Night Life

What to tell, what to tell? Because I've been unsuccessful at uploading any photos I thought I would just list a few things that you do and do not want to bring to Indonesia when you come (for those who have an inkling that this may be a good place to visit...)

DO BRING:
*bug spray
your favourite kind of tea and coffee (yup, we live on the island of Java, next to Sumatra, but there are only 2 kinds of coffee to choose from...except Starbucks, of course. They're everywhere)
cotton everything (think sticky, sweaty undergarments....)
your camera...there are a multitude of photos to take...
good hair gel, not a wax-based one
sunscreen
cheezies (these are for us if you think you're heading our way)
electrical adaptor/transformer
your glasses rx...think cheap, cheap, cheap!!!

DO NOT BRING:
polyester anything (again...sticky, sweaty...)
your dog...you won't find doggy poop bags anywhere here
drugs of any kind...death penalty to those who do...my kids were very intrigued by the signs in the airport...i don't think tylenol or ibuprofen counts, though
long sleeves, unless it's cotton
jeans...although long-time ex-pats wear them and we just sweat looking at them

This is not the end of the list, but it's the end of tonight's. We haven't got cable yet, it's Friday night and we're going to watch one of our 6 adult dvds from home (adult meaning that it isn't animation, or full of farting jokes) on our laptop. We rock!

By the way, we do have cell phones now. We've just registered them (thanks to our very helpful Indonesian-speaking Smart phone representatives that live next door) and now we're waiting for them to kick in. Here they're called 'hand phones' and everyone and their dog....well, maybe cat... has one.

If, by the way again, Greg Baker reads this...I just want you to know that one of the drivers that was waiting outside of our place looked exactly like an Indonesian version of you. Very weird.