In Jakarta/ Indonesia, …without Wischnewski (August 2024)

Hello everybody! 
After our stop in Germany (because of the funeral of Heikes father) we decided not to return directly to Wischnewski, who was bravely waiting for us in Kochi/South India. It was not only the monsoon that was going on in South India what made us wait. The last (emotional challenging) months needed us to make a break to regain strength and confidence to restart our trip in our expedition truck. But beside that, monsoon time (in South India) means that it is not a great time to travel in a caravan. Just too wet and too hot. So Wischnewski had to wait a little longer for our return, because we choose to wait a while in Jakarta/ Indonesia for the Indian monsoon to end. In Jakarta (south of the equator, mostly Muslim and a bit rustical) it was dry season, the right thing for us.
It was a good choice to go to Indonesia! Jakarta maybe is not the greatest city to visit as a sightseer (very big, masses of people, heavy traffic and not many sightseeing things to do). But no problem: we usually prefer just to stay and live in a suburb experiencing the country and the people. And that was the great point in Jakarta: the people! We surely met so many friendly nations/people already during our trip, but the Jakartanians surprised us with their extra-honest and pleasant friendliness. It was easy to realize that tourism did not poison the spirit yet, that was great. And we could enjoy a lot of unknown food. We felt very welcome in Jakarta and had nice 4 weeks there, … before we went on to Chiang Mai/ Thailand to spend another 4 monsoon-waiting-weeks (see next blog post).
But now please checkup some pictures from Jakarta!

Best wishes from
Heike and Carsten

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