Back to the Mountains

We're into week four and there's only two weeks left before mom and dad head back to Canada. Most of my friends' parents stay for only 3 weeks and so I figured with mine being here 6, we'd see so much and get to experience a whole bunch of Indonesia. I'm not complaining, because we have had incredible experiences already...but there's only 13 days left and there's so much we haven't done!

Tomorrow (Tuesday) we leave for the same mountains that I wrote about earlier, those in the Puncak Pass. It's a little bit of a crazy trip, because not only are we heading back to the same mountains with the same family, this time we're taking 2 vehicles and 15 people on the 2 1/2 plus hour drive. If you can picture a typical North American suv, it usually holds about 6 people. Ours holds 7, but it's a tight squeeze. Our friends the Weedas have the exact same vehicle, and Steve Weeda's parents, who have just recently arrived from the US, are joining them in their vehicle. As well, they've hired a driver to lead the way in their car. Just to stir it up a bit, we've invited our friend Steven Poindexter (the guy we all originally met in Singapore) to come along. So...that's 15 people riding in 2 cars that usually comfortably hold 12 people total. Again, to stir it up a bit more, we've decided to stay the night in a villa in the mountains, so we have to pack few overnight bags. Unfortunately there are no food stores, at least not ones expats are used to, so we need to bring along some food. Not a lot, but enough to get us by for 2 lunches, one breakfast, and one dinner. That's not a problem. We should have most of it eaten by the time we hit a few outlet stores where we can buy oodles of clothes in NORTH AMERICAN sizes (yeehaw!) at really cheap prices. There's got to be some room on our laps, or at least around our legs. O yeah, maybe not our legs since that's where our overnight bags are going. Regardless, we're going shopping in the mountains and there's nothing that can stop us!

It's amazing what people will do for a few good sales and some clothing that fits! We're hoping for good weather, but regardless, we think it's going to be a great trip.

Thanks for reading.