Kerstmis 2008

My first BEIGLI (typical Hungarian Christmas cake) - az elsö beiglim!

Fiesch - 2008 Dec

Visiting Thijs and his family in the lovely, motor-free Swiss Ski resort Fiesch by Aletsch glacier

Nederlandse Ma & Pa in Zürich - 2008 Dec

Fondu evening

Malaysia by Dick - 2008 dec

photos are coming....

Three weeks Indonesia Nov 2008

First week we travelled though Java from Jakarta via Bogor, Pandangaran, Dieng Plataeu, Bodobodur, Yogja, Prambanan, Vulcan Bromo.
Second week we stayed in two places in Bali (Lovina and Ubud) and made some motor bike trips in the surrouning mountain.
Finally we spent a week in the Gili Meno, a beautiful, small island surrounded by crystal clear, turkiquiz water, white sand, suberb place for snorkling for corals and turtles.
More photos will come !
View from our first night accommodation

Local Market at Bogor

Tea Plantation at Puncak pass

Beach at Pandangaran, 4 years after a tsunami

Building a house with a few work force

courtjard at a village house

Famous poppy theather

One handful of these shrimps prepared by those guys in the background was our freshly made lunch

Monkeys at the Jungle - luckily they were shy...

Our car driver is buying mangis on the road

The best fried bananas in Indonesia

Potato carrier at work (running with 2 x 50 kg potatoes)

Dieng Plateau in Java is the best place to cultivate potatoes (Dutch heritage )

Vulcanic activities at a small crater in Java

Prambanan, the Hindu temple complex by Yogja

Bodobodur - the Buddhist temple complex by Jogja

Sunrise at Vulcan Bromo

Locals preparing mango (manga manis)
The local gangs at Bromo

Sunset at Pandangaran

Buddhist temple in Bali

Hot Spring in Bali

Hindu temple (pure)

It was rainy season in Indonasia - however we did not really suffer from it. It rained mainly in the afternoon so we could plan around it. Here we had a lunch pause ..

One of the favorite local food, chicken sate with peanut sauce from a typical Indonasian food stall - for 0.5 CHF - good deal

Hindu boys at the Full Moon Event

Beji Pura Dalem, the Hindu temple for death

Rice terrace with coconut treas around Ubud, the cultural city of Bali

Hiring the moto bike to discover the mountainous area around Ubud, Bali

Sunshine in Gili Meno while thunder storm about Lombok (7 km away)

Strolling on Gili Meno Strand - it took us less than 2 hours to go around the island.

Enjoying the sun, water and the day

Leaving Gili Meno with this fishing boat of Robot, the inland boy

Some Indian dinner on Banana Leaves with Anne in Singapore