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Day 1
Thursday, August 3, 2017 at 9:29 PM
⛅ 26 °C
Altitude: 29 m
Indonesia Ciater Satu -6.28629, 106.674566°17’11” S 106°40’28” E
Finally arrived
August 3, 2017 in Indonesia ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
First dinner at my new home
TravelerBienvenue et bravo pour le courage de ta démarche! Et bon appétit 😂😂😂
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Day 2
Friday, August 4, 2017 at 7:00 PM
⛅ 28 °C
Altitude: 42 m
Indonesia Ciaterwadas -6.28721, 106.674366°17’14” S 106°40’28” E
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My first day
August 4, 2017 in Indonesia ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Eating, shopping and exploring my neighborhood
TravelerAufregend! Il fait chaud?
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Traveler Besser als gestern!
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TravelerOuiiiii! Mais beau aussi
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Day 12
Monday, August 14, 2017 at 10:06 AM
⛅ 30 °C
Altitude: 33 m
Indonesia Perigi-kulon Dua -6.28663, 106.67756°17’12” S 106°40’39” E
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Learning about life in BSD (City)
August 14, 2017 in Indonesia ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
So many things to do... at first I repaired my bike and equiped it with my German basket and lock. I then went to the local market by bike (very, very dangerous as there are practically no sidewalks and you get to ride with the motorbikes). I bought tons of fresh vegetables and fruits and then discovered a cosy little place called WOOW where I was able to eat a non spicy dish and got a real café latte :-). More shopping followed... all those things I needed to give away in Germany because I didn't have the time to take them to my storage place, I need here.... which is a little frustrating. My fish keep me company, but one is too eager and continuously jumps out of the pond which means I have to take two musli bowls to throw him back into the pond. I am really afrait that he will suffocate, because when he does this whenI am not here, noone will save him. This morning I found him outside again ....Read more
TravelerReady to go!
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Traveler Nasi Goreng with seafood
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Traveler Café Latte
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Day 12
Monday, August 14, 2017 at 10:22 AM
⛅ 30 °C
Altitude: 33 m
Indonesia Perigi-kulon Dua -6.28663, 106.67756°17’12” S 106°40’39” E
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Pimping up my garden and house
August 14, 2017 in Indonesia ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
The people who know me well know how much I love to decorate my living space. Since all my favorite stuff is still on the way... on some ship between Hamburg and Jakarta.... I felt the need to buy at least some things to brighten up my house. I've never had so much space (and I never will again btw) and I sometimes feel left in this place. I did not expect it to be so hard to find nice and affordable objects so I mainly concentrated on the garden. Having a lotus flower in my back yard and a frangipani on my front lawn is a dream come true <3Read more
Traveler The plants I have ordered have arrived :-)
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Traveler My one and only frangipani tree
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Traveler My balcony is getting greener
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Day 12
Monday, August 14, 2017 at 10:35 AM
⛅ 30 °C
Altitude: 38 m
Indonesia Pondokkaryajaya -6.258906, 106.8152626°15’32” S 106°48’55” E
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Discovery trips with Gerhard
August 14, 2017 in Indonesia ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
On saturday, Gerhard (my collegue) took me to my first internations meeting in Jakarta. It took place at a roof top bar in some hotel in Jakarta. The croud was mixed, a lot of indonesian women (hardly any men) and expats.... some old, white, fat men were also part of the crowd and they tried to chat up the youngest and pretties of the girls. Yikes! I did meet some nice and interesting people, too though. Yesterday, Gerhard and I went to Kemang to look for furniture. It's a very trendy part of Jakarta with lots of stores, cafés and bars. Most of them were closed though. We did find some really nice furniture. Afterwards we had dinner at a Mongolian restaurant - some kind of hot pot. Gerhard got his beloved Bintang (beer) and I tried out the famous (???) mushroom drink... it wasn't bad at all!Read more
Traveler Me, Lenny and Gerhard, dressed in red and white because we were celebrating Indonesia's independance
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Traveler Yummy snack
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Traveler Houses are built with a wall already attached to them - very strange!
