We are here!!!! We arrived safe and sound after a 5 hour flight to LAX, a 4 hour lay over, a 14 hour flight to Hong Kong, and then a final 4 hour flight to Jakarta. The kids actually did great considering the amount of time we were on airplanes. It was mostly tough just getting them to settle down each time we got on a new plane. At one point Tanner said on our plane in Hong Kong...What is this? A jungle gym? To which a stewardess who was walking by said in all seriousness "This is a 777". She actually thought Tanner thought it was a jungle gym. Hilarious. Gotta love the language barrier.
It was great arriving at the airport, we were quite the spectacle, but people are so nice and smiley. When we walked out of customs, there were these two people waving frantically and jumping up and down so excited to see us. They were our sponsors! I almost cried I was so happy to see them. They are so wonderful and we just had a great time chatting with them while on our way from the airport to our temporary housing, which is pretty much a hotel, although embassy families do live here. It is very nice, and we will be happy to live here until our house is ready in a few weeks. They had dinner delivered for us and our place was stocked with some items from the grocery store. It is so nice not having to worry about running out immediately to find a grocery store.
From what I have seen of the city, which is super limited I will admit...Jakarta isn't as dirty as I thought it would be, at least the parts we've seen...there is lots of greenery and flowers, even on the highway. It was funny driving by Dunkin Donuts, Sizzler, and a few other "American" restaurants. Hopefully we will have time and not be jet lagged enough to get out a little bit this weekend, but for now we are just going to hunker down and try to get ourselves on the right time! Andrew is in love with all the motorcycles on the road, and Clark has seen nothing of the city because he was completely passed out in the car from the airport to the hotel. We have quite the view, and he has decided this one building looks like an alien spaceship, but he doesn't seem to concerned! Will try to post some pics soon!
P.S. I totally want to go back and check out Hong Kong at some point. It looked like a super cool place from the air. Hopefully we will since our temple district is Hong Kong!
5 comments:
Oh my gosh! Every line of that was so thrilling! I cannot wait to hear more Jakarta musings and am so glad you made it safe and sound. 3 kids on flights for that long would be enough adventure for anyone - forget actually moving to a new country. :)
Some pilot friends of ours love Hong Kong. They go quite regularly for kicks. If what they say holds true for you, you'll love it!
I'm glad you made it safely and without any incidents! Good luck in your adjustment!! What is the time difference there from the U.S. east coast?
Sounds like a great beginninng :)
WOW- I'm glad you were able to arrive and have people waiting for you. Keep us all posted. We all would love to hear more.
awesome awesome awesome! i can't wait till I'm writing a blog post like this!!
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