When we finally arrived in Jakarta we took a taxi to our hotel. There are 25 million people living in the city of Jakarta which makes the traffic unreal! We had been warned by Adam about the crazy drivers... but I don't think anything could have prepared us for what we saw. It is like there are no rules when it comes to the road. It's a free for all! Motorcycles weaving in and out of traffic or driving down the center line between cars. Kids and babies with no helmets riding on motorcycles with their parents. Lots and lots of traffic jams and running red lights. It was nuts! This was very hard to capture on camera.
There is a lot of poverty in Jakarta. This is what the majority of the houses look like lining the sides of the streets. One side of the house is usually used as a shop where they can make money for their family to live.
The view from our room at the Sultan Hotel.
All of the hotel pools were full sized so people could swim laps.
This is Natalia's parent's house.
They sent their driver to pick us up from our hotel every day. How nice!
Another side of the house.
Natalia's dad, Berthis, runs his metal fabricating business out of the back of his home.
The living room.
Grace and Berthis had cookies for us when we got to their house. The cookies were not sweet at all... but very good!
Pictures of their backyard water garden.
Stone table and chairs on the back porch.
Adam with his two nieces. So cute!
Me with Grace and Natalia in their home.
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Their house looks soo nice! And the water garden and everything. Very nice.
Can you imagine driving in that traffic everyday?! Crazy:)
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