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  • Jean, Angie, Lila and Seb
  • Jean, Angie, Lila and Seb

Our little family adventure

We are travelling for 6 months for a bit of world education for Lila before she starts school + we like travelling :) Read more
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  • Jean, Angie, Lila and SebOur little family adventureTraveler

    Religion and Faith

    November 16, 2018 in Indonesia ⋅ 🌧 25 °C

    Indonesia is an interesting place for religion. It is a secular country, however a majority of the population identify as Muslim. However in Flores a majority of the population identify as Catholic, mostly due to colonisation by the Portuguese in the 16th century. In Alor a majority of the population identify as Protestant, as they were colonised by the Dutch.
    You will often see a simple village with bamboo and wood houses, with a huge massive church (made of bricks and concrete) in the village.
    However you will still see mosques around and hear the call for prayer.
    In Bajawa we pass a huge mosque and church in town which are right across the road from each other.
    Lila has been quite interested in different religions during this trip as we have been exposed to a range of different religions and have seen quite a lot of temples, mosques and churches. Tonight after dinner at a small local restaurant, Lila asks one of the ladies to wrap her scarf on her head, she is very proud of wearing her scarf like this tonight.
    The next morning she says 'i like wearing this scarf because I believe in Buddha. When we go back to Australia I'm going to visit the mosque to pray'.    Read more

  • Jean, Angie, Lila and SebOur little family adventureTraveler

    Bajawa to Ruteng

    November 17, 2018 in Indonesia ⋅ 🌧 26 °C

    Today we leave Bajawa and head towards Ruteng. The road takes us towards the coast again with some lovely views of the coast as well as lush mountains.
    We stop on the coast for the last swim of the trip before heading back on the road which takes us back inland and to the mountains. As we approach Ruteng we pass lots of beautiful terraced rice paddies in varying stages of growth, showing colours from young green to ripe yellows. The beautiful landscapes together with the low clouds are a nice way to end the day as we find our homestay for the night, located in a village surrounded by rice paddies.Read more

  • Jean, Angie, Lila and SebOur little family adventureTraveler

    Ruteng to Labuan Bajo

    November 18, 2018 in Indonesia ⋅ 🌧 31 °C

    This morning we visited a nearby cave Liang Bua / hobbit cave, where in 2003 they had found the remains of an ancient species 'homo floriesiensis', also nicknamed 'hobbit' (60,000- 100,000 yrs ago).

    We visit the local Ruteng market before getting back on the road for our last day of our motorbike trip to the eastern town of Labuan Bajo. We pass beautiful rice paddies along the way, before we almost race storm clouds across the mountains. It was probably the most windy roads of the trip going up, down and between mountains.
    The rain finally catches us when we are about 25km from Labuan Bajo. Our rain gear (which Jean saved from being forgotten in a motorbike we had rented in Thailand) comes very much in handy now!

    We arrive in Labuan Bajo just before dark, return the motorbike and visit the port, before having the most expensive and worst meal of our time in Indonesia.    Read more

  • Jean, Angie, Lila and SebOur little family adventureTraveler

    Leaving Flores

    November 19, 2018 in Indonesia ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C

    Today really marks the end of our trip as we take the plane from Labuan Bajo to Denpasar before flying to Kuala Lumpur for a few days before flying back to Sydney. Lila loves taking photos at the airport of all the things we didn't see!Read more

  • Jean, Angie, Lila and SebOur little family adventureTraveler

    Quick stop in KL

    November 20, 2018 in Malaysia ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C

    We make a 2 day pit stop in Kuala Lumpur before our flight back to Sydney. It's so great to have so much yummy food here! We all get hair cuts, do some shopping and enjoy great food. Lila does some batik painting and finds lots of places to pose for photos!Read more

  • Jean, Angie, Lila and SebOur little family adventureTraveler
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    Arriving home

    November 22, 2018 in Australia ⋅ 🌬 19 °C

    After an amazing 6 months away we arrive back to Sydney airport on a cold and windy day. There have been many amazing moments, lots of beautiful people and stunning, breath taking and humbling places and experiences which have enriched our lives and our little family.

    Lila has learnt some phrases in different languages like 'chu arai ka' (what is your name in Thai), 'makan di sini' (eat here in Bahasa), 'sidikit rusak' (little broken in Bahasa) and our favourite 'chello' (let's go in Hindi), which have stuck to the end of the trip.

    Here is a beginning and end of trip photo of Lila in her 'travelling outfit'. One of the best things about coming back is seeing family, including Lila's 2 little cousins who were only little babies when we left. After little sleep on the flight home, Lila falls asleep quickly in the car in the way home (after excitingly reuniting with an outfit she got in India and we had sent home).

    Here is a little summary from each of us from our last 6 months:

    Lila
    Favourite place: Hanoi, Vietnam
    Favourite food: Che in Vietnam
    Memorable experience: playing with the twins in Hanoi
    Favourite thing you saw: temple in Hanoi and seeing starfish in the sea

    Jean
    Favourite place: Between Lower Mustang (Nepal), Rajasthan (India) and Ha Giang region (Vietnam)
    Favourite food: eating in Sabah, Malaysia
    Memorable experience: walk between Jonsom and Kagbeni

    Angie:
    Favourite place: Nepal
    Favourite food: Yoghurt coffee in Vietnam and street food everywhere
    Memorable experience: trekking in Nepal, markets in Northern Vietnam and Lila learning how to snorkel and her excitement seeing sea stars

    We give huge thanks and gratitude to everyone we met along the way and to the beautiful lands we visited :)    Read more

    Trip end
    November 22, 2018
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