Our 'lil break

Here are pictures from our recent visit to Jakarta & Bandung. We -- my girls and I, my mom, a cousin and Indonesian grand-aunt left Tuesday afternoon onboard the KLM flight.

In Jakarta, we stayed with family, Om Oyong and wife Tante Ret. The two children in the pic below are their grandchildren, Faisal and Sasa.

We travelled to Bogor the next day and visited Taman Safari Indonesia. The girls had a lot of fun with the animals as you can see from the pics below.

From Bogor, we drove on to Bandung and stayed 2 nights there. Om Oyong and Tante Ret have a home right smack in Bandung city (very very near the factory outlets!!). The house is currently being occupied by their youngest son whose studying to be an orthopedic surgeon at Institut Teknologi Bandung.

The next day, our gracious hosts took us to the famous tourist attraction, Tangkuban Perahu, 30 km north of Bandung. This stratovolcano last erupted in 1983!!

On the way down back to Bandung, we had lunch at scenic Lembang. Sundanese food doesn't quite agree with me... I much prefer nasi Padang!! (orang Minang lah katakan!!)

Sampai Bandung, apa lagi... shopping la!! Rumah Mode, Heritage, we were there!!

For dinner, we drove uphill to The Valley, a very nice cosy restaurant overlooking Bandung city. Food was good, so was the company. Bliss.

Friday, we travelled back to Jakarta to continue shopping at... Tanah Abang!!

There were soooooo many people there!! It was quite a feat to actually make your way from one shop to the other. Ohhh... my girls hated Tanah Abang!!

From Tanah Abang we continued our shopping at Mangga Dua. The girls liked this place much better. I completed Raya shopping for them here (still can't get over how cheap those Guess jeans and t-shirts were -- ori tau...)

Then came Sunday when it was time for us to go back... but not before doing some last minute shopping first!! You'd think we had enough time getting all the things we had on our list... tak pun... ada barang yang dipesan kenkawan tak dapat di beli... not enough time... sorry laaa...

Though it was a short trip, a lot was accomplished (no, I'm not referring to the shopping part). We met with many wonderful family members, strengthening silaturahmi, had lots of yummy food and most importantly I got to spend quality time with the kids.

The smiles on their faces were of course, priceless... (sorry, this phrase is NOT ori)