Trip to Puncak

A day trip to Puncak, a popular spot renowned for its tea plantations.  The Jakarta traffic situation means we have to leave the house by 06.30 to have half a hope of getting there!

It was worth the effort though:

Overall landscape smothered in Tea

Inacraft 2012

Today we are wandering around a craft fair, the 14th Jakarta Handicrafts Trade Fair

It's huge! We've seem some beautiful pieces and compared to Australia the prices are very low...it's difficult not to go totally crazy with the spending!

There were a couple of pieces we just couldn't resist..

This should look great in the lounge once we get our furniture.  It's essentially a cross-section of teak:


And how beautiful is this sideboard, also in teak? A steal at the equivalent of AUD280!

Moped and sidecar

I now wish I had taken a few photos rather than just this solitary one, but I thought this was fantastic:

I've never seen a sidecar attached to a moped before, at least not in Jakarta....and it particularly stands out because of the paint job.  It is neither left to disrepair, nor plastered in stickers or other garish paraphernalia...just a plain old spray job.  Awesome :)