the land.
The travel to our destination included a 1.5 hour flight to New York, then a 14 hour flight to South Korea, and finally a 7 hour flight to Bali. We stayed in Bali for the night, and did the last 1.5 hour flight to Yogyakarta in the morning, where our friends picked us up at the airport and drove us 2 hours to their home in Salatiga.
On one of our first full days in Salatiga, our friends showed us around their city and we went on a long moped ride. We drove up mountains and saw some amazing views of rice terraces. We happened to be driving up the mountains through crazy rain and winds, but we loved it. We were just along for the ride. We also got to meet some Indonesians along the way. It was really sweet to see how well our friends speak the language and communicate with the locals.