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Day 18
Sunday, August 20, 2017 at 10:10 AM
⛅ 30 °C
Altitude: 48 m
Indonesia Ciater Dua -6.30473, 106.684586°18’17” S 106°41’4” E
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Pasar Modern BSD
August 20, 2017 in Indonesia ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
Some impressions of the local market: lots of food, lots of everything else, lots of smiles 😊
Traveler Erinnert mich alles etwas an den Iran...vor allem die Puppen mit den Kopftüchern ;)!
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Day 27
Tuesday, August 29, 2017 at 6:16 PM
⛅ 26 °C
Altitude: 29 m
Indonesia Perigi-kulon Dua -6.286363, 106.6769856°17’11” S 106°40’37” E
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Trying out diffent kinds of food
August 29, 2017 in Indonesia ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
The indonesian cuisine is different from Thai, Vietnames or Indian food. A lot of ingredients are fried or deep fried, drinks tend to be awefully sweet, it's a challenge to find dishes with a lot of vegetables not to mention salads. Rice (nasi) is very common and dishes are usually VERY spicy (And I love spicy food). But there are a lot of dishes and drinks to discover. You've got an amazing choice of fruits and you CAN get any kind of vegetable on the market and make European style salad. You can even find feta cheese in the supermarket, however for the price of about 8 Euro for 200 gr. Muesli without sugar can be bought for about 12 Euro (400 gr), Yoghurt costs about 3 Euro (500 gr.). So I've started to eat porridge for breakfast :-) I try to go to local small warungs (little simple restaurants) as often as possible, however during the week I eat at school. We've got a really good choice of indonesian food at two different warungs and a cafeteria which serves both, western and indonesian food. You never go hungry in this country!Read more
Traveler At a Warung not far from my home
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Traveler At another warung
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Traveler Rice with chicken soup and tea
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Day 37
Friday, September 8, 2017 at 8:00 PM
⛅ 28 °C
Altitude: 22 m
Indonesia Kebonmelati -6.19615, 106.822746°11’46” S 106°49’22” E
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Going out
September 8, 2017 in Indonesia ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Went out for the first time since my arrival. We had drinks and snacks at BCA Tower Skybar. The view is fantastic and the food was good, but I just can't get used to being surrounded by wealthy expats and rich Indonesians only when I know how poor the majority is in Indonesia. ... That just isn't my kind of thing...Read more
Traveler Du siehst wunderschön aus!
9/15/17Reply
Traveler Danke <3 ausnahmsweise mal in was anderem als im Schlabberlook 😊
9/15/17Reply
TravelerVerständlich- wohin gehen denn die Einheimischen?
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TravelerJe nach Einkommen und Religion gehen sie gar nicht weg oder treffen sich halt mit Familienangehörigen. Die meisten sind um 21 Uhr im Bett und um 5 Uhr wieder auf...
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Day 45
Saturday, September 16, 2017
⛅ 34 °C
Altitude: 32 m
Indonesia Ciater-hilir -6.30662, 106.693616°18’24” S 106°41’37” E
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Ordering food
September 16, 2017 in Indonesia ⋅ ⛅ 34 °C
Since I am such a lazy/lousy cook, I have tried to order food with the help of an app called go food. It's supposed to be easy but actually It's not. At least if you have just started to learn the language and you don't know all of the dishes yet. So you choose a restaurant and then the dishes but often the photos won't load so you don't have any idea what you are ordering or you end up always ordering the same dishes - the ones you already know. Then the app searches a driver for you who will drive to the restaurant, order your meals pay for them and take them to you. Most of the time he will call and then you'll have to try to understand him and reply. Sometimes the restaurant is closed and you have to start over again. Because that has happened to me several times I have started to order more than one meal... So it's actually worth it.Read more
Traveler Yeah.... the food is arriving
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Traveler Nasi goreng
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Traveler I didn't have a clue what i ordered apart from the fact that it was chicken
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Day 62
Tuesday, October 3, 2017 at 7:00 PM
🌫 25 °C
Altitude: 9 m
Indonesia Cikini -6.19238, 106.835626°11’33” S 106°50’8” E
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Botschaftsempfang zur Feier des 03.10.
