Getting There Was Not Half the Fun

Day 2, January 12

No luck getting on first or business class, damn. It’s not really a different day for us but we did cross the international dateline. Spent 11+ hours on flight from LA to Narita, Japan. Now we go from Narita to Jakarta, Indonesia. This flight is 8 hours. We left a little late and had a headwind so we arrived in Jakarta about half and hour late. Turns out they changed their immigration rules. You now don’t need a visa if your stay is less than 31 days. That saved us $50. We will actually be going to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on this trip so will actually be here less than 30 days and then back again. So immigration was easy and customs just took X-rays of our carry on bags on the way out. Finanda Hafizah was waiting for us on the other side of the customs wall. She is such a wonderful you woman. Arief Purnomo was also waiting for us. Finanda brought her whole family along (her brother is taking the picture) and it really made us feel special to have so many people meet us. We have reservations at the J Hotel and Arief had already called the shuttle from the hotel so they were waiting for us after our reunion with our exchange son and daughter. The hotel for overnight was just fine. I will posted a review on TripAdvisor.

Jakarta, Indonesia with the Gang