October 3, 2017 in Indonesia ⋅ 🌫 25 °C
Reden, Essen, Wein und viel Spaß mit Kollegen
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TravelerGenial, was du erlebst!
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Traveler Es lebe die Bratwurst!
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Day 87
Saturday, October 28, 2017 at 7:36 PM
⛅ 25 °C
Altitude: 51 m
Indonesia Ciater Dua -6.30549, 106.686446°18’20” S 106°41’11” E
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Discovering the neighborhood
October 28, 2017 in Indonesia ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
No need to go to Jakarta to discover new things... there is plenty to see in BSD just a short bike ride away! Finally had my bike repaired (bought some lights too and will be safer now on the street at night) and then discovered a new coffee shop in my neighborhood. Tried out like juice, iced coffee mocha and a desert I had never tried before but found to be delicious. Coffee ice on green jelly topped with jack fruit. Sounds weird but tasted like heaven 😋Read more
Traveler Wirst du hier arbeiten?
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Traveler Miam miam sieht das lecker aus!😊
10/28/17Reply
Traveler Ja, schon geschehen, allerdings unten, wo keine Aircon an ist (es dafür aber ziemlich laut ist)
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Day 89
Monday, October 30, 2017 at 8:47 PM
⛅ 28 °C
Altitude: 41 m
Indonesia Cilenggang -6.29943, 106.664676°17’58” S 106°39’53” E
Trying out the Intro Jazz Bistro
October 30, 2017 in Indonesia ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Tried out another café today - the Intro Jazz Bistro and Café. They serve delicious food, good coffee and decent mocktails in a very laid back and cosy atmosphere. I'll definitely come back 😊
TravelerUn peu vide le bar! Tu n’es pas venue à la bonne heure ?
10/30/17Reply
TravelerAucune idée.... mais comme je suis venue pour travailler aussi, ça m'a pas embêté
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Day 122
Saturday, December 2, 2017 at 7:14 PM
⛅ 28 °C
Altitude: 20 m
Indonesia Kwitang -6.18189, 106.837796°10’55” S 106°50’16” E
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Weihnachtsmarkt im Aryaduta Hotel
December 2, 2017 in Indonesia ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
German food, Christmas decoration, presents....
Traveler Ein süßes Gruppenbild und du siehst blendend aus! LG.
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Day 185
Saturday, February 3, 2018 at 7:22 PM
⛅ 22 °C
Altitude: 510 m
Indonesia Banjar Istananegara -8.414444, 115.3158338°24’52” S 115°18’57” E
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The first 6 months...
February 3, 2018 in Indonesia ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
So, today, I've been in BSD, Indonesia, for exactly 6 months and I can say that I've finished settling in. My house is furnished (photos nr. 4 and 5), my container arrived 3 months ago (photo nr. 3), I've travelled to Sulawesi (nr. 2 and 8) and Bali (nr. 9 and 10). I'm enjoying every minute of the good weather (nr. 1), have tried many kinds of food and drinks (nr. 7). Live here is comfortable and easy going. Working is fun as students are polite and hard-working, the school ground is amazing and my colleages motivated and helpful. I've "survived" the first vulcano eruption and earthquakes, have shared my house with lizards, cockroaches, a rat, a scorpion and hundreds of mosqitoes. I know how to get around BSD and Jakarta, have made the first friends outside of school, went out partying and have gotten a tast of local life here. There are so many experiences ahead and I can't wait! Applying at the German School of Jakarta and moving to Indonesia has certainly been one of the best decisions I've ever taken. Let's see where life is leading me :-)Read more
Traveler😎 une nouvelle vie! Tu as été courageuse de faire le grand saut ! Bravo et continue .
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TravelerAlles richtig gemacht!
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Traveler Schön hast du's ...😊
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Trip end
February 3, 2018